大全-B-16

16.   Some commentators complain that a “litigation explosion” in the past decade has led to unreasonably high costs for U.S. businesses by encouraging more product liability suits against manufacturers. However, these complaints are based mainly on myth. Statistics show that the number of successful product liability suits has remained almost the same, and the average sum awarded in damages has grown no faster than the inflation rate.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

(A) The number of unsuccessful suits has skyrocketed, imposing huge new legal expenses on businesses.

(B) Several of the largest awards ever made in product liability cases occurred within the last two years.

(C) The rise of the consumer movement has encouraged citizens to seek legal redress for product flaws.

(D) Lawyers often undertake product liability cases on a contingency basis, so their payment is based on the size of the damages awarded.（A）

(E) Juries often award damages in product liability suits out of emotional sympathy for an injured consumer.

大案（A），哪位帮忙解释一下: Statistics show that the number of successful product liability suits has remained almost the same, and the average sum awarded in damages has grown no faster than the inflation rate.

这句话是什么含义？中间有什么逻辑关系吗？the average sum awarded in damages 跟 the inflation rate 有什么内在联系呢？

不明白。。。

题目说 这个"litigation explosion"没什么影响。 为什么呢？ 因为胜诉总数基本相当， 赔偿额的升幅也没有通胀高。 就是说一共赔的钱没什么变化。

A说 没胜诉的案子也花了很多律师费。

谢谢yogaII。感觉这句话Statistics show that the number of successful product liability suits has remained almost the same, and the average sum awarded in damages has grown no faster than the inflation rate很费解。

反正这句话的推理，绕不过来。

它是不是假设suits的数量是一定的，胜诉数量不变，那败诉数量也不变,需要赔偿的suits的数量也不变？

“赔偿额的升幅也没有通胀高”是什么意思？赔偿额跟通胀怎么就扯上关系了？

还是不懂。。。我不是金融系出身，搞不懂这其中的关系。

我的理解是败诉总量不变,败诉后的赔偿no faster than通货膨胀,似乎没有提到胜诉(也就是不要赔偿)的数量.A 正好抓住了这个弱点,因为胜诉虽然不陪钱,但是花了律师费,也是不小的开销.

哦，这道题说的“successful suits”和“unsuccessful suits”是就提出suits的一方来说的？也就是说指的是消费者胜诉或败诉？

那就明白了。。。

Thank you!

如果CPI涨得比average sum awarded in demand 一样或者还快 那只能说明average sum 的增长是reasonable 的

题目只是想说`这个average sum 没有怎么涨```

B没有代表性

C很无关 没有说这些人被motivate了之后 对题目结论到底有没有影响 到底是不是最后会引起 high cost in business 没说完``

DE out of scope lawyer 和 juries 怎么判案确实和 多了少了cost  没有关系 他们都是 irrevelant 的```

不过最近CPI确实居高不下呀```````

恩恩~