The point of this article is not that what the lawyers are doing is illegal. It is rather to point out that what they are doing has a cost, and that the cost is born by the individual and not the companies that are sued. The tobacco case is a classic example. Tobacco companies signed up to the huge penalties and then immediately raised prices.
If articles such as this help to change either the practice of the juries or the writing of the laws, they will have served their purpose. We need to recognize that these cases impact each of us not just the company that is sued.
>>>Tobacco companies signed up to the huge penalties and then immediately raised prices. <<<
If we could have a choice between having the tobacco industry still around, or all those lost family members of folks who couldn't kick the habit even when they tried, which would it be?