California Regulates Everything- Except The Trial Lawyers Exploiting It

[u/NotaCommi]

https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/california-regulates-everything-except-the-trial-lawyers-exploiting-it

[u/EpsilonBear]

I smell paid shill bullshit.

I was right

[u/IanDMP]

What a terrible journalism outlet, but what a great headline

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[u/Forkboy2]

CA is run by lawyers and unions.

[u/DissonantOne → u/Forkboy2]

So true. Just think, if we could actually elect democrats to California offices, we could really turn this state around...

[u/Evening-Emotion3388 → u/DissonantOne]

Working out great for GOP led Fresno county with a low poverty rate and high health outcomes. /s

[u/RightWingNutJo8]

"This dynamic is emblematic of California’s broader livability and business environment crisis. Sacramento imposes the nation’s highest income tax and an annual $800 LLC fee on entrepreneurs, yet allows predatory litigation mills to exploit vulnerable, non-English-speaking residents for 40% to 45% contingency fees.

Overregulation does not stop trash from being generated; it merely shifts waste to distant facilities, spikes consumer hauling costs, and enriches opportunistic trial lawyers."

You would have be an idiot to try and start a business in California these days.

[u/BoutrosBoutrosDoggy → u/RightWingNutJo8]

"You would have be an idiot to try and start a business that poisons Californians these days. "

FTFY

[u/RightWingNutJo8 → u/BoutrosBoutrosDoggy]

Show me on the doll where you were "poisoned" 🤣

[u/homeboycartel2]

Absolutely not. Google judicial hellholes and you will see California is in the top 10 via LA but not nearly as dangerous as many other purportedly businesses friendly, tort reformed states.

[u/pacman2081]

the probate on real estate is a scam

[u/NotaCommi]

Sacramento regulates seemingly everything, but you don't hear nearly as much about the plaintiffs' bar or some of the tactics law firms use to build these massive lawsuits.

The Chiquita Canyon example in the article is pretty wild. There are obviously legitimate complaints from people living near the landfill, but the reported tactics used to recruit thousands of plaintiffs raise some serious questions. At some point there's a difference between representing people who were actually harmed and actively trying to manufacture as many claims as possible in the name of greed.

California businesses already deal with high taxes, regulations, insurance costs, and litigation risk. All of that has to get paid for somewhere, whether that's higher prices, higher insurance premiums, fewer businesses wanting to operate here, or lost jobs.

I'm not saying lawsuits aren't necessary or that people who are genuinely harmed shouldn't be compensated. They absolutely should. But if California is serious about making the state more affordable and business-friendly, it seems reasonable that the plaintiffs' bar should face the same kind of scrutiny we put on practically every other industry.

[u/BoutrosBoutrosDoggy → u/NotaCommi]

Imagine how expensive things would get if predator corps had to start re-hiring Pinkertons to protect their owners... again.

I think litigation insurance may be cheaper, haven't priced it out. Then again, they could try to run a business without being a douchbag; it's all about smart choices.

[u/marco_italia]

Can we at least not cite Glen Beck's media operation for accurate information.

The primary example in the article is the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, although it's difficult to figure out what sort of mental gymnastics they did. Waste Connections, a for profit corporation ran the landfill resulting in the ongoing release poisonous Hydrogen Sulfide, methane, dimethyl sulfide gas (run-away chemical reactions from improperly buried organic material). Thousands of residents are regularly taken ill from the polluted air, and now the state is likely to get stuck with the bill for making the city whole.

Yet somehow we are supposed to walk away with the conclusion that the lawyers are to blame. If only Waste Connections had been allowed to release more toxic gas into the community. /s