The supreme court made an outstanding judgement. f..k those greedy lawyers.
Posted on 04/28/2011 1:41:05 PM PDT by Nachum
San Francisco - The US Supreme Court has granted a whopping victory to AT&T, the US Chamber of Commerce, and supportive corporations, by reversing previous court decisions that had prevented corporations from requiring individual arbitration of customers' complaint. By issuing its 5-4 decision on Wednesday, the Court has essentially stripped away individuals' rights to band together in class-action lawsuits should a corporation choose to include an arbitration requirement in its contracts or
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However, the courts have made it clear that in some civil cases part of the money awarded to the plaintiffs can be in the form of a monetary penalty aimed at discouraging the defendant from trying the same crap in the future.
How is it possible to assess punitive damages on misbehaving companies in arbitration? Isn't that just about financial restitution?
I oppose the silly $10 coupon per plaintiff decisions because most people don't bother to redeem them, and the company goes unpunished.
Some companies need to be financially chastised. This has to happen in the courts. The penalty has to be a fixed amount payed into the U.S. treasury to pay down the debt.
Screw coupons and screw arbitration when one of the litigants is a major corporation and the other one is a lowly citizen.
Now they might punish you for it, but satisfaction is, as they say, satisfaction!
The court upheld the contract the people signed. It is a good call for contract law.
Hmm, I’m thinking Bill Gates vs. John Deere?
As in, some of those docs you sign prior to surgery?
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Why?
And, are you and all yours OK? Missed by the storms?
If you are a conservative, you should be happy about this decision.
Instead, you sound like an emotional, anti-business, liberal troll.
try and NOT sign one.
you can’t enter a brokerage deal or a cell phone contract without one.
What rights are deprived?
no as in the pain patch cases where they had an inspector examining 20 patches every second. The patients died from pain killer overdoses but the cases could not have been brought if they had not been consolodated as a class.
trial by jury.
The back of a cruise ticket eliminates that right. But you have a choice, when you find out as you are boarding the ship you can cancel the entire cruise and fly home having wasted all that money. ps no refunds.
The supreme court made an outstanding judgement. f..k those greedy lawyers.
Which, of course, is senseless since it is ultimately regular taxpayers who fork over the cash for these settlements, just like they do for "corporate taxes". The money simply comes out of Sally Secretary's, Margie Manager's, and Tommy Truckdriver's IRAs, 401Ks, and pensions, as well as from the pockets of regular Mom and Pop investors who have maybe $5k or $35k, whatever, invested in some mutual fund.
Keep in mind that even as we laugh at the sheer stupidity of the scumbag lefties when they call for more "corporate taxes" (as if a bundle of papers known as "articles of incorporation" pays taxes) there is a reason for their stupidity. They actually believe that "corporate taxes" are paid by big fat cigar-chomping old white men in pinstripes, because this is an easy visual for small-minded people who tend to view things in terms of cartoons.
Take care not to get as lazy as the lefties. Let them wallow in their stupidity all by themselves, thank you.
About nine years ago I received a check for $50 for a stereo I had purchased for my daughter in 1995. The CD player stopped working right after the warranty.
A few other checks I have received over the years were for a couple of dollars or less.
good point.
Disingenuous nonsense. Sixth amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defenceThe right to a jury trial is explicitly linked to a CRIMINAL prosecution by the government. Suing someone is a civil matter. The BOR does not grant you the right to have a bunch of envious ignoramuses help you loot the coffers of your fellow citizens.
There is a right to jury in civil trials in federal court; it’s in the Seventh Amendment. But you waive that right by signing an arbitration agreement.
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