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Quoted from http://www.year2000.com/archive/NFjury-2.html
Y2K related lawsuits represent one of the fastest growing areas of
litigation. The main reason is that everyone has a stake in seeing to it
that computers do not fail and that business and community interruptions
are minimized. To date, only about eighty Y2K cases have been filed
nationally, some have quietly settled, while none have reached the trial
stage. As the year 2000 approaches, many trial attorneys are gearing up for
litigation. According to the Wall Street Journal and Lloyds of London, year
2000 litigation is expected to exceed one point four trillion U.S. dollars
($1,400,000,000,000).
It has been estimated that 90 percent of United States companies have
missed their self-imposed Y2K deadlines.
This article will discuss the challenge litigators face as the millennium
approaches. Much of what is contained in this article is prospective in
nature because trial attorneys and trial psychologists lack experiential or
empirical guidance on how Y2K cases will be presented and received by a
jury.
Continued at http://www.year2000.com/archive/NFjury-2.html
Bob Fulks
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