Are we sue happy in America?

**Ranger10** · 01-09-08, 01:03 PM

This. Is. Amazing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571349/?GT1=10755

And not in that David Copperfield kinda way. I am literally in shock over this. Is there even that much money in the world? Is the city of New Orleans even worth $3 quadrillion dollars?

Let's hear it.

**elkhartadam** · 01-09-08, 01:09 PM

Since I can not, can anyone recall when earthquake victims sued the government or Amry Corp of Engineers?

This country is a bit peggy sue happy.

**Toker** · 01-09-08, 01:11 PM

A tragedy for sure, but I think many people sueing are just trying to exploit the system, just a tad....
"A stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn."

**w4jchosen** · 01-09-08, 01:17 PM

To the question of, "Are we sue happy in America?". YES...

**SapiensErus** · 01-09-08, 01:18 PM

Voted; certainy my fellow citizens in New Orleans need help. But a number that big, especially because it was filed by one person, has to be hoax,a gross miscalculation, or a typo. That much money is absolutely ridiculous.

We cannot put a price on the loss of life, we certainly can help to reconstruct (whether reconstruction is a wise choice is arguable), but the needed cost has to be fractionally smaller than 3,000,000,000,000,000. Someone is having a good laugh about it or is a complete idiot.

**Toker** · 01-09-08, 01:20 PM

If it isn't a mistake, I want to know who the lawyer is that helped that gentlemen come up with a figure like a quadrillion dollars. What a maroon..

**SapiensErus** · 01-09-08, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by elkhartadam

Since I can not, can anyone recall when earthquake victims sued the government or Amry Corp of Engineers?

Just a thought, but the ACOE did not make an anti-earthquake machine that failed; they never claimed it was safe from earthquakes. The ACOE did make a levee that failed even though they said it could withstand greater force than was applied. So I think that comparison is not so relative.

But back on track, we are super sue happy here; but (IMO) the gov (and the rest of the US) ought to be helping those folks out (when they can). But, like I said previously, a suit or claim for 3,000,000,000,000,000 is completely absurd and either a hoax or filed by a complete fool.

**Sly** · 01-09-08, 01:31 PM

If they would make the losing party responsible for at least half of the litigation fee of the winner there would be a lot less frivolous lawsuit. This is a common practice in most every other country and would save tax payers major doe.

**MotoZ** · 01-09-08, 01:32 PM

I've seen the receiving end of fantasy lawsuits that are similar to this. When the numbers get this big you can almost rest assured that the plaintiff is A) a few cards short of a full deck and B) representing himself.

The legal filings look a lot like that crackhead's notebook that Syrringe posted here:
http://www.texasteamplayers.com/inde...7956#msg347956