Frivolous lawsuit humor web site launched
October 10, 2007
Oct 11, 2007 -- /prbuzz/ --Announcing a new web site dedicated to real life frivolous lawsuits. BSLawsuits.com chronicles the best of the worst - and lets you express your feelings about them.

We've all heard the one about the woman who sued McDonald's because she spilled hot coffee on herself, but there are plenty of other gems you may not have heard. Like the man who sued Kraft Foods because they didn't tell him how unhealthy Oreo cookies are. Or the man who sued Michael Jordan because he looks like him. Or the man who sued University of Idaho after he fell out of a third story window while he was mooning his friends. Apparently he felt the University should have warned him that would be dangerous.

They're all here, along with lots more at BSLawsuits.com

Frivolous lawsuits are a real burden to almost everyone - whether they realize it or not. Some examples of the harmful effects and the way we all pay a price include:

- Girl Scouts in the metro Detroit area must sell 36,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies each year just to pay for liability insurance.
(The Detroit Free Press, December 4, 1997.)

- Science magazine reports that two biotech firms have halted or delayed research on AIDS vaccines because of liability fears.
(Americans for Lawsuit Reform.)

- A report by the Brookings Institute found that product liability lawsuits discourage the incorporation of safety improvements.
("The Negative Impact of Product Liability on U.S. Competitiveness: Liability Law Reform Reinforced by New Studies," Kirkland & Ellis, October 1990.)

- Forty-seven percent of companies hold back development projects over concern about product liability.
("The Negative Impact of Product Liability on U.S. Competitiveness: Liability Law Reform Reinforced by New Studies," Kirkland & Ellis, October 1990.)

- The "lawsuit tax" represents as much as thirty percent of the cost of a stepladder, over ninety-five percent of the cost of childhood vaccines, one-third the cost of a small airplane, and actually exceeds the cost of making a football helmet.
(America's Civil Justice Dilemma: The Prospects For Reform by former United States Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, published in the Maryland Law Review, 1996, Number 4.)

- There are 70,000 product liability lawsuits pending in the United States annually, compared to only 200 in the United Kingdom.
("The Negative Impact of Product Liability on U.S. Competitiveness: Liability Law Reform Reinforced by New Studies," Kirkland & Ellis, October 1990.)

- The United States has 30 times more lawsuits per person than Japan.
(America's Legal Mess, U.S. News and World Report, August 19, 1991.)

These statistics may make you mad - and rightly so. But as long as these frivolous lawsuits exist, we may as well get a good laugh at them. After all, these people deserve to be pointed out and humiliated. So come to BSLawsuits.com and prepare to be furious and entertained at the same time.
About the Press Release
BSLawsuits.com is a new entertainment web site which lists funny examples of actual lawsuits, and lets you tell how you feel about them.


 
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