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Can the family still file a civil wrongful death suit?
You’d hope so. They do seem to a litigious country.
Haha, us silly Americans, filing a lawsuit at the drop of a hat.
It seems like every time a cop runs over a bicyclist and the grand sum of their penalty is $35.50, enough money to almost afford pizza for a family of four, somebody has to file a lawsuit!
We're so silly, we are such a silly country.
You know as well as anyone that you picked a bad example.
Here are some better ones.
I picked an example that was exactly pertinent and relevant to this specific chain of conversation.
I bet you're one of those people that thinks the McDonald's Hot coffee lady was an absurd lawsuit.
The coffee was unreasonably hot, right? Fair enough.
Did you see any of the examples on the link I posted that clearly show America is incredibly litigous, which was the point of the reply?
Yes, the problem is that there is no redress of grievances outside of the legal system.
The only options are
1: to keep things as they are
2: to make it so that if something happens you just can't sue anyone and tough luck, or
3: institute a new system, in which case you have to get such a huge percentage of the population on board with your new plan that it basically amounts to a constitutional amendment.
So you can complain about how often people sue each other all you want, but until you come up with a new and better solution and actually get it passed then all you're doing is griping.
Right, let me just go and fix it myself or forever be silent. I forgot people aren't allowed to complain about things.