Despite a disdain for troglodyte tobacco companies, smoke and Virginia Slims ads, I route for the bad guys in their battle with these idiot savants of law. Litigation has become the means and ends. Apologies never suffice for the wronged who chart new legal territory in the punitive damages lottery. Little Johnny Prevette kissed a girl and made her cry at recess and the school district fought a harassment liability battle all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Try a Bible Week in Gilbert, Arizona and the ACLU will be there.
Common sense has no role in litigation.
Nor do the senses have any place in law. When I see an accident, I think of pay dirt for the billboard contingent fee lawyers, not the parable of the good Samaritan. Lawyer billboards are diversifying. Teachers don't hug anymore because parents sue. Falling short of legal standards stings the pocketbook whereas dismissed tugs of the heart strings are cheap, once you factor in attorney's fees and subtract out pangs of conscience.