We now live in a victim oriented society.  There is a strong societal tendency to blame misfortune and general ills on some specific person or entity.  Accidents happen, things get forgotten, mistakes are made and sometimes things just go wrong.  In the past, society recognized these troubling matters as part of life, but over the last few decades there has developed a strong tendency on the part of some (usually the have-nots) to try to assess any kind of misfortune and place a blame on someone or something rather than to just accept the problem as part of living.  And, accompanying this finger pointing blame is the concept that there should be a monetary reward as compensation for the misfortune.  This victim oriented philosophy, when combined with certain other factors and the “have” and “have-nots” distinction financially, has greatly contributed to the somewhat amazing proliferation of plaintiff driven lawsuits.