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Article: Our views: Class action against FiberNet?; The sue-first mentality does not help West Virginia's cause
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 31, 2007
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AMERICANS have in recent decades come to believe they are entitled
to trouble-free lives - and monetary compensation for all unpleasant
deviations from that expectation.
This silly and self-defeating mentality - You may be a victim!-
has been cultivated by a rich plaintiffs' bar. It hurts West
Virginia.
When telephone provider FiberNet had an outage that knocked out
service to tens of thousands of its customers in West Virginia, the
victimology industry sprang into action faster than a speeding repair
squad.
As Fibernet rushed to fix the problem, the litigation industry
rushed to profit from it.
Lawyers lined up a few clients and filed suit against FiberNet in
Wood County. Further, they ...