Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 04:12:29 06/07/98
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On June 04, 1998 at 23:41:10, Komputer Korner wrote: >On June 04, 1998 at 21:33:49, Steven Schwartz wrote: > [mega snip] > >>As the jury was walking back into the room after a total of >>45 minutes of deliberation, one of the jurors turned >>to me, smiled, and gave me a thumbs-up. The case was such a farse >>that the jury saw right through it. >> >>Fidelity did not care so much about the long term ill effects of >>rating exaggeration. They are no longer. >>- Steve > >Perhaps Fidelity knew they would lose the case but in doing so would >cause your firm irreparable harm from having to defend it. I am sure >that your attorney insurance went up. So who wins here? The lawyers and >judges and court reporters and court stenographers feeding off society's >trough. Every legal case boosts employment for the above if the case >goes to trial. The fact that your case wasn't thrown out beforehand >leads to a thought that judges and lwayers are in on a conspricy to >inflate the number of court cases thus keeping all the above principles >employed. There are 2 ways to oblivion. The fast way by revolution which >leads to Robespierre forms of government and the slow way via the legal >system. It seems that the U.S. is definitely well on its way to oblivion >via the 2nd method. Because the law societies of Canada do not allow >plaintiffs to make a % deal with their lawyers, Canada does not have the >ridiculous number of lawsuits that the U.S. has. I don't know why this >is the case as it certainly limits employment opportunities for lawyers >in Canada. Perhaps there is a gentleman's agreement between the powers >that run the "STAR CHAMBER" in Canada. The U.S. society however is >certainly on the legal road to HELL. I think that the difference in Canada is that the entity that loses the case is responsible for the other entity's legal fees. This prevents many frivolous lawsuits, because if a person or company is innocent, suing them is only going to cost you money. I'm not a laywer though, and I make no warranty of accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose of this message. <g> Dave Gomboc
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