It is apparent that plantiff's attorneys have pushed the envelope on personal injury cases to the point that if a person is injured, whoever is near-by, and has deep pockets, has to pay. Of course the lawyers get 1/3 to 1/2 of the money awarded. We have seen instances where burglars who were injured during a breaki-n successfully sued the peoperty owner. Here is another silly case reported in "coyote blog."

Joe Meadows was drunk. Very drunk. 0.296 percent blood-alcohol content drunk, 12 or 13 beers worth. Fortunately, he didn't drive in that state. Unfortunately, he chose to sleep it off by resting under a parked 18-wheel truck. More unfortunately, the driver, Doug Rader, who didn't check to see whether there might be drunks lying under his truck at 1:40 a.m., ran over Meadows. Rader had EMT training, and was able to save Meadows's life, but Meadows lost a leg, and sued both the truck company and the store that owned the parking lot. A Kanawha County jury decided that Meadows was only a third responsible for his injury, which means he "only" gets two thirds of the three million dollars they awarded.