re: #285 Aceofwhat?

The problem is the lawsuits claiming that…say…vaccines cause autism. Whatever soulless, profit-hungry motive one claims to dislike about corporations, the same is usually doubly true for the plaintiff’s bar. In many cases, their cure is worse than the disease.

Juries usually aren’t stupid, no matter how much we like to think they are, and judges almost never are. The level of proof required for a contested case… is pretty high. Even when the defendants lose, there’s appeals and more appeals and it’s not front page news when the award is cut down. Plaintiffs lawyers also aren’t stupid. They’re not going to take on contingency fee cases with scientific experts unless they have reason to believe it’s a strong case.

The system isn’t ideal, but it really does work exceptionally well — the percentage of wrong verdicts is no worse than in the criminal courts.