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To: Selectric II who wrote (237362)	3/13/2002 2:22:45 PM
From: CountofMoneyCristo	Respond to of 769670

One day I intend to write something - if only for dissemination to family, friends, and interested colleagues - about my trials and tribulations securing justice in a quite reprehensible environment. If you are interested, though I recommend some aspirin reading what went on there, you may read about that here, the only thread I ever established here at SI, having been a member for now 4 years: Subject 51389 I will post some more on this here at SI, on that thread only, again at the right time. I understand what you say and mean. It seems to come from an altruistic intention, and that I greatly respect. From what I have learned seeking justice in what happened to both myself and thousands of others, I have come across some incredibly arrogant, incompetent, dishonest, immoral, borderline shark lawyers no better in any way than those who defrauded me. There are a number of nationally prominent law firms that have behaved in such a reprehensible fashion that, when this case, for which I have sacrificed thousands of hours of work the past two years now, finally goes to trial, I intend to not only file a formal complaint with their respective state bars, but also make their outrageous actions public. There are journalists ready now to do this. So, I hear you. Nevertheless, sweeping legislation wiping out practically all (over $2 million) class-action lawsuits under state law is a terrible injustice. Here are simply three reasons - in federal court... 1. plaintiffs generally must prove intent, akin to reading the mind of a defendant, which is next-to-impossible to prove 2. in a trial-by-jury, a unanimous verdict is required 3. the statute of limitations is generally a single year