Posted on 11/03/2011 5:28:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When you consider that, more than a decade ago, Herman Cain settled some unspecified sexual-harassment claims, you also need to consider that the only things you need to file a lawsuit are the filing fee and a printer. Facts are optional.
Maybe Cain did harass some employees. But the dirty little secret among lawyers that defend business people from lawsuits -- and among those lawyers who bring them -- is that an enormous percentage of such claims are frivolous, if not flat-out lies.
Concepts like “truth” and “justice” have little meaning in the world of big-money litigation. Thanks to ravenous plaintiffs’ lawyers empowered by the politicians they buy with campaign contributions, every business person is in the crosshairs.
Lawsuits are so expensive to defend that it makes good business sense to settle even the most frivolous cases. And businesses do.
TV and movies would have you believe that most lawsuits end up with a jury hearing the evidence and rendering a verdict. That almost never happens. Close to 97 percent of civil cases never see a courtroom. The vast majority settle, with the business paying good money to end the nightmare -- money that could have gone to hiring struggling young people, buying new equipment or expanding.
And, as Herman Cain has learned, you never really can buy your peace. The accusers apparently signed nondisclosure agreements so that Cain and his company could put the accusations behind them. A lot of good that did. Whether it was the accusers or others who revealed the claims, the effort to buy peace now looks like wasted money.
In the world of sexual-harassment law, the accusations are bad enough. You’re guilty until proven innocent. The law is skewed toward the plaintiffs -- it’s hard to get even the silliest charges tossed out,
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A friend of mine had a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him by an under-preforming female minority subordinate. (shocker)
My friend is openly gay and doesn’t want to have anything to do with women so the company told her to go pound sand.
LOL!
Do I hear correctly that a conservative radio host is now claiming to be an eyewitness to bad Cain behavior? Caught the end of a bit on the radio, but I think that’s what I heard. Yes, no?
This is where the national discussion needs to be, the entire crock of s-it that is sexual harassment. There is an entire sub-industry of shaking down companies and individuals.
I wasn’t always like this, but nowadays in the workplace, I’m cordial as much as needed, but otherwise coldly businesslike. In today’s hostile environment, with people searching for opportunities to be “offended,” I keep interactions to a minimum.
A very popular meme floating around in the 90’s was that if a woman felt sexually harassed, then she was, by definition, sexually harassed, regardless of the intent of the alleged harasser. The idea was that he should have been sensitive enough to know.
It is like putting the teeth of law behind the phrase, “if you loved me, I shouldn’t have to tell you what’s wrong”.
And putting such legal power behind the notoriously emotional is asking for serious trouble.
I remember a story of a board meeting at an unnamed large aircraft manufacturer in Seattle back in the 1980’s, several women were missing because they were all close to the end of term on their pregnancies. Someone said, “Must be something in the air.” Someone else said, “Yeah, their legs.”
Lots of laughter from the non-females in the room. Imagine how that would go today.
Imagine if Thomas Jefferson was running for president today. He’d be dragged through so much mud he would choke to death.
It is not clear what some people call ‘harrassment’ anyway
If my boss remarks on my hair or my shoes, is he barassing me....? NOT!
A feminist would say, yes. They have made the world a very ugly place.
I got a feeling Mr Cain has some new law suits coming his way.
He seems to level charges with no facts.
Curt Anderson is pissed.
Professional plaintiffs looking for the “cha ching”.
In other words, its the “reasonable woman” standard. If a reasonable woman says she was sexually harrassed, people take her at her word. Unfortunately, that leaves what constitutes “sexual harrassment” open to interpretation. And this is where its easy to file frivolous claims. As Willie Sutton said about robbing the banks, “that’s where the money is.” For ambulance-chasing attorneys, it costs them nothing to get a quick payoff. That’s why people in the workplace keep their mouths shut and confine their human interaction with others to only what is strictly necessary to do their jobs. And even that might not be safe. No man can know if he’ll be sued, not because he said something at all but because he happened to look at a woman the “wrong way.” Sexual harrassment fights make no one look good. But the MSM will never tell the country that basic truth.
Yep. We live in a really weird “legal” environment right now. It is not sane.
True conservative candidates would back Cain up. I’m surprised Newt so far, is the only one. If Perry didn’t start this smear, he should say so and apologize anyway. Michelle probably won’t be afforded the opportunity. So all eyes are on what’s missing from Brylcream now for a response.
For lawyers, it’s like stagecoach robbing, only the getaway is much safer.
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