In a message dated 9/4/00 4:33:14 PM Central Daylight Time, paul@planetp.cc
writes:
> Here is my point - in an idealistic legal system you have an arbitrary case
> of
> Person X vs. Corp X where justice prevails every time. But instead the
> legal
> system almost always favors the corporation, because they have more people,
> more money, and more lawyers. That means that in any legal case, the
> probability of victory always sides with the one with the most money.
[I've been too busy getting ready for trial later this week to do more than
poke my nose into the list, but had to pipe up when I saw this.]
Paul, please tell me how I can make this true for my clients. Many (but not
all) of my clients are these "big corporations" you've been talking about.
My client in the trial I'm starting on Wednesday would certainly qualify. I
suppose I've been wasting all the work I've done over this holdiay weekend,
since our victory is assured . . .
FYI, the plaintiffs in this case haven't paid a dime for the two top-ranked
lawyers who have been busting their butts to win this case for months. Not a
dime. Their payday only comes with a plaintiff's verdict, and then after an
appeal (which I guarantee they'll have to go through, if we don't like the
outcome at trial).
So what am I missing?
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