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From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods)
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Subject: Re: Is that out of this world?
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 11:49:25 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 17 11:49:25 1985
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> would be laughed out of court. But this seems to be a growing trend -
> people are *hoping* to get into accidents so that they can get some
> ambulance-chasing shyster to sue for multi-bucks over imagined griefs.
> What's going on out there ?
> 
Proposed solution:  should a judge decide that a case has been filed
frivolously, the plaintiff and lawyer go into the gas chamber behind
the judge's chambers.

Should a higher court overturn a decision for frivolity, the judge goes in,
also.

The problem is that there is little or no negative feedback in the system,
here (especially now that lawyers are taking cases with a "no win, no pay"
option).

If the above methods seem too Draconian to you (*I* like them :-), how about
a huge tax incentive for lawyers who take up beekeeping?
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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