Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Also, because there is no tort reform > >as of yet, lawyers are allowed to sue for ridiculous things...and are > >awarded ridiculous compensation for such. > > Now, that statement both is hurtful to me, and is statistically > meaningless. > > The "ridiculous compensation" you speak of might involve 50 or 100 > attorneys a year, out of a US population of some 200,000 or so > attorneys. Hey, I didn't say ALL lawyers, I should have said "some", sorry! I like some lawyers, heck, I even work for some... There are quite a few bad lawyers out there...who have no ethics on what cases they take, but there are also some very good ones. That's true with photographers, camera dealers and most any profession. > But, please, don't start picking on lawyers again. I really am sensitive > on the issue. Oh Marc, I'm sure you're one of the good ones ;-)