Family Blames Gun-Seller for Murderous Rampage

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127. How would it level the playing field?

Most civil cases are not locks from the very beginning, even when they are obviously justified consumer protection issues. The merchant, manufacturer, distributor, etc. almost always has more and better resources than the injured party. Anyone who believes civil suits are easy or fun have never gone through one...they suck..bad. Not the least of the suckage are the interrogatories and depositions. The insurance companies, who invariably are defending these businesses, will send 6 lawyers to your deposition whose job is to break you down and 'encourage' you to settle for pennies on the dollar of what your claim is worth. You are stuck with only as good of legal team as you can afford...if you are like me, your legal team is a single medium quality lawyer and his/her paralegal.

The 1% would win and the 99% would have to like it. That would be the actual effect of imposing the legal fees on the loser who often loses because of an inability to compete legally. There are mechanisms already built into the legal system for denial and dismissal of frivolous claims.