I Hate Our Society's Mentality

I read tonight on CBC News Online that someone has already filed a $75 million class action suit. That just makes me so angry. Not that they have decided to sue, though that is questionable as it is. What makes me mad is that they have filed a class action suit a mere three days after the accident. To make thing worse, they have named Air France, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and Nav Canada in the suit, claiming all three were negligent in the landing of the plane.

I don’t know what’s worse; that people in our society are so quick to sue or that the lawyer(s) who filed the suit did so in the first place. We still don’t have much in the way of solid data in terms of what went wrong but apparently the Toronto woman who filed the suit knows. So instead of being grateful that she’s alive, she’s busy figuring out how to spend all the money she hopes to get. The article goes on to say that the Toronto woman is struggling to cope with minor back and neck injuries, along with psychological problems. Good grief. It’s been three days lady. I bruised my ribs playing soccer three weeks ago and it’s been a bit of a struggle for me too but you don’t see me suing the soccer association.

Update: Another class action suit has been filed. These guys are all money hungry losers. Disagree with me if you want, but society is full of hatred and war because of people like this.

3 comments »

1. By Frank Ch. Eigler 2 days later:

   
   
   It is kind of sad for them to go to so many honey pots, so soon. On the other hand, they do deserve some compensation for the accident. Arriving alive is not the definition of success of commercial transportation.

2. By Anonymous 2 days later:

   
   
   If you ever read the terms and conditions arriving is optional

3. By david 6 days later:

   
   

   I wouldn't worry too much about this. Since 2002, Ontario lawyers have (unfortunately) been allowed to work for contingency fees on tort cases, but Canadian civil cases are still heard only by judge, not by jury -- that means that they tend to be decided on law rather than emotion, and huge rulings are very rare.

   It's also usual for the loser to pay the winner's costs, so there's a strong disincentive to sue if you have a weak case. This time, though, I'll bet on an out-of-court settlement of about $10K/passenger, or about $3M for the whole lot. That would be pretty reasonable all around, and probably less than Air France's other non-insured out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. flying execs back and forth from France, paying media consultants, etc.).