I don't want to get in the way of a really good rant, but can we put a
little finer edge on this?

For all the idiotic decisions out there, whether against Cessna, Lycoming,
Parker-Hannefin or even McDonald's, there was some guy on the other side
arguing his heart out saying "My client did nothing wrong, and its product
met all of the applicable legal standards." He was left sputtering and
every bit as outraged as the writers in this thread when the jury came back
awarding millions against his client.

In cases that are settled, the companies pay because they have a damned good
idea of what a jury is going to do if it watches the grieving widow or
listens to the burn victim describe his treatment, regardless of how
well-made or well-engineered their products were.

There are *some* lawyers who manipulate gullible and sympathetic juries to
the detriment of society, especially general aviation. The system,
including the trial process, legislatures (i.e. lawyers who write laws) and
the judiciary (i.e. former lawyers who think they are little legislatures)
has become malignant, destroying the body that gave it life. But like a
malignancy, there is the rest of the body -- lots of decent, hard-working,
intelligent and right-minded people who are trying like hell to stop the
spread of the disease.

"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Matt Whiting wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Yes, and the more they make the more they will come up with these
schemes. I don't think it will end until the lawyers have all of the
money and then have to sue each other. :-)

Matt
They're already doing that. :-)

Here's how to deal with lawyers.

http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited...fx4298368.html

"Pakistani police Monday baton-charged and arrested more than 100
lawyers at protests in at least two cities against a state of emergency
imposed by President Pervez Musharraf, witnesses said."
Unfortunately, after years of neglect, apathy, and unbridled greed on the
part of the American public, the control lawyers now enjoy over every
facet of American life, business, and government, is complete.
We are now simply waiting for the inevitable downfall of such a system.

And the lawyers will sue everyone for causing said downfall.