Re: Outrageous!! We *must* have tort reform!

royls_at_telus.net
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:46:36 GMT

On 7 Nov 2004 18:56:45 -0800, nini_pad@yahoo.com (michael price)
wrote:

> Or you could just do it like we do here (Australia) and have a
>"loser pays" system.

Of course, you do not regard it as problematic that such a system
effectively denies the protection of law to any but the rich.

-- Roy L

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