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In some cases, people are successfully pressing claims that seem patently silly. One example: a man who attempted suicide by jumping in front of a subway train sued the New York City Transit Authority, contending that the motorman of the subway that hit him had been negligently slow in bringing...
According to one frequently cited tale, a body builder competing in a footrace with a refrigerator strapped to his back was injured when one of the straps came loose; he sued several defendants, including the strapmaker, and won $1 million. The facts, according to the lawyers' group: ten athletes competed...
Another tale allegedly involves a fat man with a history of coronary disease who suffered a heart attack while trying to start a Sears lawn mower, sued Sears and the manufacturer, contending that too much force was required to pull the rope, and won $1,750,000. The real story...
In yet another celebrated case, a burglar supposedly fell through the skylight of a school, sued and was awarded $260,000, plus $1,500 a month. The full story, it seems, is that a 19-year-old man and three friends tried to take a floodlight off the roof of...
Equally significant is the growing size of punitive damages, which supposedly serve the same purpose as a don't-ever-do-anything-like-that-again fine of the defendant. Juries sometimes find that a person's actual damages amounted to only a few thousand dollars, yet decide that the corporation...