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Re: IIgs Bargains for the IIgs from Seven Hills Software
jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson) writes:
>In article <19971214054701.AAA23246@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>LJSILICON <ljsilicon@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> There's always some attorney willing
>>to take on a case where he is a sure winner and can benefits from the financial
>>awards!
>You've obviously forgotten Steve Dallas's first law of the lawsuit:
>Never sue broke people. Does anyone actually imagine that they
>could sue a private individual for "defamation" via the Internet,
>and actual receive (in either awards or the actual cash you
>could extract from the defendant) enough money to pay your lawyer?
>(And this is totally overlooking the whole international angle.)
>Cheers,
>--
>-------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------
>Jeffrey Robertson | jeffr@nortel.ca | N O R T E L
>Software Engineer +-----------------+ Northern Telecom
>"I speak for myself, not Nortel" - Me Broadband Networks
I may be totally off base with this, but from an earlier comment, I received
the impression that they are both in the same state (Nathan, that is), so
the International problem doesn't apply. I think it was on the lines of "If
Nathan doesn't flee the country, I'll sue him", or something like that.
As for law suits, there is an oppurtunity for monetary gain. Lets face it,
I doubt a lawyer could get a judge to award more than a few thousand tops in
damages, which is VERY much within the credit range of the average person.
They might have to sell their computer (One can only hope in Nathan's case),
but they can come up with the money.
So, in conclusion, I don't think Steve Dallas' first law applies here.
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