NationStates Jolt Archive

Frankly, I'm sick of it! I constantly see advertisements on t.v. asking people if they've had an accident and telling them they deserve compensation, telling people that if they've tripped up on the pavement then they should sue! For God's sake, learn to pick up your feet when you walk! They show people saying "There was a huge puddle on the floor, I slipped and hurt my knee," learn to look where you're going! And don't even get me started on the idiots that are sueing McDonald's for making them fat!

Anyway, the reason I've gotten so riled up about this now is because there's just been a woman giving an interview on 'This Morning' (a British t.v. show) who tried to sue a tobacco company because her husband died of lung cancer cause by smoking. It's one of the most absurd things I've ever heard in my life! Her husband smoked 60 cigarettes a day for 20 years before he died.

*The health effects of smoking have been addressed since the early 20th century.
*A statistical correlation between smoking and cancer was found in 1930.
*In 1938 it was reported that smokers do not live as long as non-smokers.
*By 1944 people were being warned about the possible ill-effects of smoking.
*In 1952 Reader's Digest printed an article detailing the dangers of smoking.
*In 1960 the Surgeon General's Comittee on Smoking and Health was formed, they concluded that smoking was related to lung cancer, it also noted that the average smoker is 9 to 10 times more likely to get lung cancer than the average non-smoker and cited specific carcinogens in cigarette smoke including DDT and arsenic.

So basically, the health issues surrounding smoking have been well known for a very long time, a longer time than this man had been smoking for. If he started smoking it was HIS fault, if he got lung cancer, it was HIS fault, not the tobacco company's. His wife needs to accept this and move on. She lost obviously.

Here in Holland someone just filed a lawsuit against a tobacco company too. Said they knew about the dangers of smoking in the fifties, but didn't tell the consumers. Or something.

Thank you America

Frankly, I'm sick of it! I constantly see advertisements on t.v. asking people if they've had an accident and telling them they deserve compensation, telling people that if they've tripped up on the pavement then they should sue! For God's sake, learn to pick up your feet when you walk! They show people saying "There was a huge puddle on the floor, I slipped and hurt my knee," learn to look where you're going! And don't even get me started on the idiots that are sueing McDonald's for making them fat!

Anyway, the reason I've gotten so riled up about this now is because there's just been a woman giving an interview on 'This Morning' (a British t.v. show) who tried to sue a tobacco company because her husband died of lung cancer cause by smoking. It's one of the most absurd things I've ever heard in my life! Her husband smoked 60 cigarettes a day for 20 years before he died.

*The health effects of smoking have been addressed since the early 20th century.
*A statistical correlation between smoking and cancer was found in 1930.
*In 1938 it was reported that smokers do not live as long as non-smokers.
*By 1944 people were being warned about the possible ill-effects of smoking.
*In 1952 Reader's Digest printed an article detailing the dangers of smoking.
*In 1960 the Surgeon General's Comittee on Smoking and Health was formed, they concluded that smoking was related to lung cancer, it also noted that the average smoker is 9 to 10 times more likely to get lung cancer than the average non-smoker and cited specific carcinogens in cigarette smoke including DDT and arsenic.

So basically, the health issues surrounding smoking have been well known for a very long time, a longer time than this man had been smoking for. If he started smoking it was HIS fault, if he got lung cancer, it was HIS fault, not the tobacco company's. His wife needs to accept this and move on. She lost obviously.

People will sue for ridiculous sums of money these days, over the most rediculous things.

We call them greedy bastards.

One man in America tried to sue Mc Donalds becuase "They made him fat."

Lawyers make commericals that slickly tell you that you can sue anyone for damn near anything, and usually get a settlement.
Hell, most of them claim no fee if they dont win you some cash.
However, they always clearly tell you in the commercial that they cant "guarantee" you anything, but they will "fight just as hard for you, as we did this guy who just won 15 millio dollars in a car accident suit."

Lawyers like this are human filth, and so is anyone who would sue for this kind of reason.

I agree Tink. Some people are just stupid...

W00t! My Employer makes people fat!

Did you know I'm most important member of Mcdonalds! I'm part of the crew! And, therefore, hvae the most important role of all! :D

GOING BACK ON TOPIC!!!!!

I know of some claims for compensation, all from people who were 'unsatisfied with there holiday'

These included

"Nobody warned us there would be fish in the sea"

"Nobody said Mosquitoes would bite"

"In photographs the sand was yellow, when we arrived it was white"

"Nobody told us they spoke spanish in spain"

God! Idiots!

Don't blame the lawyers, blame the people who are too spoilt, immature, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant, ill-mannered, stupid, and generally fucked-up to accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults.

And blame their parents, for not knocking this the hell out of them at an early age.

"Nobody told us they spoke spainish in spain"
People don't speak spainish anywhere :rolleyes:

People don't speak spainish anywhere :rolleyes:
Dyslexics may.

Don't blame the lawyers, blame the people who are too spoilt, immature, ignorant, self-righteous, stupid, and generally fucked-up to accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults.

And blame their parents, for not knocking this the hell out of them at an early age.
People HAVE to have a lawyer for cases like this. They can't go to court alone (wel here they can't anyway). No lawyers -> no stupid "big spoons made me fat" silliness

People don't speak spainish anywhere :rolleyes:

whoops, i meant 'Spanish'

<snip>
"Nobody warned us there would be fish in the sea"

"Nobody said Mosquitoes would bite"

"In photographs the sand was yellow, when we arrived it was white"

"Nobody told us they spoke spainish in spain"

God! Idiots!
That's so dumb it hurts.

Please give us a warning next time.

Bah, they also hang around on Market Street haranguing passers by with that shit.

Found out a good way to piss them off is after they ask you "Have you been victim to an accident in the last 5(?) years," say "Yes, you."

Or if you have a little child with you, point to it and say yes.

Dyslexics may.
I got 'may' :p

people who sue schools and hospitals annoy me too! I fail to see how taking money away from them is in any way going to help them improve.

That's so dumb it hurts.

Please give us a warning next time.
Sorry.

People HAVE to have a lawyer for cases like this. They can't go to court alone (wel here they can't anyway). No lawyers -> no stupid "big spoons made me fat" silliness

Rubbish. Lawyers are just filling a space in the market made by people who are too spoilt, immature, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant, ill-mannered, stupid, and generally fucked-up to accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults.

If people did accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults, they wouldn't need lawyers.

people who sue schools and hospitals annoy me too! I fail to see how taking money away from them is in any way going to help them improve.

If the hospital Buggers up an operation, fair enough. But if you tripped over, or something, don't sue! Stupid money grabbers.

A breed of person has been bred that is not at all at fault for falling over... stupid...<Inaudible mumbling>

Rubbish. Lawyers are just filling a space in the market made by people who are too spoilt, immature, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant, ill-mannered, stupid, and generally fucked-up to accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults.

If people did accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults, they wouldn't need lawyers.
You can't go to civil court without a lawyer. Criminal court yes, but not civil.

Lawyers could just not take those case. Or people could just be not selfish bastards

If the hospital Buggers up an operation, fair enough. But if you tripped over, or something, don't sue! Stupid money grabbers.

A breed of person has been bred that is not at all at fault for falling over... stupid...<Inaudible mumbling>
no, before you go into an operation you know there's a chance it might go wrong, the doctor's do their best to help you, if it goes wrong the hospital shouldn't be sued! Something should happen to the doctor obviously, but not the hospital, it's ridiculous

I think that there will always be people determined to get rich through no good doing of their own. These people are leeches.

McDonalds doesn't make you fat; you buying McDonalds does!
WARNING: Smoking is harmful to you!!! *gasp*

Seriously, all these people suing at the drop of a hat ought to look at themselves nice and proper, because they're leeches.

<<You can't go to civil court without a lawyer.>>

I think you can but only for Small Claims (<5000) at least in the UK. I did that exam a while back though so don't take me as gospel here.

i think i might sue the compensation companies that advertise on tv for making my blood pressure rise, it could cause a heart attack

I think you can but only for Small Claims (<5000) at least in the UK. I did that exam a while back though so don't take me as gospel here.
Ah okay. That could be. But those Small Claims are more like: "my neighbour scratched my car"

i think i might sue the compensation companies that advertise on tv for making my blood pressure rise, it could cause a heart attack

Give it a try, you'd have a better case than every person trying to sue McDonalds... :p

Don't blame the lawyers, blame the people who are too spoilt, immature, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant, ill-mannered, stupid, and generally fucked-up to accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults.

I do blame the money-grabbing, brainless bastards, but I blame the lawyers who encourage them to do it, too.

I find it a real shame that society doesn't ridicule them more.

Fortunately in France that hasn't caught on yet.

You can't go to civil court without a lawyer. Criminal court yes, but not civil.

Lawyers could just not take those case. Or people could just be not selfish bastards

I'm not getting through, am I.

The reason people have to go to court in the first place is the problem, and that reason is no-one will take responsibility, and no-one is prepared to settle things in an adult manner. People get evasive, greedy, nitpicky, etc, so the only way out is lawyers.

The litigious society is an immature, selfish society.

Its like when you get some idiots, like off the adverts, winning GBP 12K that just annoys me:

I'll give an example...

One day me and my mate were driving home from work when i was hit on my side of the car by a lorry...

(Shows pic of car turning across an oncoming carrige way when the lorry hits it WTF?!?!?!)

If that was a realistic portrayel of events, the lorry driver could succesfully sue the other guy for dangerous driving! :mad:

Or the stupid f**k wit who fell off his truck then sued the company for not providing a ladder, when in the actual case, there was one in the store cupboard, the guy just never asked! :mad:

Oh well, some people are money grabbing idiots who leech of others... :(

I do blame the money-grabbing, brainless bastards, but I blame the lawyers who encourage them to do it, too.

They're just trying to make the best go at life as they can. Like any successful entrepeneur, they see a market need, and they fill it.

Blaming the lawyers for frivilous lawsuits is like blaming drink makers for people getting thirsty.

i think i might sue the compensation companies that advertise on tv for making my blood pressure rise, it could cause a heart attack

LOL

You know, I bet your case would be publicised by the media. At least it would stir up more public ridicule against those companies... and at the very least it would be entertaining, seeing them trying to argue against you using their very arguments and methods against them. :D

I do blame the money-grabbing, brainless bastards, but I blame the lawyers who encourage them to do it, too.

I find it a real shame that society doesn't ridicule them more.

Fortunately in France that hasn't caught on yet.

Sure, I see what you mean... these lawyers have roughly zero credibility but, hey, they've got to earn money as well... even if they are arguing for a jackanape.

I'm not getting through, am I.
You are. I got you.

They're just trying to make the best go at life as they can. Like any successful entrepeneur, they see a market need, and they fill it.


No, like many successful entrepreneurs they created a needless and absurd market "need".

LOL

You know, I bet your case would be publicised by the media. At least it would stir up more public ridicule against those companies... and at the very least it would be entertaining, seeing them trying to argue against you using their very arguments and methods against them. :D
lol, if i could do it without it costing me any money i would! but i doubt the 'no win, no fee' companies would help me sue themselves

No, like many successful entrepreneurs they created a needless and absurd market "need".

I'm not sure if that's the fault of the lawyer. Just because there are some people who think with their wallets, doesn't mean that all lawyers should be blamed. Of course, you didn't need to tell the lawyers twice to fill the gap.

no, before you go into an operation you know there's a chance it might go wrong, the doctor's do their best to help you, if it goes wrong the hospital shouldn't be sued! Something should happen to the doctor obviously, but not the hospital, it's ridiculous

well, sue the doctor personally then.

What's that? He can't afford it? Seize his house then?

What's that? His family is now homeless? Oh dear...

lol, if i could do it without it costing me any money i would! but i doubt the 'no win, no fee' companies would help me sue themselves

Do you have any old lawyer friends? That owe you some kind of favour perhaps?

I'm not sure if that's the fault of the lawyer. Just because there are some people who think with their wallets, doesn't mean that all lawyers should be blamed. Of course, you didn't need to tell the lawyers twice to fill the gap.
Blame the lawyer's guild then

i think i might sue the compensation companies that advertise on tv for making my blood pressure rise, it could cause a heart attack

Nah, that would be a waste of time. I think we should all, en masse, sue Jamster, for unleasing the Crazy Frog upon us and bombarding us with it. Even if we don't watch TV.

Do you have any old lawyer friends? That owe you some kind of favour perhaps?
nope

Nah, that would be a waste of time. I think we should all, en masse, sue Jamster, for unleasing the Crazy Frog upon us and bombarding us with it. Even if we don't watch TV.
there is no way in hell that i would ever sue anybody! not even Jamster! (except the stupid compensation companies and that's just because it would be amusing)

Blame the lawyer's guild then

Yes, but the thing is, lawyers need to eat too. They're not all vampires. Another market means (temporarily) more room in a completely saturated career-path.

Nah, that would be a waste of time. I think we should all, en masse, sue Jamster, for unleasing the Crazy Frog upon us and bombarding us with it. Even if we don't watch TV.

Agreed.

No, like many successful entrepreneurs they created a needless and absurd market "need".

You mean that Law Societies all over the world were just sitting around, drinking chardonnay and someone just said "lets get people to make ridiculous claims, and turn our respected, ethical profession into a joke"?

This started with clients, not lawyers. Lawyers helped fuel it, so did journalists, politicians, and people who made successful shakedowns.

nope

Perhaps you could convince one to work pro-bono (I think that means what I think it means).

Or you could sign a petition to sue the Crazy Frog. That causes some high blood pressure, believe me... :p

Perhaps you could convince one to work pro-bono (I think that means what I think it means).

Or you could sign a petition to sue the Crazy Frog. That causes some high blood pressure, believe me... :p
if you get involved in sueing Jamster for Crazy Frog, then you're as bad as the idiots who're sueing McDonald's for making them fat

You mean that Law Societies all over the world were just sitting around, drinking chardonnay and someone just said "lets get people to make ridiculous claims, and turn our respected, ethical profession into a joke"?

This started with clients, not lawyers. Lawyers helped fuel it, so did journalists, politicians, and people who made successful shakedowns.

Yes, and society has now made the once respected and distinguished profession of law the butt of countless jokes. Add to that the fact that every one with some money thinks they can be some great attorney (just like on tv!!!), and you have one bloated, laughing stock of a career field.

there is no way in hell that i would ever sue anybody! not even Jamster! (except the stupid compensation companies and that's just because it would be amusing)

Well, I'd give the money to charity.

I just want to see how far we can push this whole disgusting victim-compensation culture. Hopefully until it eats itself.

if you get involved in sueing Jamster for Crazy Frog, then you're as bad as the idiots who're sueing McDonald's for making them fat

:( sorry, just a crazy idea is all... it was never gonna come into frution... sorry to anger you...

Well, I'd give the money to charity.

I just want to see how far we can push this whole disgusting victim-compensation culture. Hopefully until it eats itself.
it's still as bad as the McDonald's suers! icouldn't bring myself to stoop that low

:( sorry, just a crazy idea is all... it was never gonna come into frution... sorry to anger you...
it's not you that's angering me, it's the stupid compensation companies! i can feel a heart attack coming on now! :headbang: and look! now they've made me hit my head against a wall, that could cause some serious brain damage!

it's not you that's angering me, it's the stupid compensation companies! i can feel a heart attack coming on now! :headbang: and look! now they've made me hit my head against a wall, that could cause some serious brain damage!
That smiley gives me wrong idea's. I'm sueing jolt. And Max Barry!

it's not you that's angering me, it's the stupid compensation companies! i can feel a heart attack coming on now! :headbang: and look! now they've made me hit my head against a wall, that could cause some serious brain damage!

Alright Tink, calm, calm thoughts. Deep, rolling blue oceans (if you like oceans)...
I'm not patronising you its just that you say you can't afford a lawyer, and if you go too far the brain damage will be for nothing... and you won't be able to go on NS anymore! Think about that!

That smiley gives me wrong idea's. I'm sueing jolt. And Max Barry!

Can you afford a lawyer?

Edit: 600 posts! Now just 11,000 behind Tink and 11,242 behind LP :p

Can you afford a lawyer?
Maybe..... Wait! I'll study to become a lawyer :eek:

I'm gonna write a list of all the compensation companies whose adverts i see on tv today, then i'm going to email each one saying i want to sue [insert different compensation company] for making me bang my head against a wall and causing my blood pressure to rise with potentially fatal effects on my health.

Maybe..... Wait! I'll study to become a lawyer :eek:

Hehe... can you afford the study fees??? :p

I couldn't agree more with the utter stupidity and crapness of compensation culture. Do these people who sue for loads of money even realise where it comes from?

"I'm suing the NHS 'cos my toe hurts."

It wouldn't surprise me if that ever happened!!

Hehe... can you afford the study fees??? :p
Why not? :confused:

Why not? :confused:

:confused:

ok, i've written a letter to the compo companies, it goes like this:

Dear sir/madam,
For a few months now I've been suffering immensely, I put the television on as I start my ironing or cleaning and all of a sudden, without any warning, an advertisement will come on for {insert list of other compo companies}, my blood pressure rises (which is potentially fatal) and i then proceed to bang my head against a wall because of the sheer stupidity of the idiots that think they deserve compensation for not using a bit of common sense. I'm worried that if these compensation companies are allowed to continue to advertise on television I may end up seriously injuring myself with the iron or spraying furniture polish in my eyes in order to avoid watching these morons make fools of themselves in front of millions of people. I hope you will be able to help me gain some compensation from the aforementioned companies for the great deal of suffering that I've had to incur, thank you for your time.



what do you think? constructive criticism is welcome


and also, i need a list of all the companies that advertise on tv, so far I have:

National Accident Helpline
PI Helpline
Claims Direct

:confused:

LP happens to be dutch where they pay sod all in terms of students fees, therefore making him able to afford to study Law....god help us all... :p

ok, i've written a letter to the compo companies, it goes like this:

Dear sir/madam,
For a few months now I've been suffering immensely, I put the television on as I start my ironing or cleaning and all of a sudden, without any warning, an advertisement will come on for {insert list of other compo companies}, my blood pressure rises (which is potentially fatal) and i then proceed to bang my head against a wall because of the sheer stupidity of the idiots that think they deserve compensation for not using a bit of common sense. I'm worried that if these compensation companies are allowed to continue to advertise on television I may end up seriously injuring myself with the iron or spraying furniture polish in my eyes in order to avoid watching these morons make fools of themselves in front of millions of people. I hope you will be able to help me gain some compensation from the aforementioned companies for the great deal of suffering that I've had to incur, thank you for your time.



what do you think? constructive criticism is welcome


and also, i need a list of all the companies that advertise on tv, so far I have:

National Accident Helpline
PI Helpline
Claims Direct


Cool. Take em to the clearners!

However, Spraying polish in your eyes, will still let you hear the advert.

Maybe you could say, 'On several occasions, I've almost lept at my Television set, in a fit of rage, in an attempt to destroy it. If this adverts persist, I amy end up either destroying my TV, or fatalily wounding myself'

ok, i've written a letter to the compo companies, it goes like this:

Dear sir/madam,
For a few months now I've been suffering immensely, I put the television on as I start my ironing or cleaning and all of a sudden, without any warning, an advertisement will come on for {insert list of other compo companies}, my blood pressure rises (which is potentially fatal) and i then proceed to bang my head against a wall because of the sheer stupidity of the idiots that think they deserve compensation for not using a bit of common sense. I'm worried that if these compensation companies are allowed to continue to advertise on television I may end up seriously injuring myself with the iron or spraying furniture polish in my eyes in order to avoid watching these morons make fools of themselves in front of millions of people. I hope you will be able to help me gain some compensation from the aforementioned companies for the great deal of suffering that I've had to incur, thank you for your time.



LOL. Very nice. You should at least send it to them, even if you can't take it any further than that. :)

Cool. Take em to the clearners!

However, Spraying polish in your eyes, will still let you hear the advert.

Maybe you could say, 'On several occasions, I've almost lept at my Television set, in a fit of rage, in an attempt to destroy it. If this adverts persist, I amy end up either destroying my TV, or fatalily wounding myself'
i like it!

LOL. Very nice. You should at least send it to them, even if you can't take it any further than that. :)
I very much intend to send it off, don't worry, i'm just gonna wait and see if i can think of anymore companies that advertise on tv

i like it!

*bows*

You must join the MOBRA forums... it'll annoy the supreme being of the universe :p

I very much intend to send it off, don't worry, i'm just gonna wait and see if i can think of anymore companies that advertise on tv

lawyers 4 U?

Or something like that :confused:

*bows*

You must join the MOBRA forums... it'll annoy the supreme being of the universe :p
i will do

i will do

*Gives Tink 5 cookies*

lawyers 4 U?

Or something like that :confused:
yes, good boy Moley

*Gives Tink 5 cookies*
yay!

yes, good boy Moley

*bows*

err... There's another one... Could you include Esure Car insurence in your Crusade?

yay!

... Which are laced with LSD :p

*bows*

err... There's another one... Could you include Esure Car insurence in your Crusade?
as much as i'd like to I'm afraid it just wouldn't fit in

... Which are laced with LSD :p
good job i didn't eat them then

good job i didn't eat them then

Sorry... It's your E-hubbies fault.

My cookie supplier won't give me new ones, until i've finished these ones up.

I've still got 500 left :eek:

as much as i'd like to I'm afraid it just wouldn't fit in

ah, well.

you know if you want me to join the MOBRA forums then you'll have to give me a link Moley

More companies who can let stupid people get rich:

http://www.claim2us.com/
http://www.accidentsdirect.com/

(I apologise if they've been mentioned already. I just started picking names out of google.)

Anyway, look on the bright side. The original case you talked about, the one with the guy trying to sue tobacco companies for killing him; well, he lost. A shocking attack of common sense on the part of the judge.

So there's hope in the world yet.

you know if you want me to join the MOBRA forums then you'll have to give me a link Moley

I've given it to you twice :eek:

Check your telegrams... They may be reliable..

I've given it to you twice :eek:

Check your telegrams... They may be reliable..
no you havn't!


I'll go look now

no you havn't!


I'll go look now

Well, i tried on MSN...

A big, accurate rant.
This, to me, is indicative of an ever growing and rather disturbing trend of the human mind: the failure to take responsibility for one's actions. This tendancy is manifest in nearly all areas of human thought; from social interaction to politics to eating habits to... well, just about anything else you can name.

This tendancy is especially disturbing when it's applied to politics. American Liberals in particular are very prone to this line of thinking, which is why they're always in a snit about banning violent video games and censoring violent shows. Many people fail to realize that psychopaths and idiots have existed on this planet since the dawn of mankind. The impression I get is that many people refuse to accept that some folks are just bastards to the bone, instead blaming externalities for negative trends in their behavior.

Its interesting how the people who profess a compassion and respect for humanity are so often the ones who assume we're as suggestable as infants.

ok, i've written a letter to the compo companies, it goes like this:

Dear sir/madam,
For a few months now I've been suffering immensely, I put the television on as I start my ironing or cleaning and all of a sudden, without any warning, an advertisement will come on for {insert list of other compo companies}, my blood pressure rises (which is potentially fatal) and i then proceed to bang my head against a wall because of the sheer stupidity of the idiots that think they deserve compensation for not using a bit of common sense. I'm worried that if these compensation companies are allowed to continue to advertise on television I may end up seriously injuring myself with the iron or spraying furniture polish in my eyes in order to avoid watching these morons make fools of themselves in front of millions of people. I hope you will be able to help me gain some compensation from the aforementioned companies for the great deal of suffering that I've had to incur, thank you for your time.



what do you think? constructive criticism is welcome


and also, i need a list of all the companies that advertise on tv, so far I have:

National Accident Helpline
PI Helpline
Claims Direct


LOL, DEFINATELY send it and please please please tell us their response (if any).

But be careful, they might sue you for taking the piss which causes them to be upset and depressed. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

LOL, DEFINATELY send it and please please please tell us their response (if any).

But be careful, they might sue you for taking the piss which causes them to be upset and depressed. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
i only found one company where you can email in an enquiry about a claim so i sent it to them and the emailed me back with this:

Dear Ms Jackson

Thank you for your web enquiry to Injury Lawyers 4U yesterday. I am afraid that this firm is unable to assist you as we do not deal with these types of claims. In any event, there would be a conflict of interest acting for you against compensation companies, as it would undoubtedly include Injury Lawyers 4U. In addition, you are under the age of 18 and I am unable to take instructions from you direct and your parents would have to be involved from the outset.

For your information, if you do wish to continue with this potential claim, you have 3 years from the date of your 18th birthday to either settle your claim or alternatively issue Court proceedings. If you do not do this, you will be statute barred from proceeding, unless you obtain discretion from the Court.

Wow. What a letter. Is it just me, or did those last few lines threaten legal action of some kind? Well, it looks like a threat to me...

"Did you accidentally stab yourself seven times in the abdomen? We'll help you sue the knife company!"

i only found one company where you can email in an enquiry about a claim so i sent it to them and the emailed me back with this:

TINK, I laughed so hard when reading this post of you that I strained a muscle and now it hurts. So, I'm suing you :mad:

Mmmh... can you send me the link of those people you emailed? :p

TINK, I laughed so hard when reading this post of you that I strained a muscle and now it hurts. So, I'm suing you :mad:

Mmmh... can you send me the link of those people you emailed? :p
LOL! sorry about that :fluffle:


http://www.injurylawyers4u.co.uk/ those are the people i emailed

Frankly, I'm sick of it! I constantly see advertisements on t.v. asking people if they've had an accident and telling them they deserve compensation, telling people that if they've tripped up on the pavement then they should sue! For God's sake, learn to pick up your feet when you walk! They show people saying "There was a huge puddle on the floor, I slipped and hurt my knee," learn to look where you're going! And don't even get me started on the idiots that are sueing McDonald's for making them fat!

Anyway, the reason I've gotten so riled up about this now is because there's just been a woman giving an interview on 'This Morning' (a British t.v. show) who tried to sue a tobacco company because her husband died of lung cancer cause by smoking. It's one of the most absurd things I've ever heard in my life! Her husband smoked 60 cigarettes a day for 20 years before he died.

*The health effects of smoking have been addressed since the early 20th century.
*A statistical correlation between smoking and cancer was found in 1930.
*In 1938 it was reported that smokers do not live as long as non-smokers.
*By 1944 people were being warned about the possible ill-effects of smoking.
*In 1952 Reader's Digest printed an article detailing the dangers of smoking.
*In 1960 the Surgeon General's Comittee on Smoking and Health was formed, they concluded that smoking was related to lung cancer, it also noted that the average smoker is 9 to 10 times more likely to get lung cancer than the average non-smoker and cited specific carcinogens in cigarette smoke including DDT and arsenic.

So basically, the health issues surrounding smoking have been well known for a very long time, a longer time than this man had been smoking for. If he started smoking it was HIS fault, if he got lung cancer, it was HIS fault, not the tobacco company's. His wife needs to accept this and move on. She lost obviously.

People have WON those lawsuits in the U.S.! We have the most litigious society around and it makes me sick.

I'm sure many of you heard about the man driving his Winnebago (motorhome for those who don't know), left the wheel to go make a pot of coffee and crashed into a ditch. He sued because the manual didn't specifiy that he couldn't leave the wheel while on the highway to get coffee. He WON! :mad:

Don't blame the lawyers, blame the people who are too spoilt, immature, ignorant, self-righteous, arrogant, ill-mannered, stupid, and generally fucked-up to accept responsibility for their actions, and solve their problems like adults.

And blame their parents, for not knocking this the hell out of them at an early age.

Agreed, however, litigious attorneys should be fined, and eventually disbarred if they don't stop it.

i think i might sue the compensation companies that advertise on tv for making my blood pressure rise, it could cause a heart attack


DO IT! Or an aneurism, or a stroke, or insanity! In the U.S., I don't think it would be that difficult to find some shark to take the case! :D

Dear Ms Jackson

Thank you for your web enquiry to Injury Lawyers 4U yesterday. I am afraid that this firm is unable to assist you as we do not deal with these types of claims. In any event, there would be a conflict of interest acting for you against compensation companies, as it would undoubtedly include Injury Lawyers 4U. In addition, you are under the age of 18 and I am unable to take instructions from you direct and your parents would have to be involved from the outset.

For your information, if you do wish to continue with this potential claim, you have 3 years from the date of your 18th birthday to either settle your claim or alternatively issue Court proceedings. If you do not do this, you will be statute barred from proceeding, unless you obtain discretion from the Court.

Hehehe... Amusing. :D

Does that last bit mean that just having sent them an e-mail means you've committed yourself to either pursue it within a set deadline or be barred from ever doing so??

Hehehe... Amusing. :D

Does that last bit mean that just having sent them an e-mail means you've committed yourself to either pursue it within a set deadline or be barred from ever doing so??
i havn't a clue, i don't understand the last bit :confused:

i havn't a clue, i don't understand the last bit :confused:

Hmm... I can't be sure, of course, but I would guess that, loosely translated, it means this:

"We have now put you on a list in a file somewhere, and if, at any time after you reach the age of 21, you try to sue us, you will not be legally entitled to do so, because with your e-mail you began procedures and you now have a deadline to complete them by."

It seems very odd to me that an e-mail sent as an inquiry can be construed as in any way binding, but it looks as if that's what they're saying...

i havn't a clue, i don't understand the last bit :confused:
It means that if you suffer some kind of damage now you can ask your parents or legal guardian to sue on your behalf. But, if you want to do it yourself, you have to wait until you're 18 and within three years after that. Later than that you can't do it. If it's serious you should have done it as soon as possible, see?

Hmm... I can't be sure, of course, but I would guess that, loosely translated, it means this:

"We have now put you on a list in a file somewhere, and if, at any time after you reach the age of 21, you try to sue us, you will not be legally entitled to do so, because with your e-mail you began procedures and you now have a deadline to complete them by."

It seems very odd to me that an e-mail sent as an inquiry can be construed as in any way binding, but it looks as if that's what they're saying...
oh well lol, i had no intention of actually sueing them, it was just a joke lol

It seems very odd to me that an e-mail sent as an inquiry can be construed as in any way binding, but it looks as if that's what they're saying...
It sets precedent as to the approximate time that the damage was suffered. It's not binding you to anything in any way.

People have WON those lawsuits in the U.S.! We have the most litigious society around and it makes me sick.

I'm sure many of you heard about the man driving his Winnebago (motorhome for those who don't know), left the wheel to go make a pot of coffee and crashed into a ditch. He sued because the manual didn't specifiy that he couldn't leave the wheel while on the highway to get coffee. He WON! :mad:

I've read that one in a list of other stupid claims. I kid you not that these were real:

A couple sued Starbucks - The man claimed £750,000 after catching his penis beneath the toilet seat in the men's room while the wife demanded £300,000 for loss of bedroom fun!!!! :mp5:

A mother broke her ankle when she tripped over a toddler in a Texas store and won £470,000 - despite the fact the child was hers!!! :headbang:

A police woman demanded £200,000 after injuring her back when she slipped on a banana skin at a London police station. She was offered £59,000 settlement by Scotland Yard! :sniper:

All these were in a footnote under an article about a Kosovan who won £100,000 so-called "damages" after he was shot in the jaw by British peacekeepers in July 1999, a month after Kosovo was liberated. From my understanding of the events, the Kosovan was either in or near a car with eight Kosovan Albanians inside, who were all firing automatic weapons within a 'no-guns-allowed' area. The British troops naturally returned fire, fearing they were under attack and the Kosovan was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was treated and housed in Britain along with his wife and child, THEN decided to sue the MOD!!!!! :mad:

Anyone got any more 'gems'?

It's ridiculous. Why sue people for day-to-day accidents that are a part of life? If there's an obvious blame or something done maliciously, then sure. But tripping up is no-ones fault except maybe, just maybe, your own.

And I would blame lawyers and compensations companies for making people feel like they have a "right" to this money.

do these people realize that lung cancer CAN happen, even if someone never smoked? Smoking just ups the risk, but isn't always the cause.


stupid stupid people. can we duct tape their mouths shut?

i only found one company where you can email in an enquiry about a claim so i sent it to them and the emailed me back with this:

Dear Ms Jackson

Thank you for your web enquiry to Injury Lawyers 4U yesterday. I am afraid that this firm is unable to assist you as we do not deal with these types of claims. In any event, there would be a conflict of interest acting for you against compensation companies, as it would undoubtedly include Injury Lawyers 4U. In addition, you are under the age of 18 and I am unable to take instructions from you direct and your parents would have to be involved from the outset.

For your information, if you do wish to continue with this potential claim, you have 3 years from the date of your 18th birthday to either settle your claim or alternatively issue Court proceedings. If you do not do this, you will be statute barred from proceeding, unless you obtain discretion from the Court.

Your idea of actually asking one of these companies inspired me to do the same. I am curious if these 'Lawyers 4U' will give the same answer to me as the one they gave you.

and of course you will post the reply here? so we can laugha t it too.

and of course you will post the reply here? so we can laugha t it too.

Of course. :)

i think a quote from another E-friend covers this.

"I'm not saying stupidity should be a capital crime but why not take all the warning labels off and let the problem solve itself?"

The reason people have to go to court in the first place is the problem, and that reason is no-one will take responsibility, and no-one is prepared to settle things in an adult manner. People get evasive, greedy, nitpicky, etc, so the only way out is lawyers.

The litigious society is an immature, selfish society.
I agree. We had better implement socialism to get rid of this disgraceful compensation culture.

I agree. We had better implement socialism to get rid of this disgraceful compensation culture.


I don't think we need to go THAT far. In an ideal world, kill the lawyers :D But at least they should remove the "no win, no fee" which I think has something to do with 'legal aid'.

Here in Holland someone just filed a lawsuit against a tobacco company too. Said they knew about the dangers of smoking in the fifties, but didn't tell the consumers. Or something.

Thank you America

Sending our lawyers to you is our only way of getting revenge for the nasty comments about us.