One of the things that bothers me (yeah, I know - WHAT doesn't bother me?) is all the blather about the out of control tort system in the US. Squeals of pain from Chambers of Commerce and other business orgs fill the air with their outrage and tales of absurd judgments that are ruining, RUINING, do you hear me!, American business.
Two things management never, ever wants to do: admit they're wrong, and spend money on anything other than paying management. This is the root of the screams of agony, since it goes to both points. Never mind that most of the horror stories are fiction, and that most of the most egregious rulings are overturned or reduced on appeal, it HURTS them, in the wallet.
Kevin, at washingtonmonthly.com, has a post about, and with a link to, an author who has written a book on the subject. VERY interesting anecdote on the site, and the linked site is okay, too.
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