Comments on: Sued after firing poorly performing employee

By: Jawayne

Jawayne — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:41:57 +0000

I agree w/ Kirk 110%.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:09:11 +0000

While “loser pays” is a good first step, a few things needed to be added, due to the fact that many of the plaintiffs don’t have anything to go after.

1. If the lawyer is performing on a contingency basis, the lawyer, and their firm, needs to be held equally liable for damages to the defendant.

2. If the plaintiff is found liable for the defendant’s costs, the plaintiff is summarily barred from filing against the defendant, or any agent thereof, until every single penny, including interest, has been paid.

Two small changes would change the face of lawsuit abuse in this country.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:07:34 +0000

I think the answer is a simple one. Anytime a lawsuit is filed and the defendant is found not liable, then the charges incurred by the defendant should be paid in full by the plaintiff. This includes lost time at work, gas, and damages for the mental strain imposed on the defendant.

By: Marty Nelson

Marty Nelson — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:18:54 +0000

I have had a similar experience to this. i will post it so all can read. I’m sorry for your circumstance. I truly believe lawyers are the problem. The justice system is not (justice). It has become a means of legally extorting money from companies.

By: Professor Enigma

Professor Enigma — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:10:40 +0000

We need a “loser pays” system like that of the UK. It would make people think twice before trying “jackpot justice” again.

By: tammy

tammy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:32:53 +0000

My boss is being sued by a guy who falsely filed a worker’s comp claim – he lost in court. Now he is suing for a list of complaints, including discrimination. He also accuses the Judges of misconduct and the attorneys of same and more.

The kicker is that he has been delcared a “Vixatious Litigant” in California. AND, he is acting as his own attorney files all his suits as Pro Se Plaintiff – He doesn’t even have to pay court fees, etc. It has cost my boss thousands, but now he is on a mission to get all his civil suits thrown out!

This guy is just waiting for someone to pay him off. So he just keeps on filing civil suits.

Thanks to liberal judges, he keeps getting away with it.

Shame on them! It costs us in the long run.

By: Barry E Lerner

Barry E Lerner — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:29:16 +0000

It’s worthy of note that the greatest financial contributions to the Democrats after the unions come from the trial lawyers. That’s why our bizarre contingency system goes on, as an incentive for this kind of lawsuit. In Europe the loser pays the winner’s legal fees, and often a judge decides the case instead of a no-nothing jury only too eager to give away someone else’s money. But the lawyers know what they’re doing; in politics, money talks.

By: cotton

cotton — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:26:36 +0000

I agree except that usually they don’t have anything to recover! Then you are out the additional costs of lawyers & court. You can’t win against idiots in this tort society. There really ought to be something that happens to those like this person. Espically if you can show the family is all doing it…that’s a scam. So sorry for your pain.

By: P Weiss

P Weiss — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:08:20 +0000

It seems to me that when a plaintiff files a frivolus suite and looses, the defendent should automatically have the right to sue and recover court costs and financial damages. This is especially true for plantiffs like the one in this case.