What I didn't learn at school but wish I had
church immediately dismissed him. The homosexual minister sued for unfair dismissal and won. (This example by the way is not about moral issues in so much as most churches would not expect to encounter litigation problems in this situation.) The success rate of plaintiffs (people suing) in the US is around 60%. That is, there is over 50% likelihood if you are sued that you may lose (on a purely statistical level). Some of the successful claims in the US are almost unbelievable such as these: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of ... she set the cruise control Oklahoma, purchased a new 32- at 70 mph and calmly left foot Winnebago motor home. the driver's seat to go to the On her first trip home from a back of the Winnebago to football game, having driven on make herself a sandwich. to the freeway she set the cruise Not surprisingly, the motor control at 70 mph and calmly home left the freeway, left the driver's seat to go to the crashed and overturned. back of the Winnebago to make Mrs. Grazinski sued herself a sandwich. Not Winnebago for not putting in surprisingly, the motor home left the owner's manual that she the freeway, crashed and couldn't actually leave the overturned. Mrs. Grazinski sued driver's seat while the Winnebago for not putting in the cruise control was set. owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her US$1,750,000 plus a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home. Kara Walton, of Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the US$3.50 cover charge, the jury said the nightclub had to pay her US$12,000 plus dental expenses. A jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay Amber Carson of Pennsylvania, US$113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor - Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. Whatever happened to people being responsible for their own actions? 321