   Teen & Mom Sue MySpace for $30 Million - -
  for a sexual assault that occured between a 19 year old and the 14 year old girl. I usually put down here what i think but i am just speechless. i dont know what to say. I guess i could ask wheres the responsibility of the parents and the 14 year old girl? You should know by 14 that you dont ride with strangers. Linkage   your first time in it shouldnt ask for info to register. if it does just put anything bogus in there..   
  If some teen has nothing better to do than to chat on MySpace and other overly-media-heavy sites then it's her own fault.   ;Link that doesn't require registration;  absolutely ridiculous...   ;  I really hate the way the law system in the US works.Yes, the law system should pay back innocent people and punish those who broke the law.But it shouldn't give them more money than makes up for the trouble.Sure, getting sexually harrassed causes emotional trouble. But Myspace didn't harrass them, the harasser did. Many people get sexually harrassed. There's no reason why one person who got harrassed should get $30 million because this person is "smart" enough to sue a company for it. If not Myspace, but instead oral communication was used, they could have sued "the air" instead for transporting the audio waves, but now "the air" was accidently replaced by "myspace" and myspace has money while the air hasn't.I don't mind if they sue MySpace to make them be more protective for children. But the women who sued them shouldn't get the $30 million, the $30 million should be invested in the making of MySpace more protective for children instead. If the jury finds that necessary at least.Finally, someone who doesn't use common sense (if it's common enough :p) has no right to sue IMO. You don't put cats in an oven, so the oven manual doesn't have to mention it.I hate it, and the law system in the US should be adjusted to end those ridiculous suits forever. It should also be changed to be so that how much money you spend on lawyers does NOT determine the outcome of the suit, and so that no companies can live only from sueing other companies.   ;  What a pile of doo doo. Well if it makes anyone feel better MySpace is part of the Rupert Murdoch empire, presumably we will soon see new laws to protect him from this kind of suit.   ;Quote:Original post by LodeI really hate the way the law system in the US works.Yes, the law system should pay back innocent people and punish those who broke the law.Hey hey hey, hold up a second.It's not really fair to complain about how this case proves how awful the American legal system is unless and until the plaintiffs actually WIN somthing.;Quote:Original post by Anthony SerranoQuote:Original post by LodeI really hate the way the law system in the US works.Yes, the law system should pay back innocent people and punish those who broke the law.Hey hey hey, hold up a second.It's not really fair to complain about how this case proves how awful the American legal system is unless and until the plaintiffs actually WIN somthing.No, the complaint is valid. Whether the case has any merit or not, the defendants must pay for their own expensive legal fees, and are not in any way reimbursed for them at the conclusion of a trial.While a huge conglomerate like News Corp would treat this as chump change, imagine the reverse situation, which occurs every single day across the country.Huge corporation wants something done, so they sue a private person with shallow pockets, knowing full well that the case has no merit. Person knows case is bogus, but cannot afford lawyer and legal costs, so therefore gives into the will of the corporation.All civil defendants costs should be paid in escrow by the state until such a time a verdict is rendered, at which time, in the case of a guilty verdict, the defendant will be required to pay the legal costs, and in the case of not-guilty or anything dismissing the case, the plaintiff will be required to pay the legal costs.But hey, that's just some crazy socialist bullshit, I guess.VIVA LA CAPITALISM! JUSTICE FOR THE RICH!   ;Quote:Original post by Anthony SerranoQuote:Original post by LodeI really hate the way the law system in the US works.Yes, the law system should pay back innocent people and punish those who broke the law.Hey hey hey, hold up a second.It's not really fair to complain about how this case proves how awful the American legal system is unless and until the plaintiffs actually WIN somthing.Just the fact that you can file a suit like this is ridiculous. Makes me want to smack both of them and their lawyer! [evil]If a judge doesn't take one look at this and throw it out there's a huge problem.   ;Quote:Original post by MachairaQuote:Original post by Anthony SerranoQuote:Original post by LodeI really hate the way the law system in the US works.Yes, the law system should pay back innocent people and punish those who broke the law.Hey hey hey, hold up a second.It's not really fair to complain about how this case proves how awful the American legal system is unless and until the plaintiffs actually WIN somthing.Just the fact that you can file a suit like this is ridiculous. Makes me want to smack both of them and their lawyer! [evil]If a judge doesn't take one look at this and throw it out there's a huge problem.No, the right to sue someone should be universal; it's the only way civil penalties can be levied against others. When you start making restrictions like "these kinds of suits cannot be filed", then you get lobbyists comming in and paying the government to make laws saying "You cannot sue your doctor for cutting off the wrong appendage".Judges exist for this very reason; they determine the merits of the case, and then decide if it should be continued.If we adopted the "plaintiff pays defenses legal fees in the event the case is bogus" system above, it would cut down on the bullshit lawsuits out there a lot.   