X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:02:40 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-06.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.5.136] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.3) with ESMTP id 1353427 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:59:10 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.32.5.136; envelope-from=tednoel@cfl.rr.com Received: from tednoel (230.80.118.70.cfl.res.rr.com [70.118.80.230]) by ms-smtp-06.tampabay.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7SNwTHH023986 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:58:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <0b7c01c6cafd$e00553e0$0402a8c0@tednoel> From: "Ted Noel" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mail List" Subject: Torts X-Original-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:58:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0B79_01C6CADC.588F9AE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0B79_01C6CADC.588F9AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chuch Jenson rightly pointed out that "Loser Pays" limits court access. = A reasonable reform was thought to be the Contingency Fee attorney. But = that introduces a lottery mentality. The plaintiff has nothing to lose. A reasonable but not yet implemented reform would be to define the = Contingency Fee attorney to be the business partner of the plaintiff. = Then you re-institute Loser Pays. If the plaintiff is a pauper, then the = attorney antes up. Count on it, only good cases would make it to court.=20 Ted Noel -------------------------------------------------- The Bible Only http://www.bibleonly.org If the Bible doesn't teach it, neither will we! ------=_NextPart_000_0B79_01C6CADC.588F9AE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Chuch Jenson rightly pointed out that = "Loser Pays"=20 limits court access. A reasonable reform was thought to be the = Contingency Fee=20 attorney. But that introduces a lottery mentality. The plaintiff has = nothing to=20 lose.

A reasonable but not yet implemented = reform would=20 be to define the Contingency Fee attorney to be the business partner of = the=20 plaintiff. Then you re-institute Loser Pays. If the plaintiff is a = pauper, then=20 the attorney antes up. Count on it, only good cases would make it to = court.=20

Ted Noel

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