I guess all those frivolous lawsuits are filed by OTHER people.

Did you read anything I said?

Whats the better option? Plaintiffs get nothing because no lawyer wants to take their case? In most class action cases, the plaintiffs are at least made whole for thier injury (not all, but most).

Anyone who thinks filing a class action lawsuit is easy or inexpensive is seriously deluded. Its immensely more complicated than a simple single plaintiff claim. One of my law professors was working with one of the first firms to successfully take on big tabacco, and he told me that when they asked for discovery, several trucks showed up, with literally millions of documents to wade through..anyone who thinks class actions are “easy money” for lawyers is incredibly naive.

The biggest selling point of class actions is that it deters future conduct by businesses that might lead to another class action. I would argue that the biggest benfit of class actions lawsuits is their function as a deterrant to corporate fraud.

Like I said previously, if you eliminate class actions, a whole cottage -industry of business if going to spring up, their business model being wholly reliant on the fact that the amounts they are ripping people off arent large enough to make it worth hiring a lawyer over.

And companies that currently exist will have no qulams about scr3wing over the “little guy” because they know that 99.99 percent
of the people won’t do anything about it.

as for bork… a true conservative, who will hopefully understand when his lawsuit results in $200 for his bruised ego

Glad springtime straightened you out. I would add that tort “reformers” like Bork want to eliminate contingent fee cases. This means that only rich people, who can stand the costs up front, can sue. Middle and lowwer income people simply would not be able to bring suit for damages.

That’s how disgustingly evil these people are.

Comment by m12″

Did it ever dawn on you m12 that people like Kerry and Edwards favor legislation that will cost THEM money. They both voted AGAINST tax laws that saved THEM large amounts of money.

How is that somehow terrible when Bush, McCain, Romney, Mayor Phony and the rest of the GOP crowd have implemented tax laws that save them massive amounts of money.

Yes, I was wondering about this. Should make for interesting testimony, as the defense establishes “martini frequency.” One doesn’t give up all of one’s rights when one drinks, of course, but as I say, it’ll make for interesting reading.

To the folks going on about navigating steps leading to the dias, be aware that there were none. Bork’s claim is that it the height of the dias should have necessitated them but there were none, causing him to fall backward and screw up his leg and strike his head in his failed attempt to mount the dias.

His claim, incidentally, neglects to name the height of the dias. Huh. Again, should make for interesting testimony as experts quibble over exactly what height a dias should be in order to mandate steps with handrail.

All in all, sounds like more embarassment for Bork than it’s worth.

He complains of people filing FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS (even though Courts toss those out at multiple stages), after he stole the White House with one (Bush v. Gore), after LOSING an election. [2000]

File under:
“Hypocrite Republicans,”
“Supreme Court Five,”
“Election 2000,”
“Borky Pig.”

1. Only conservatives have the right to sue.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/stillshots/2003/dishonor/event/judgebork.jpg

Robert Bork doesn’t look fat.

…Bork was DEAD…

…there’s ALWAYS hope…