You guys are right on the money.
Most of these stories are embellished or outright fabricated by the "tort reform" activists.
Mind you, these activists are nothing more than insurance companies and large corporations that want no liability for defective products and services as witnessed by their insistence on eliminating contingency fees for attorneys, thus taking away the ability of the majority of citizens to be able to sue.
They would still keep their cadre of attorneys, of course.
A corporate lawyer and Mother Teresa are stranded in the desert after their airplane crashed. A week later, a search party arrives to rescue them. The party finds the lawyer relaxing in the shade of a cactus, while Mother Teresa has shriveled up and died of thirst.
"What happened?" they ask the lawyer. "How can you be in such great shape when Mother Teresa has died?"
The lawyer shrugged. "I guess she never found the water hole."