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> This only contributes to our litigious society where lawyers get rich through shakedowns Even if the lawyers were to receive 100% of the payouts from these c
by rahimnathwani 4y ago
> This only contributes to our litigious society where lawyers get rich through shakedowns
Even if the lawyers were to receive 100% of the payouts from these cases, we the public still benefit: the threat of these types of lawsuits prevents other similar abuses.
- mannykannot 4y agoIndeed, and this is not in any way a shakedown. It is, in fact, an example of a victory over the mirror-image scenario, where a well-endowed entity rides roughshod over ordinary people by threatening to ruin them before, or even if, justice prevails.