This flood of litigation has proved too costly for insurers.
If it does, a flood of litigation could bring the vaccine renaissance to a swift end.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that allowing some lawsuits from prisoners would not "prompt an unmanageable flood of litigation".
Justice Antonin Scalia countered that there was indeed a good reason to worry about "a flood of litigation".
But Ms Campbell's long, uncertain and potentially ruinous battle is hardly likely to stimulate a flood of litigation.
Many more are likely to go bust.The Supreme Court has twice pleaded with Congress to legislate to end the flood of litigation.
Nor is there much chance of a flood of litigation, since only governments can bring complaints against a trading partner's labour standards.
The bank will be concerned that if the court rules in Terra Firma's favour, the decision could lead to a flood of litigation.
It says that "the predicted flood of litigation" seeking to explore the meaning of the 2013 defamation act failed to materialise.
Similar bills passed in other states have led to a flood of litigation and public revelations about the extent of clergy sexual abuse.
