Litigation Haven USA!
Here are some amazing facts and figures to contemplate. If they don't make you feel any safer, trust me, you are not alone...
50,000 new lawsuits are filed daily in U.S. state and federal courts! This means that the average person in the United States will be sued sometime in the next 16 1/2 years.
A recent study in the "Economic Journal" shows that Americans spend about twice as much on legal litigation than on new automobiles. In fact, no other industrialized country in the world spends as much as Americans on civil litigation. A pretty sad state of affairs indeed.
The are more lawyers in West Los Angeles than in the entire country of Japan! And the USA has more lawyers per capita than any other country in the world. Congressman Terry Everett states that frivolous lawsuits alone cost the United States over $200 billion a year.
A recent Harris Interactive survey shows that 54% of all Americans do not trust the legal system.
How do you protect yourself, your family or your business from being a victim in the next "lawsuit lottery"?
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