Are we choosing to oppress ourselves with the compensation culture?
1. Last True Paladin of Scotland asked: NOTE: This happens in
degree, because of the sue-happy culture.
2. Also by making everyone afraid of lawsuits, we begin to dest
entertainment, what we eat, what we can play with
3. "Compensation culture" describes a society in which it is acce
who has suffered a personal injury to seek compensatory d
litigation from someone connected with the injury. The term
to describe the legal climate with regard to torts in Britain
advocates of tort reform.
5. Frivolous lawsuits that may be settled out-of-court if the co
case is greater than the settlement amount
6. Liability insurance becoming prohibitively expensive where
of compensation claims, making it impossible to host mi
activities such as children's sports or other public or com
7. Lawyers who offer to take cases on a "No win, no fee" basis m
misleading belief that such cases are risk-free, when in fact
legal costs may be awarded against the plaint
8. It may be difficult to disprove the existence of certain claime
neck and back strains or emotional distress, increasing the lik
by plaintiffs feigning such injuries.Michal Wald