Whose Accountability?

[Sirrahsim]

At least the lady who sued McDonalds had a legal leg to stand on. It was McDs policy to keep the coffee at a higher than usual temp and she DID suffer bad burns.

Tripping on a sidewalk though?? Seriously?? Add me to the 'she should have watched where she was going' group.

[Twisterdog]

Honestly, IMO, the fact that people these days would even consider bringing legal action against anyone because they tripped and fell just makes me want to scream. It is so absurd.

Laws are meant to protect people from gross negligence. They were never intended to let every person who trips and falls get rich. If the court system wasn't completely bogged down with hundreds of thousands of people trying to get rich from falling down or spilling coffee, our legal system would actually work the way it was intended to ... to protect truly innocent victims of crime and to punish real criminals.

I find things like this infuriating, frankly.