The once lucrative field of asbestos lawsuits may not be as much of a moneymaker anymore.  To jury verdicts in the Jefferson County court system against two famous law firms may be signaling the end to the asbestos lawsuit industry.  Now of course by calling it an industry I mean just that.  Many lawyers and law firms have made it their primary topic of lawsuit.  Many law firms have even taken the time to advertise their firms as specializing in asbestos cases.In mid-July of last year, the case against Exxon Mobil found that the company was not liable in the cancerous death of Joyce Myers. As you remember from the 2004 presidential campaign, frivolous asbestos lawsuits were topic at issue during the campaign, primarily the cost of these lawsuits to the American people and their effect on medical liability insurance. As the above-mentioned case confirms, the ones “done deal” is not so set in stone.  With many more examples such as this, in many different medical liability cases, juries are starting to have less sympathy for plaintiffs in more of an understanding of what constitutes liability.  One would only hope that as jurors use their common sense more than their emotional reactions, that they will start bringing an end to this sue happy society. It is ironic that legal action can be taken by an individual against the company who was operating legally.  One such example is General Electric.  The government mandates that they cleaned up PCBs that were dumped in many northeastern rivers.  At first your emotional reaction would tell you that they should.  However, the legal system is based on responsibility.  Who was responsible for the wrong that was done?  Who acted irresponsibly?  In the case of General Electric, for the most part they were acting with government approval, and in some cases with government permit. 

As I said before, who is responsible? Who acted irresponsibly?

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