Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin is right, with a caveat that follows. In a message dated 3/26/02 9:13:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, darkroom@ix.netcom.com writes: > Some personal injury cases are entirely legitimate, but a large number of the > ones I hear about (and know first hand) are just absurd, and would not go > anywhere unless some unscrupulous lawyer got involved. ..........it requires an unscrupulous plaintiff to get to the unscrupulous lawyer. And a problem that follows is that too many judges allow frivolous cases to go too far, costing defendants - most often insurance companies - enough wasted money that they prefer to settle cases. I once represented a corporation whose management and board of directors decided that it would not settle frivilous claims. It would and did settle claims it considered legitimate, and there were a few. But it decided it wanted to establish a reputation for willingness to fight frivilous claims to the bitter end, no matter what the cost in legal expense. It want plaintiffs and plaintiffs counsel to know that if they started a frivilous lawsuit they ha better be prepared to go all the way and, in the end, lose the suit. After a while, frivilous lawsuits against the company dried up. I've been strongly in favor of tort reform for 25 years. Seth, lawyer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html