Jim Henderson wrote:
> I'm not necessarily talking legally, I'm just talking about how most 
> people seem to behave - that they couldn't have made a mistake, it has to 
> be someone else's responsibility.

I think one is the result of the other, tho. I don't think people 
thought this way 100 years ago.

> Another example: My son's girlfriend was in a car accident about 8 months 

I read where someone stole a car, ran from the police in it, caused 
damage to the police cars chasing, and the police sued the owner of the 
car for the damage. Weird.

> Yep, what you've written here is a good explanation of how things work 
> and how the costs are factored into the cost of goods.

Except that it's self-reinforcing. People win giant lawsuits *because* 
of the liability laws. People wouldn't sue if they could only get 
recompense for the actual damage done, and I expect most wouldn't sue if 
they'd done something stupid if they would lose because they did 
something stupid. But because the laws are there, companies buy 
insurance and bump their prices, and because of this people *do* sue.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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