Jerry Fochtman writes:
>[Steve Dirickson 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.
>
>...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.

At least the judge should have the discretion to order the loser to pay.
That would help keep the more egregious cases out of court while not
denying anyone the chance to litigate a legitimate but finely-balanced
claim.

-- Bruce


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