Anyone in any business that is full of cash and attracts lawsuits needs a very-different defense strategy - the one the gunmakers have successfully used. No settlements that just attract more virtually-identical dubious litigation by different litigants shystered up by the same lawyers - but instead taking every case to trial, and filing countersuits alleging frivolous litigation and/or contributory negligence, with third parties interpleaded wherever they are negligent. And file for lawyer fees to be awarded by the court if the plaintiff loses at trial. (That's how Beretta successfully defended an HCI lawsuit in California - winning a $400,000 judgment against parents of a kid who suicided with a Beretta; Beretta immediately announced that it would seek similar judgments against any city losing a lawsuit filed against it.)
Remember - settling may be cheaper than fighting in court on a case-by-case basis - but, strategically, it's long-term disaster!
Not an "Internet lawyer" - just North Carolina State Bar #13200.
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