At 09:42 PM 10/23/98 -0700, Dirickson Steve wrote:
>More than "some other countries"; most of the rest of the world is on the
>"loser pays" system, which is why they have such lower attorney/contributing
>human ratios than we do.

And to a great degree, I tend to agree with this approach.  It would help
reduce the number of frivolous suits, and perhaps those whereby someone
sues simply because the target will probably settle out-of-court because
its cheaper/etc. then dealing with all the hassle.  But on the other
hand I am concerned what this might do to the 'little guy' who really
does have a legitimate claim but cannot hire all the high-priced legal
teams and basically gets overwhelmed by maneuvers/etc.



/jf
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