I hope this month’s Lawyers Stink E-mail Newsletter finds you doing well and enjoying a lawyer free day. Today we’re going to take a brief look at the rising number of injuries and corresponding rising number of lawsuits being levied against various super warehouse and discount stores around the country. Judging from the crushing number of personal injury lawsuits being filed, prices aren’t the only things falling at these discount chains these days. So put on a hard hat and let’s take a closer look.

Not only are some of America’s discount behemoths getting hammered left and right by class action lawsuits (to check out all of the class “action”, click Class Action Lawsuit Update), big retailers such as Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Kmart, Toys R Us and the like have been waylaid with more personal injury lawsuits than anyone can reasonably keep track of (for more information on personal injury lawsuits, click Personal Injury Lawsuits and Legal Information).

No one really seems to have any kind of accurate handle on the number of customers who claim to get injured in these stores annually. The stores justifiably claim that the information is confidential (and with personal injury lawyers swarming at every turn, no one except the lawyers themselves could actually blame them for that position) and there is no federal agency that collects such data.

There’s absolutely no question that there have been numerous legitimate serious accidents from falling merchandise in the super warehouses and discount stores that dot the country. No one can reasonably debate that point – nor should they. Additionally, there’s no question that these people who have been injured and in some isolated instances, killed from falling merchandise are entitled to compensation. No question about it.

Legitimate claims for legitimate injuries have never been and never will be an issue here at Power-of-Attorneys.com. The legal system was put in place to allow people to seek redress for such claims. However, it should also be stated that any personal injury lawyer seeking to siphon 40% to 70% of his or her client’s award or settlement will always be an issue here. Always.

That said, do you suppose that there are an increasing number of conniving people, along with their equally conniving personal injury lawyers, who regularly file frivolous lawsuits against these monster discount chains in hopes of extracting (read: extorting) a sizable settlement offer? Does a bear poop in the woods? You bet your bottom dollar they are – and they do.

To listen to the personal injury attorney contingent as they weave their spell binding tale against Corporate America, it’s hard to walk into one of these large retailers or discounters (or whatever you want to call them) without getting bonked on the noggin’ by an assortment of falling boxes, lumber or other “loose merchandise”. And while you’re busy ducking and dodging all of the airborne items, chances are good that you’ll bang your toe, foot, knee, ankle, elbow, hand hip, back (choose one or more and take a number in the lawsuit line forming at the front of the store) in the process.

Or maybe someone will run over your foot with one of their shopping carts or maybe you’ll slip on something the stores have stealthily hidden on the store’s floor. What rascals these big stores are, wouldn’t you agree? When you reduce it down to the lowest common denominator (and it doesn’t get any lower than lawyers), your odds of hitting the lawsuit lottery are pretty high when you take your life into your own hands and stroll into one of these stores.

What do you suppose that all of these mega-stores have in common? Duh! Mega-bucks, that’s what. They’ve got them and the sleazy lawyers and their slimy clients want them. Sounds like we’ve got the makings of some big time litigation, doesn’t it? And that’s exactly what we have here. Lawsuit upon lawsuit upon lawsuit; lawyers and lawyers and more lawyers. Who ultimately wins in this high stakes game of sue or be sued? Duh again. The lawyers, of course.

When the lawyers leave and the smoke finally clears (not to mention the stench), who ends up paying the freight? Come on, it’s time to wake up and smell the lawyers at work here. Who pays? You and me – the American consumer – that’s who. These litigation costs are passed on down the line and are reflected in the price of virtually everything we purchase in this country. Each and every time you buy a loaf of bread, a gallon of gas or an article of clothing, you are padding the pockets of lawyers throughout the country. How do you like them apples?

Hey, accidents are a part of life. Try as we might, there’s no escaping them. Do you think, for even one minute, that the stores purposely booby trap their aisles with a potpourri of hazards as the prosecuting attorneys would have you believe? I’m sure every store does its best at insuring their patrons’ safety and has a number of safety measures in place to that end. When people have legitimate injuries, the legal system should provide them the means to be remunerated accordingly.

However, lawyers and frivolous lawsuits have become a part of life as well – and there’s no escaping them either. There are thousands upon thousands of dishonest lawyers and deceitful clients out there trying to scam these super stores every day of the week (to see how you can help eliminate lawsuit abuse, click Stop Lawsuit Abuse). If we don’t do something immediately to thwart renegade lawyers from filing frivolous lawsuits left and right, then ten dollar a gallon gasoline and five dollar loaves of bread may not be far behind.

Let’s all pitch in and help stomp out the stench.

Wishing you, as always, a lawyer free day!

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