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From: jimi@SCIRTP.UUCP (Jim Ingram)
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Subject: Re: Liability Lawsuits Getting Out of Hand
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 19:53:40 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 19:53:40 1985
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> > > (saved the best for last)
> > > A man filed suit against a tavern for negligently serving him excessive
> > > amounts of alcohol, leading to his arrest and humiliation after he stabbed
> > > another man during an argument.
> > > ----------
> > > Is there any justification for this sort of thing?
> > 
> > Yes there is.  Anyone can sue anyone for any reason.  The way one
> > discovers whether the reason is on or off the wall is in the trial.
> 
> The point is that trials cost tax money.  No other civilized nation,
> or I supposed uncivilized ones, has as many lawsuits on as many trivial
> issues as the US.  Most should never come to trial in the first place.
> However, that's an uphill fight.  We also have more lawyers per capita
> than any other nation on earth and lawyers become judges and legislators--
> the very people who can control civil court procedures.  Just a small
> conflict of interest.

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