Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2012: ILR
A lawsuit by a driver who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and then sued a victim that he killed tops the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) survey of the Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2012.
“Abuse of our legal system is no joke, and these examples range from the outrageous to the absurd,” said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard. “This poll reminds us that as a society, we sue too much. In turn, these abusive lawsuits inflict harm on lives, jobs, and our economic growth.”
ILR announced the Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2012 from votes cast throughout the year by visitors to FacesOfLawsuitAbuse.org. The lawsuits were selected from those featured in the website’s monthly polls for 2012. The Faces of Lawsuit Abuse campaign is ILR’s public awareness effort created to highlight the impact of abusive lawsuits on small businesses, communities, and individuals.
The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2012 are:
Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Warren, Hawley Press Insurers Over Closed, Unpaid Claims
- Will California’s New Smoke Claims Law Create a Recovery Bottleneck?
- Goldman Sachs Ensnared in EY Data Breach Earlier This Year
- Agentic Intelligence for Claims Dominates New Tech Launches
- Apollo’s Rowan Blasts Regulators for Handling of Walter Insurers
- Severe Convective Storms: Risk, Field Reality and the Path to Resilience
- The Great Hemp Reset: How the Federal Ban on Intoxicating Hemp Products Will Reshape Risk and Coverage
- Credit Acceptance Reaches $710M Predatory Auto Lending Settlement With Most States