With due regard to the genuine suffering experienced by some in this or other “accidents” the fact remains that most claims for compensation can be financed by legal gambit - no win no fee. So to most claimants it is just like buying a lottery ticket except you and I are paying for it. So win or lose, you may as well have a go and you might even get to go on ACA or some other gutter tabloid news show and get referred to as a true Aussie battler- maybe even a digger.
‘If I smoke, I can sue the tobacco companies should I get cancer. If I am fat, I can sue McDonald’s for the risks associated with obesity. So can I sue Smirnoff for all the ugly b$%^ards I have slept with over the years?’.