> Cutting down on unnecessary litigation is simple if our law
> makers have the
> stomach for it.  Do as is done in Britain (and some other
> countries).  The
> loser pays the legal fees of the winner.  This makes the stakes
> much higher for
> the frivolous litigant.

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.

Steve