Supreme Court makes it easier to sue big companies and police

[CaptainTruth]

10. Reminds me of a car I had years ago, rear brakes quit working.

I lived in snow (& salt) country then & apparently rust caused the caliper mechanism to lock up, so no rear brakes.

A mechanic I trusted said it was a known problem & suggested I take it to a dealer, which I did. The dealer confirmed the problem & added me to the list of cases they reported to the manufacturer. Apparently all the dealers were seeing this problem & pressuring the manufacturer to do a recall. I also wrote to the manufacturer & let them know that my future car purchases would definitely be influenced by how they handled this situation.

I was in college & didn't have much money, & the dealer said they were seeing so many cars with this problem that they felt a recall was likely, so I opted to just continue driving the car without rear brakes & hope for a recall. Then, lo & behold, about 10 months later I received a postcard informing me of a recall on my car due to a rear brake issue, & saying I could take the car to any dealer & have the rear calipers replaced at no charge. Which I happily did.

I guess that means "B" in your equation got large enough that they didn't want to risk a lot of "C."