Why there are tort cases targeting chemicals and corporations in the U.S. but not in Canada
Why there are tort cases targeting chemicals and corporations in the U.S. but not in Canada
It was January 16, 2016. I was white-knuckling it down Missouri’s highway 44, heading to my new job at Monsanto corporate headquarters. My little crossover was wedged precariously among umpteen semi-trailers and … I was terrified. This was new for me. …
Adding to this was the stream of ‘lawyer ads’ that popped up with puzzling regularity on the morning radio program that was keeping me company on my journey. Puzzling because – in Canada – if you need a lawyer, you generally just seek one out. Not the other way around.
The culture of US litigation system is quite different from Canada’s, in my opinion. My perspective is shaped by my (perhaps, naïve) world view and by my life experiences.
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As George Mason University legal scholar, FH Buckley, outlines in his 2013 National Post article, “In America, more than elsewhere, lawyers are encouraged to advance their client’s interests without regard to the interests of justice in the particular case or broader social concerns.”
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