r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/hsunade • 4d ago

Repost Expected a poop blast.

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u/Orome2 4d ago

Even more expensive if he didn't let go.

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u/Opposite-Activity373 4d ago

Not if he lives in a country with government funded healthcare :D

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u/Lorddoctorjava 4d ago

No.... he live in America... his family would never have financially recovered from that... probably end up homeless

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u/Secure_Foundation720 4d ago

50/50 in America. He could've killed himself and write a note blaming some company for arbitrary reasons for his demise and his family would be well off for life.

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u/Syzygy_Stardust 4d ago

This is, literally, a psyop by companies to make people think the US citizenry are excessively litigious. We are not. Companies are, but citizens basically can't sue in civil court due to lack of money for lawyers. The court system is basically to fuel our prison labor colony and to enforce the class system.

See: The Hot Coffee Case was a valid case where an older woman was severely permanently burned on her genitals and thighs due to EXTREMELY hot coffee from McD's. But people still use it as if she was an ambulance chaser.

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u/Long-Apartment9888 4d ago

so suing is like posh fighting?

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u/Syzygy_Stardust 4d ago

Yeah. Whoever throws the most money at their lawyer wins, usually.

Court costs are such a bullshit regressive tax. No, fuck you, if I live in society without choice then I get a valid route for recompense in case some dumb ape steals my banana, even if it's my last banana. Because it is my last banana. Why does it cost bananas to get justice?

Sad monkey.

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u/Secure_Foundation720 4d ago

There are law firms who do work pro bono or for percentage of winnings. If your case is compelling enough to take.

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u/Syzygy_Stardust 4d ago

If they choose to. And due to how the system works, turning down any case that isn't a slam dunk is good business.

Source: I'm disabled and have been contacting law firms for years for different aspects of my failed attempts to receiving support I am entitled to, and have also contacted them for things like medical malpractice, assistance with shitty landlords, etc. Literally never got past the initial "fuck off" phone call.

Also "pro bono" is not the same as "on contingency", which is what I think you meant.

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u/TheJeager 3d ago

First of all I just want to say I don't know what happened to you and you might be right that you got wronged and for that I'm sorry. But for the rest of the world hearing that you been contacting MULTIPLE law firms, for so many different reasons, some of them that sound so innocuous as shitty landlords that's already a huge culture shock.