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Subject: Re: Who is Liable??
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Date: Fri, 4-May-84 11:29:27 EDT
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	First of all I apologize slightly for the lateness of this reply,
but I just had to respond after finally reading the news.

	NO, you are not wrong to think that too many idiots are winning
lawsuits of the type you mention.  My concern is what to do about it.
Do we begin to purge lawyers?  Perhaps we could push for legislation
that would require a losing petitioner to pay the defendant the same damages
they were asking for.  This should discourage lawsuits in general.

	This discussion probably belongs in another newsgroup but I
get so riled about this subject I couldn't help typing away.

				Peter Barbee
		(I haven't thought of anything cute to include here yet)