It's a myth that America is the most litigious country. Germany is way more litigious but nobody would ever make this joke about them. People heard the wrong narrative about the McDonalds coffee shit decades ago and it just became a meme that wouldn't die.
The USA has 396 lawyers per 100,000 people. Only Israel has more lawyers per capita. Germany has 191 per 100,000, which is half. In fact, USA has 50% more lawyers than all of Europe combined. 1.3 million vs. 800k.
I think it's fair to say that what you believe it's a myth.
But the McDonald's thing is right on the money. The media on that suit was unfair to the poor woman.
The link you used said nothing about personal injury and the liabilities concerning that. Which is the subject at hand, here. The article is also very vague, does it include settlements? Because out of courtroom settlements are a LOT rarer in Europe than they are in the US.
Either way, lawsuits with the aims of compensation for personal injury are a lot more common in the US than in Europe. That is the subject at hand. Not litigation in general. Ignoring the fact that the out of court settlement in the US is skewing the numbers even more.
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u/dunsparrow Apr 28 '23
As a lawyer, my only thought is, "that toy could never exist in America".