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From: mmar@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Mitchell Marks)
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Subject: Re: Liability Lawsuits Getting Out of Hand
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Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 04:12:08 EDT
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> In some cases "nuisance lawsuits" have indeed backfired on the
> instigator.  However, I have no statistics; I wonder how often this
> occurs?  If it were well known (and presumably true, but the former
> does not imply the latter, alas!) that a silly suit is likely to
> cost the plaintiff instead of (or much greater proportionally to)
> the defendent, perhaps there would be fewer.
> -- 
> In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251)

Okay, but in the first place what makes you think there are many 
frivolous suits at all?  Before statistics on what's effective in
stopping frivolous suits, I would first want some statistics on
how many firvolous suits there really are.  All we've seen in this
discussion is a lot of spotty anecdotal evidence.
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            -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago 
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