On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:09:59 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And how would they filter out cases without merit? They'd have to > hear both > sides. In other words, that is what bringing things into court does.
It would seem to me that the courts could review the cases being brought and dismiss out of hand those with no legal basis, rather than hauling the person being sued into court to defend themselves against a malicious attack. But I don't know all the facts or the law in this matter; it may be that a hearing with both sides present is required to sort this matter out. In any event, if the plaintiff does not have a valid case (s)he should pay the legal costs of the defendant without having to resort to more legal action to force recovery. If I understand correctly that's the way it works in many countries. However, US lawyers have constructed the legal system differently here. I guess you win some and I win some, but the lawyers always win... (My father was a lawyer and my daughter is a lawyer; I've had this discussion with them also.) Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
