Unfortunately, this IS true. When I was the Service Manager at a large, multi-line Powersports Dealer, I witnessed this several times. Tort lawyers aren't looking to go to a court trial, they just want to write threatening letters and settle. I've seen motorcycle crash cases where the rider was completely at fault and there was no failure of any part of the vehicle, yet the injured operator contacted a law firm who then filed suit on everyone from the selling dealer, the motorcycle manufacturer, tire manufacturer, component manufacturers, safety gear manufacturers, up to and including the makers and retailers of the clothes and shoes the rider was wearing. If the general public would figure out that in these cases the only winners are the lawyers and cease these frivolous lawsuits, our society would be much better off.