Business Lawsuit Abuse Questionnaire
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1. Your Lawsuit Abuse Experience
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1
. Please describe the lawsuit abuse situation your company experienced: (up to 250 words)
Please describe the lawsuit abuse situation your company experienced: (up to 250 words)
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2
. In what year did this situation or incident start?
Before 1998
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
In what year did this situation or incident start?
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. In what year did this situation or incident end?
Ongoing
Before 1998
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
In what year did this situation or incident end?
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4
. Please identify the impacts this incident has had on this company. Please check as many boxes below as apply to the situation.
Please identify the impacts this incident has had on this company. Please check as many boxes below as apply to the situation.
Had negative public relations
Company went into bankruptcy
Distracted our management team
Had increased insurance costs
Had a loss of sales due to bad public relations
Paid major legal expenses
Paid modest legal expenses
Needed to borrow money to finance litigation
Needed to close company facilities
Needed to cut back on R&D spending
Needed to lay-off employees
Needed to pull one or more products from the market
Needed to reduce our sales territory
Experienced slower company growth
Lost key employees due to lawsuit problems
Other (please specify)
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5
. Approximately what are the annual sales of the company?
Approximately what are the annual sales of the company?
Less than $1 million
$1 million to $5 million
$5 million to $10 million
$10 million to $50 million
$50 million to $100 million
$100 million to $500 million
$500 million to $ 1 billion
More than $1 billion
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. Has this company decided NOT to operate or locate in any particular states because of bad liability laws and lawsuit abuse problems? If so, please explain.
Has this company decided NOT to operate or locate in any particular states because of bad liability laws and lawsuit abuse problems? If so, please explain.
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. What is the name of the plaintiff's law firm that handled the lawsuit against the company?
What is the name of the plaintiff's law firm that handled the lawsuit against the company?
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. If possible, please tell us the name of the lead attorney or partner from the law firm that sued the company.
If possible, please tell us the name of the lead attorney or partner from the law firm that sued the company.
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. In what CITY and STATE is this law firm located?
In what CITY and STATE is this law firm located?
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