Suing Too Much

Time for me to rant again. This one is about the growing willingness to assume responsibility for self when misfortune happens. Why is it that people must "blame someone else" when they have an accident or a bad experience? Further. why must they litigate for "damages" every time something bad happens to them?
It's the attitude "Something bad happened to me. Someone else must be to blame. I can't be at fault. I should sue!" This is not to say that suing is never advisable or morally right. It is, when there is a grievous los and the loss is the direct fault of another person or organization, suing is legitimate. But these days people sue out of avarice, not to correct a wrong.
A recent example of this sue at all cost mentality is the Air France jetliner near crash on a runway in Toronto back on August 2nd. All 309 passengers and crew survived when the jet skidded about 200 meters off the end of the runway and slammed into a ravine. Every person proceeded to exit the plane before it caught fire, with only a few having bumps and bruises. One would think he or she would give thanks for averting a potential disaster. But no! About 50 of the passengers and their relatives decided Air France might be their gold mine. Urged on by sleazy lawyers in Toronto, they met at a hotel and decoded they should sue immediately, though none have suffered any apparent damage from the crash, short of the upset of it.
Lawyers told them that post traumatic stress syndrome and other psychological trauma often "don't hit patients for months", sometimes even years.... Air France has already compensated the passengers in the amount of $1000 to $3,500 for loss of luggage and in the case of a few, the trip to a hospital for examination.
But this is not enough in the age of litigation. A number of the passengers feel entitled to more. "We need compensation that is fair and just, and if it comes to the point of having to sue them because they're not doing what they're supposed to do, then I will do that," said one passenger, Jo Ann Bundack, an executive with the Marriot hotel chain. Bundack's words are a microcosm of the sue mentality philosophy.
It's the " because you are rich and have the money you owe me if I have an accident" concept. In reaction, Air France knows that defending itself against these kinds of lawsuits (where the victim is inconvenienced and suffers slight damage, but thinks he or she deserves big compensation) is difficult. So it is promising more money for the passengers on the flight. Investigators say the flight voice and data recorders have indicated that the Airbus jet was working properly and that no mechanical fault is suspected. They believe that weather conditions (maybe those nutty passengers should sue the local weatherman for a "bad forecast") are the likely cause of the problem.
Too many passengers have praised the Air France crew for quick action in getting them off the plane quickly and safely. Nothing Air France did caused the plane to skid off the runway, the flight crew handled the emergency well.....no one on the plane suffered more than lost baggage, upset and inconveience....so why the pending $269 million class action law suit against Air France? I think the motivation for the suit is called, "greed".
Sigh.. someone should sue them all for that!