A frivolous lawsuit is a lawsuit that is filed by a party or attorney who is aware they are without merit, because of a lack of supporting legal argument or factual basis for the claims (Legal). Sometimes, this lawsuit is pointed at an entire organization because of an injury or problem caused by something they provide to consumers. Sometimes, they actually win. A number of economic resources that go into these lawsuits, being time and money, is outrageous (Post). There is a multitude of other possibilities that companies could use these resources to better the economy, and even more ways it could better our lives.
A frivolous lawsuit takes the exact same amount of time almost any other lawsuit like it would take. The problem with this is that …show more content…
What makes them believe it is right to do what they are doing? Is it that they at least want something in return for something they lost? One reason is the belief in “an eye for an eye,” which means to take something someone owns, in exchange for something they took from you (Hammurabi’s). What if someone caused someone you love to die? There have been many lawsuits that easily show this as the reason for suing another. The point is, people want something in return for something they had to go through, whether it being an injury or loss of a loved one. Something else that comes into play is whose fault is it for this? After a party one night, Karen Norman got into her Honda, then found herself, with a passenger, going backwards towards a river. The passenger was able to escape unharmed, while Norman was unable to get out of her seatbelt, and drowned. At first, it seems as though Honda is the one to blame, but the full story is that Norman was drunk, with a blood-alcohol level of .17, accidentally put the car in reverse, and was unable to escape the car. The parents of Norman then sued Honda for making their cars unsafe, ending in the jury awarding the parents with 25% of the damages (10 Ridiculously). This is a great example of the whole thought of “an eye for an eye” and how people will go about with it. Other times, however, there may be no real reason to why someone is suing another
A frivolous lawsuit takes the exact same amount of time almost any other lawsuit like it would take. The problem with this is that …show more content…
What makes them believe it is right to do what they are doing? Is it that they at least want something in return for something they lost? One reason is the belief in “an eye for an eye,” which means to take something someone owns, in exchange for something they took from you (Hammurabi’s). What if someone caused someone you love to die? There have been many lawsuits that easily show this as the reason for suing another. The point is, people want something in return for something they had to go through, whether it being an injury or loss of a loved one. Something else that comes into play is whose fault is it for this? After a party one night, Karen Norman got into her Honda, then found herself, with a passenger, going backwards towards a river. The passenger was able to escape unharmed, while Norman was unable to get out of her seatbelt, and drowned. At first, it seems as though Honda is the one to blame, but the full story is that Norman was drunk, with a blood-alcohol level of .17, accidentally put the car in reverse, and was unable to escape the car. The parents of Norman then sued Honda for making their cars unsafe, ending in the jury awarding the parents with 25% of the damages (10 Ridiculously). This is a great example of the whole thought of “an eye for an eye” and how people will go about with it. Other times, however, there may be no real reason to why someone is suing another