Lindsay Lohan has filed a $100,000,000, yes that is a one hundred million dollar law suit against E*TRADE claiming that E*TRADE needed her permission to use the name Lindsay in a video featuring talking children. This news has people wondering “how can she be serious?!” Courts are clogged with cases like this. In fact, almost every American has probably heard the expression “frivolous lawsuit”.
The problem is that lawsuits like this add fuel to insurance companies and chamber of commerce groups that think the civil system has run amok. These types of cases cause people to have bad reactions to anyone who files a lawsuit. Just because you file a lawsuit does not mean you are a bad person. In fact, it could mean that you are not being treated fairly by an insurance company. While it may not seem that lawsuits like Ms. Lohan’s would have any affect on a Virginia personal injury lawsuit in Charlottesville, it indirectly can because it continues to denigrate all people who file lawsuits that are warranted and not frivolous.
