Posted On: April 1, 2008, 2:07 pm CDT

Posted By: Dread

In 30 years of claims work I've learned that there is no "justice" in our legal system. You'll never get a jury of your "peers". You'll never get complete objectivity. Sympathy trumps liability almost everytime. These co-defendants were essentially held hostage by the plaintiff attorneys and were forced to make a "business decision" to mitigate their own losses. If they didn't, the plaintiffs simply use the legal system to force them to spend millions in defense. Our society has deteriorated into the mindset that regardless of liability...."someone must pay". The attorneys will take 40% of the settlements since the matters are in suit. Any expenses they have come off the top also. This is the shitty part of working with insurance and the legal system.