http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/mgmsuit/mgmsuit.html

This only reinforces what I've said about ambulance chasing shysters.

Those same shysters will say, "Hey, I'm a lawyer and it isn't our fault. It's the fault of bad laws. If the laws were more clear, there would be no problems".

Just more lawyer crap. This has got nothing to do with bad laws. It's another case of lawyers taking advantage of the mentally deficient by filing a junk lawsuit on their behalf.

These guys know it's a junk lawsuit with no merit. The idea is to extort cash from MGM. Blackmail is the primary source of income for most lawyers.

This only reinforces what I've said about ambulance chasing shysters.

Those same shysters will say, "Hey, I'm a lawyer and it isn't our fault. It's the fault of bad laws. If the laws were more clear, there would be no problems".

Just more lawyer crap. This has got nothing to do with bad laws. It's another case of lawyers taking advantage of the mentally deficient by filing a junk lawsuit on their behalf.

These guys know it's a junk lawsuit with no merit. The idea is to extort cash from MGM. Blackmail is the primary source of income for most lawyers.

He,he,he,... I was the one who said that, and I'm not an ambulance chaser, nor a shyster (whatever that mean)...

BTW, once you need a lawyer to help deal with some kind of legal suit against you, I'm sure you'll change your perspective. :D

I suffered horrible traumatic damage from the mislabeled MGM DVD of "2010", 'bout 3 million pain & suffering oughta cover it.

Hey I deserve at least as much as the twit who made the remarkable discovery that pouring hot coffee on your crotch might conceivably hurt, or all the vegan tree huggers that were shocked, shocked I tell you!, to discover Mcdonalds used non-healthy animal lard in those otherwise healthy french fries.

Hey I deserve at least as much as the....vegan tree huggers that were shocked, shocked I tell you!, to discover Mcdonalds used non-healthy animal lard in those otherwise healthy french fries.

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He,he,he,... I was the one who said that, and I'm not an ambulance chaser, nor a shyster (whatever that mean)...

BTW, once you need a lawyer to help deal with some kind of legal suit against you, I'm sure you'll change your perspective. :D

Yeah, but Arturo, you are the rarest of all animals--an attorney with ethics. Here in the US (and probably in Canadia, too) the lawyers are every bit as bad as the crooks they represent.

If I had to guess, I'd say you probably have turned away many jackasses that wanted to file lawsuits that were completely without merit. Here in the US, people view it as their "right" to choke the judicial system with frivolous lawsuits. I'd hope Brazil is a LOT different.

BTW, a shyster is an unscrupulous lawyer. Sort of like the spate of "TV lawyers" we are getting afflicted with here in the US. Can't watch ANY channel without seeing a commercial for some lawyer trying to drum up business. Even Cartoon Network!

Ironically I just watched Babylon 5-River of Souls sunday night, with the sleezing lawyer suing B5 for "harrassing" the guy running the illegal holo-sex business.

My favorite was the Monster Cable trademark lawsuit.

They sued anyone who even had a whiff of the word "monster" in their name.

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qt=adv&qs=monster%20cable%20products&page=1

Oh my good Lord. Maybe in exchange for God not to sue us for using his name without copyright fees on our money he demanded the brains of a large portion of our society!

Didn't somebody try to sue the Spike TV channel because Spike was his nickname?

yup that was spike lee

yup that was spike lee

Spike Jones family should have sued Lee.

And Shirley Jones should have sued Spike Jones.

tom jones should have sued both of them
because as he sings ..... lol
It's not unusual to have fun with anyone
but when I see you hanging about with anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry,
oh I wanna' die
It's not unusual to go out at any time
but when I see you out and about it's such a crime
if you should ever want to be loved by anyone,
It's not unusual it happens every day no matter what you say
you find it happens all the time
love will never do what you want it to
why can't this crazy love be mine
It's not unusual, to be mad with anyone
It's not unusual, to be sad with anyone
but if I ever find that you've changed at anytime
it's not unusual to find out that I'm in love with you
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

He looks at the world and wants it all.....
and he strikes - (BINN-AWW!) -like Thunderball!

If lawyers had to pay the court costs from any case they lost, most of the crap would stop. Judges should also charge anyone who uses a 'survey' as evidence in court with contempt.

I'm not sure whats worse, people coming up with lame lawsuits because they are idiots (someone burnt their nards whilest using their jock strap as a coffee cup) or companies that start donating to judges when they have really legit lawsuits aganst them.

I'm not sure whats worse, people coming up with lame lawsuits because they are idiots (someone burnt their nards whilest using their jock strap as a coffee cup) or companies that start donating to judges when they have really legit lawsuits aganst them.

Oh, that's easy. Number 2 is worse.

Oh, that's easy. Number 2 is worse.

Yeah but more people seem to have a problem with lame lawsuits then they do with Judges being...ummmm...influenced.

People sue because it is a natural extension of the money-attitude (gotta-get-mine) US society. If you want to stop lawsuits, then start by changing society.

José

thats it .........im sueing all of you!............
it is ridiculous how lawyers feed this frenzy. atleast they will burn in hell.

thats it .........im sueing all of you!............
it is ridiculous how lawyers feed this frenzy. atleast they will burn in hell.

Yes the Lawyers do feed it but then again so do a great many of the companies.

People sue because it is a natural extension of the money-attitude (gotta-get-mine) US society. If you want to stop lawsuits, then start by changing society.

José

Actually I think a lot of people sue because of the "not my fault" mentality of our country.
No one seems to have any personal responsibility anymore.
Something goes wrong, it's someone elses fault. Can't be their own fault.

Actually I think a lot of people sue because of the "not my fault" mentality of our country.
No one seems to have any personal responsibility anymore.
Something goes wrong, it's someone elses fault. Can't be their own fault.

... of course, the parties being sued never think it's their fault either.

My wife tapes Judge Judy, Judge Marilyn, and Judge Mathis every single day, what I find fascinating is how many peoples defense is the other person's immoral! I.E.- "Yes Judge, I signed a note saying I'd repay a $2,500 loan, but she was cheating on her husband!", or "Yes, Judge, I agreed to pay $1800 for the car but everyone in the neighborhood knew he smoked pot!", etc, etc. While some of this is outing and making the other person look bad on TV, a lot of these folks seem to genuinely believe their moral superiority excuses them for whatever they do.

Probably has a lot to do with the current administration.

I'm also amazed by the amount of guys that have women buy them cell phones, apartments, thousands of dollars worth of clothes, etc. I on the other hand can count on one hand the women who ever bought me dinner in my dating years.

Actually I think a lot of people sue because of the "not my fault" mentality of our country.
No one seems to have any personal responsibility anymore.
Something goes wrong, it's someone elses fault. Can't be their own fault.

I'm 100% in agreement with you on that.

José

And then there are the companies that KNOW they are doing something wrong, ignore it and go "Huh?" when they get caught.

And then there are the companies that KNOW they are doing something wrong, ignore it and go "Huh?" when they get caught.

... and who won't be inclined to change if awards are capped at 250K.

... and who won't be inclined to change if awards are capped at 250K.

Good point, that's peanuts to a Haliburton.

I think the problem is there are too many lawyers who know the law but know nothing about human nature. I'm sure a lot of these suits could be prevented if someone just admitted they were wrong and apologized. But the lawyers won't let them because they think it is the same as admitting liability.

There are a number of stores and restaurants I no longer do business with because of some minor problem I had with them. But instead of admitting they made a mistake and trying to rectifying it, or even just trying to make an angry customer happy, they were rude and inflexible, refusing to deviate from their rules. I've never sued anyone, but I will not give my business to someone who holds their customers in contempt.

I think a lot of these suits are simply people trying to force the businesses to take them seriously.

I think the problem is there are too many lawyers who know the law but know nothing about human nature. I'm sure a lot of these suits could be prevented if someone just admitted they were wrong and apologized. But the lawyers won't let them because they think it is the same as admitting liability.

No, not really. There lawyers who chase after lawsuits, but for the vast majority, they're simply filling a demand. The US is lawsuit happy.

José

Wonder if all the stupid warnings on products are because some numbskull actually did it and sued and manufacturers want to protect themselves. You know the ones like:

Raid Roach Killer: WARNING! Not to be used as a salad dressing.

Wonder if all the stupid warnings on products are because some numbskull actually did it and sued and manufacturers want to protect themselves. You know the ones like:

Raid Roach Killer: WARNING! Not to be used as a salad dressing.

You got to remember not everybody is as smart as you, when I went thru dive school in 1980 our medical diver class trained with a diving officer class because the curriculum was essentially the same (we got 4 weeks extra diving medicine, they got four weeks extra of salvage), anyway, in our sister class their were two Saudi officers on an exchange program, about two weeks into school they almost burned down the Bachelor Officers Quarters cooking TV dinners in their room. They followed the directions which basically said 1)preheat oven to 425 2)remove foil from tater tots,etc,etc, but didn't actually say to remove the dinner from the box(It was an el-cheapo brand IIRC). And actually, that saved their butt, the dollar amount of fire damage was bad enough that heads were gonna roll, but the bottom line was they followed the instructions correctly. They were morons, but had followed the directions. Since the majority of Saudi officers then were from rich familys, they had never cooked for themselves.

Since then I've tried to be more forgiving of idiot-proof instructions, sadly some folks need em.