In regard to the demonizing of "trail lawyers," and the Republican complaint that consumer lawsuits are somehow harming job-creation and prosperity in general:

I heard a report last night on "Marketplace," the NPR business-news program, that SIX TIMES as many lawsuits in the US are filed by businesses than by private citizens ("consumers"). Who is really tying up the court system, and enriching lawyers at the expense of the general economy?

The whole specious argument is nothing more than an effort to discourage and trivialize the (relatively rare) efforts of powerless individuals to extract justice from powerful corporations.