John You (quite obviously) have never been a party to a suit. If you had, you would never wish that upon yourself as you would soon see that you (on your own) wouldn't stand a chance. A solid prosecuting attorney would make mincemeat out of you, me, and 99.99% of the population. There is so much involved in the modern prosecuting regime, everything from discovery to merits of litigation to the litigation itself to subsequent appeals, that only a "fool" would even attempt to defend themselves without counsel. Having spent a year in law school and seen how lawsuits evolve and are resolved, it isn't a pretty thing and your own counsel may (at times) be as much your adversary as the other side.
I hope that for Doug and Dan's sake this doesn't turn into anything ugly, emotionally strapping, financially costly, and is resolved as quickly and as bloodless as is possible. Being right is wonderful, but, in the legal system, right doesn''t necessarily prevail and, at times, the costs (and not only money ones) may be so high that it is hardly worth the effort. That's where the art of compromise comes in, and good attorneys (even if they don't initially show their hand) have this in mind (on both sides) when they take on a case. Keep in mind that, in many instances, the attorneys know each other and have more in common with each other than they do with their clients. If this plays out via the legal systems, we may be on Ver 11 or 13 of We and neither FS or GWmicro wants that to happen. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
