... Bob. See:

http://www.snopes.com/index.html

Search under "automobiles" and "legal" (for some reason, the URL for the actual page of legends doesn't appear, so can't paste it here).

One of the entries under "automobiles" does list some legitimate outrageous lawsuits.

It may be fun, but lawyer-bashing should at least be based on things they really do (dog knows there are enough of them without having to make up new ones!).

----- jim o\-S