Thanks for adding a serious and worth considering factor to this discussion, forklaw.
Doesn't this come down to "one man's meat is another man's poison"?
And are not the dealers in fact really corporations?
So that the "human factor" is the employees? and do/did/should all the employees (as the "humans" in "human" cost factor) not only share in the loss, but share in any sort of gain from the "fair price" and settlements? I know this varies greatly by state. but I would love to have any information on this part of the equation.