> A related angle is trying to get such laws passed, to discourage similar cases in the future

Who is going to sponsor such a law? The same representatives that are paid by the lobbyists of the corporations the laws are targeting?

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bell-cot 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Some legislators - perhaps honest idealists, perhaps those being paid more by lawyers specializing in such lawsuits - do work at getting such laws passed.

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dylan604 13 hours ago | parent [-]

You're telling me you think there are >50% of congress critters and senators that are not on the take?

	▲	bell-cot 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		1) No, and 2) Irrelevant. State laws are made by state legislators. Considering the endless vistas of billboards advertising lawyers for personal injury lawsuits and such in my part of Michigan - I feel pretty sure that >50% of our legislators are enrolled in those lawyers' "gratitude programs".