I work for lawyers on these types of cases - personal injury civil 
lawsuits. Without civil law average people would have no recourse 
against government or business. Yes the attorneys who take them get a 
percentage of the settlement. That percentage is set by statute on a 
state by state basis,  always to my knowledge less than half. They 
also front all the costs, experts, research, motions to dismiss, 
discovery, motions to compel, and expertly prevail over a myriad of 
legal problems no one thinks about. Their payday is often years away. 
Most people would never have the resources to do this by the hour in 
order to protect themselves and if the attorneys lose they take the 
financial hit. If you think it is easy to fight big business when 
they damage people, you might want to think again. Civil attorneys 
have always been heroes of mine, they brought us equal rights, civil 
rights, disability law and have fought to put into law just about 
every other progressive idea on the planet.


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>It will ALL GO  to the lawyers I assume............
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>Heart attack victim wins $4.5 million in case against Vioxx-maker Merck - A
>state jury has found Merck & Co. liable for one of two former Vioxx 
>users' heart
>attacks and ordered he receive $4.5 million in damages in a closely-watched
>trial involving two New Jersey men.
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