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Lawsuits: Negligence Or Injustice?
America. The leader in many things, mostly innovative and groundbreaking, but, sometimes, a lot of times, embarrassing or ridiculous. Lawsuits fall into the latter, sue happy people abound and one must be careful to not attract the attention of these litigation Leeches. Everyone and every business faces the fact that they might be filed against for any little thing they do or say. Sometimes even when they are not involved in anyway. Your chances of being sued are better than winning the lottery to say the least. Indeed, people will try anything to make easy money and hundreds of claims are filed daily.

Even so, many filed lawsuits are dismissed since they hold no legal merit, like suing your own child because they cause emotional distress,
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