While some “nonsense lawsuits” do happen, there is a very strong extent to which the notion of “nonsense lawsuits” being an epidemic in America is pro-corporate propaganda. Designed to get people to side with the big guy over the little guy who was wronged by them.

Take the infamous McDonald’s coffee lawsuit, for example. The woman in question received third-degree burns. Coffee, the normal way it’s served hot, does not do that. Maccas was serving it overly hot. They had even received multiple reports of it being a problem ahead of time. And the woman initially only wanted them to pay for her medical bills. When they refused prior to the lawsuit, she sued. They again refused the offer of medical bills during settlement negotiations, and she rightly won big. Maccas’ negligence caused serious harm, and it’s right that they were stung for it.