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Old 26th Jun 2015, 04:35
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It's something else to put it in the hands of a plaintiffs' attorney, who's effectively paid to win cases and doesn't care who gets hurt in the process.
This is the part that has me particularly worried. Although there are jurisdictions that seem preoccupied with finding criminal culpability whenever something bad happens (wasn't there a recent case where some geologists were jailed for failing to predict an earthquake?), at least for the time being these seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
But when it comes to liability and civil cases, it's long been no holds barred. Worse, it's a dirty not-so-secret of the industry that "expert opinions" are readily for sale.
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