Thanks to yet ANOTHER entry in the lawsuit lottery.

It seems a woman got home from the welfare office somewhere. When she got home, she looked at the mail on her porch and attempt to step over it to unlock her door. She instead, stepped on a letter and fell. Therefore, according to the morons on the US Supreme Court, she is now entitled to piles of taxpayer money.

So, let's look at the logical results of this crap.

1. The US Postal Service will have to pay out piles of money. They will have to spend (and have already spent) tons of cash defending the lawsuit, even if they win. If they lose, they will have to pay out truckloads more cash to the woman who won the lottery lawsuit. And where does the US Postal Service get money? From taxpayers and people who pay to mail things.

Result from 1: Higher taxes, more government waste, and higher postal mailings costs.

2. The Postal Service will have to take "remedies" to ensure this doesn't happen again. If they do not, the next time someone slips on a letter, they will have to pay out MORE cash.

Result from 2: More postal regulations and restrictions -- if you don't have the right size and shape mailbox, they will not deliver your mail. If they have a package that doesn't fit in your mailbox, instead of leaving it, they will have to hold it and you will have to pick it up in person.

Great. The only way these morons who start these lawsuits with the sole intention of getting a lottery-sized winning is to seriously and heavily penalize both the person who brought the lawsuit AND the scum-sucking lawyer who represents them. No, I didn't say to limit lawsuits -- let anyone sue for anything -- just when you lose, you, AND THE LAWYER have to pay.

Posted by: Ogre at 03:43 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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