After ruling against Ms. Valles, several jurors called her suit an example of lawsuit abuse, saying she had not sought medical help during the two years she said she experienced the symptoms.
Appreciating the full costs of America's unhealthy legal system can be hard because one has to note not just examples of wasteful lawsuits, but also what's missing as a result: the playgrounds, businesses, and civic institutions that might exist if our legal system didn't exact such a toll and discourage people from taking action.
What is more noteworthy, however, is that although such cases may have never been winnable for the plaintiff in the first place -- quintessential examples of frivolous lawsuits -- they inevitably resulted in a massive burden on the opposing individual or company.
Mr. Banks said he had found no examples of a lawsuit in which someone tried to challenge the factual basis for a president's determination that an emergency existed, leaving scant guideposts for what courts might do with any legal challenge.
The city, which has appealed the verdict, said that case was an example of a lawsuit it pushed to trial after the plaintiff, Joshua Marshall, rejected its last offer.
Trade unions, for example, fight thousands of lawsuits against bad employers every year and win a good number of them, especially on appeal.
In California, for example, the number of lawsuits accusing debt collectors of "violating federal law" has exploded in the last seven years, according to the Sacramento Bee.
To help you get a feel for which uses courts consider to be fair uses and which ones they don't, we provide several examples of fair use lawsuits at the end of this chapter.
Drivers were not provided pay for missed meals, rest periods, overtime compensation, etc. FedEx has faced other lawsuits, and this case is an example of how private lawsuits can sometimes achieve more than government enforcement efforts.
The following table provides an example of a lawsuit appeal text from 2012.
