> 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