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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (188430)	3/5/2009 1:31:55 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

one problem richer participants will simply outspend the other party until the poorer party goes under. no justice is then served.... oh yeah, that's what we have now.

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (188430)	3/5/2009 7:32:36 AM
From: James Hutton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Sounds like you're an expert on the legal system. Are you a lawyer, judge, been a party to a civil suit, sat on a jury? "well, i just wonder how is it possible that hundreds (if not thousands, or even millions) of nuisance lawsuits clog the court system, and anyone with the slightest and usually idiotic claim send the target of the suit running for very expensive cover just to put up a defense...." What clogs courts are things like marijuana possession and other petty criminal cases, not civil cases (again other than asbestos cases in a few jurisdictions). "of course, one could even improve it by limiting "awards" so the true intent of the law would be accomplished and not cloud the intent given the possibility of striking rich .. just because" Some states have limited "non-economic" awards to multiples of economic damages. It eliminates entire classes of potential plaintiffs such as people who don't work (such as housewives), senior citizens and children.