US website helps those looking for someone to sue

ANYONE looking for someone to sue when things go wrong will soon be able to outline their case to a series of lawyers on a US website.

WhoCanISue.com, to be launched next month, will guide aggrieved US citizens to the lawyer who is right for them.

But its founder, Curtis A Wolfe, denied the legal matchmaking site would simply increase the number of law suits clogging up the US courts.

Consumers will be given guidance as to whether they have a case worth pursuing, and real-time access to lawyers.

Wolfe said his site would simply “make people more aware of what their rights are”.

But critics said the US courts were already clogged up with “frivolous” lawsuits which may attract splashy headlines, but were actually denying access to people who had “serious” cases.

Richard Sharpstein, a partner at Jorden Burt law firm in Miami, said: “As if there aren’t enough lawyers out there inventing lawsuits, now we’re going to invite the public to do so.

The website, which will be free for consumers, will charge lawyers an annual fee of $1,000 (€665) to be included on the site, plus an additional fee which will decide the prominence of their listing.