you know, today and today. yesterday i did some things i m accountable for. reporter: when that testimony is spoofed on saturday night live. i am looking into knowing when i first knew about it, but i won t know the results of that knowing until i know for sure. reporter: it s a bona fide brand crisis. general motors barely shaking off its bailout baby government motors image, thrust into a product safety crisis of its own making. the pattern of incompetence and neglect. reporter: those words attract plaintiffs lawyers like bears to honey. gm now finds itself among the greatest hits of deadly corporate mistakes that resulted in massive settlements. toyota dolled out $1.1 billion for its runaway accelerator problem. merck paid $4.85 billion for its deadly drug vioxx. the dangerous diet pill phen/fen costs 3ds.75 billion. bp paid $7.8 billion for
indebtedness. so what the plaintiff s lawyers for the estate are trying to do is simply build up the reasons why aeg should have known michael jackson hired this doctor, again, we are one week into probably fredericka, three more months of this trial. i think the plaintiffs lawyers are feeling good after the first week, let s see what happens here. okay. richard? what was the highlight for you in this case this week? the highlight, fred, is in the case itself. what is the burden of proof here? the burden they must show is aeg hired and supercriesed dr. conrad murray. that s the big issue. they say they never hire him, they did not supervise him. he was michael jackson s personal attorney for years doctor. we didn t know about the propophol and we didn t know he was a drug addict. this is going to be a colossal case. this may be three months but that will be unraveling. la toya will testify.
5%? yeah, based on the research they did, it s true. if this is true then the grimm family, the brothers grimm, we have a class action suit and own anheuser-busch, and when we have a reunion, we try to get drunk. and they can t stand to be around me. what are the damages, i want today get real drunk and only got medium drunk. this is asinine. and this is on cable and and we had the speaker and the set the tone. jim, your turn. if they drink guinness like i do, no one would complain about watery beer. the only person that s going to win in this case are god bless them the plaintiffs lawyers, what they asked for if you look at the damage lawsuit. corrective advertising campaign. what does it mean. consumers get nothing, bernie and his brothers get nothing,
could have saved their fingers but it was not in market. john: because a product like that which is about the dangerous thing is a biggest target for lawsuits, so the things we need most we often lose. that and the cost and these warning labels that seem harmless. one result you don t read it. plaintiffs lawyers claim they are making america safer but i would argue they are making them less safe. as they become so long we tune them out. the warning labels we need to read is getting lost in the jumble the one on the scooter, this product moves when used. [ laughter ] john: talk about long labels, if have you ever birth control label. i happen to have one here.
dangerous thing is a biggest target for lawsuits, so the things we need most we often lose. that and the cost and these warning labels that seem harmless. one result you don t read it. plaintiffs lawyers claim they are making america safer but i would argue they are making them less safe. as they become so long we tune them out. the warning labels we need to read is getting lost in the jumble the one on the scooter, this product moves when used. [ laughter ] john: talk about long labels, if have you ever birth control label. i happen to have one here. this is tiny fine print, both sides of the page.