What can I possibly say – you know that I really want to say “only in America!” But sadly this litigation rash seems to be spreading.
Among the nightmare scenarios of global warming, there’s one only now coming into view – and it’s definitely manmade: As predictable as the rising seas, we can expect a flood of class-action lawsuits trying to cash in on the issue. Overlawyered: A Climate of Greed Never Changes [^]
So it seems that some “clever” lawyers have worked out that there is a big pot of gold out there. The one thing that we can be certain of is that they are looking to get their hands on it – they just haven’t worked out how yet! I doubt that we will be seeing them putting their hands in their pockets and helping the genuine victims.
Thanks to Overlawyered[^] for pointing out some of the absurd happenings in the legal world.