I'm not convinced they'd prevail in court. Seems like one of those truthisms about American litigiousness that wouldn't bear out in practice.

Doesn’t matter. Simply defending against the claim costs significant money, and you can’t recover those costs.

Best to avoid the claim altogether.

Filing such a claim costs money too, and any decent lawyer will tell the claimant that he has no case.

Still dubious. I don't think miniscule risk justifies shitty behavior and making life worse for everyone.

I feel you, but there is a big difference between (a) "justification" in the overall cost versus benefit to all parties involved and (b) the narrowly self-interested thing to do.

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