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[Tapxe]

The top 3 richest individuals in the US have as much wealth as the bottom 160,000,000. That is oligarchy. That is the pathology of wealth addiction. We are a sick society.

 

[Tapxe]

 

[St. Widge]

lol at suing corporations and insurance companies. Don’t you need money and time to sue someone? I bet those working class forks have a lot of those two things.

No you don't need money and time to sue someone. Plaintiff's attorneys work on contingency fees. They don't charge you anything and the most time anyone would need to spend is to sit for a deposition.

So maybe you should lol at yourself since you clearly don't know anything about the civil courts system.

 

[St. Widge]

You'd be surprised. I worked for an attorney who specialized in dealing with insurance cases, mostly dealing with property damage/loss. Cases involving insurance and insurance fraud happens all the time. Most cases get settled, but more than a few do end up in the courts.

That said, insurance companies do indeed usually have more resources and the system favors them in most cases.

Not in most places. Insurance companies lose all the time. It's why they almost always settle. No insurance company wants to go in front of a jury because they almost always lose.

 

[St. Widge]

I don’t doubt it. However, for every person who could afford an attorney, there is one who couldn’t and I am being very generous with this statistic.
If everyone is able to sue when they face injustice from corporations, we wouldn’t need government groups like the EPA, the BCP, etc..
Closer to home, there is an area dubs Cancer Alley. I don’t think suing is Ann option for the people who live in these parishes.

You don't need money to hire a Plaintiff attorney. They work on contingency fees. They take a percentage of what is recovered and get nothing if they don't win or settle the case for money.

People who live in Cancer Alley sue all the time and win. Have you ever heard of Danny Becnel? Have you not seen the commercials advertising for mesothelioma, cancer, and asbestosis cases?

 

[bigdaddysaints]

this is such a sarcastic but true statement..

 

[bigdaddysaints]

that's because Musk doesn't really have 20b in cash to do that..

 

[DaveXA]

Not in most places. Insurance companies lose all the time. It's why they almost always settle. No insurance company wants to go in front of a jury because they almost always lose.

It depends on the case, jurisdiction and parties involved. But I agree, of course most are settled out of court. I don't know about broader most cases insurance companies having an advantage, but the ones I was familiar with, the defendant won their cases more often than not. I'll grant that may not be the norm though.

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

You don't need money to hire a Plaintiff attorney. They work on contingency fees. They take a percentage of what is recovered and get nothing if they don't win or settle the case for money.

People who live in Cancer Alley sue all the time and win. Have you ever heard of Danny Becnel? Have you not seen the commercials advertising for mesothelioma, cancer, and asbestosis cases?

This isn't entirely correct. Some plantiff attorneys work on contingency and will only take cases that they deem to have merit which can be somewhat subjective. If you can't get someone to take your case on contingency, it's really hard to hire adequate legal representation that can go up against a corporation that has endless budgets, staff attorneys and specialized law firms on retainer.

The cases you decribed above are also all very egregious and class action. Not every case is like that.

 

[NewOrleansFan]

You don't need money to hire a Plaintiff attorney. They work on contingency fees. They take a percentage of what is recovered and get nothing if they don't win or settle the case for money.

People who live in Cancer Alley sue all the time and win. Have you ever heard of Danny Becnel? Have you not seen the commercials advertising for mesothelioma, cancer, and asbestosis cases?

How many Danny Becnel do you think live in the cancer alley?

 

[NewOrleansFan]

No you don't need money and time to sue someone. Plaintiff's attorneys work on contingency fees. They don't charge you anything and the most time anyone would need to spend is to sit for a deposition.

So maybe you should lol at yourself since you clearly don't know anything about the civil courts system.

I sure do. I went through civil courts twice both as a plaintiff. It depends on the cases, plaintiff’s attorneys not always work on contingency.
Do you think a plaintiff’s attorney would take up a contingency case for someone making $40,000 a year who needs a medical procedure for her kid that costs about $15,000 but was denied by her medical insurance?
How many people do you think are in that situation?

 

[Tapxe]

that's because Musk doesn't really have 20b in cash to do that..

Yeah it's a bit simplistic in theory, but Musk 100% has the resources to do something. Instead he put a car in orbit and exploits his workers while making posts like that.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Yeah it's a bit simplistic in theory, but Musk 100% has the resources to do something. Instead he put a car in orbit and exploits his workers while making posts like that.

When you think about it…the space program brought about a lot of innovation, things that we didn’t have, things that helped us as a whole. All Musk has done is just recreate those ideas. He really hasn’t “innovated” just improved on old ideas.