in most countries that would be solved by good regulations
Quite likely both, actually. Good regulations help reduce the chance of it happening, but if it does happen, damage is done. Regulations might mean they receive a fine, but that doesn’t make the victim of their negligence whole. Medical bills aren’t all there is to it. There’s the cost of pain and suffering. Probably time off work. (And having good leave policies doesn’t necessarily help, because now that’s leave she’s used for this that she can’t use if she later needs to for another reason.) Cost of repair/cleaning the car. Lawsuits would still happen.
And anyway, I’m not defending American anti-regulation bs. I’m defending people’s right to sue companies that wronged them. In the absence of good regulations protecting consumers, suing a company that did the wrong thing isn’t “absolute chaos”. There is no “absolute chaos of lawsuit nonsense”. That is corporate propagandistic bullshit.
Quite likely both, actually. Good regulations help reduce the chance of it happening, but if it does happen, damage is done. Regulations might mean they receive a fine, but that doesn’t make the victim of their negligence whole. Medical bills aren’t all there is to it. There’s the cost of pain and suffering. Probably time off work. (And having good leave policies doesn’t necessarily help, because now that’s leave she’s used for this that she can’t use if she later needs to for another reason.) Cost of repair/cleaning the car. Lawsuits would still happen.
And anyway, I’m not defending American anti-regulation bs. I’m defending people’s right to sue companies that wronged them. In the absence of good regulations protecting consumers, suing a company that did the wrong thing isn’t “absolute chaos”. There is no “absolute chaos of lawsuit nonsense”. That is corporate propagandistic bullshit.