[WayneS]

This could be written off as some seriously wacky and humorously sad “Euro-Horseshit” if there weren’t 80,000+ “trial lawers” in this country chomping at the bit to bring this kind of lunacy to OUR courts...

[Moltke]

This could be written off as some seriously wacky and humorously sad “Euro-Horseshit” if there weren’t 80,000+ “trial lawers” in this country chomping at the bit to bring this kind of lunacy to OUR courts...

You've got it backwards...notwithstanding this bizarre case, there's nothing even close to US litigation happiness and mega-$$$-awards in Europe. If anything, there might be some Euro lawyers that hope for THAT lunacy to come to Europe.