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Re:Uzi Nissan Spent 8 Years Fighting Nissan Motor Company to... by whack on Sunday March 25, 2018 @02:15PM (#16673529)
I don't understand how anyone can look at this story and think that we live under a "rule of law". Our rights and freedoms are only available to us if we're willing to pay top dollar for them. To the tune of $3M in this guy's case.

If we really want to believe that justice is available to all, we need to push for universal legal insurance, something akin to Medicare, so that everyone can afford their day in court against a MegaCorp that's trying to muscle them out.

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Re:Uzi Nissan Spent 8 Years Fighting Nissan Motor Company to... by cturner on Sunday March 25, 2018 @02:35PM (#16673661)
In the UK, Australia and Canada, courts award costs. This usually goes against the loser, but might not if the judge believes the winner held a correct but frivolous position. It seems to be a pretty good mechanism. In particular, it does not lead to the situation where the little guy wins the case but is destroyed by the cost of the fight. I am surprised it is not more widespread.
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Re:Uzi Nissan Spent 8 Years Fighting Nissan Motor Company to... by crx087 on Sunday March 25, 2018 @04:01PM (#16674227)
An individual limit on annual legal expenses would go a long way — say, an out-of-pocket maximum of 1/10th a person’s net income.
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Re:Uzi Nissan Spent 8 Years Fighting Nissan Motor Company to... by dpark on Sunday March 25, 2018 @05:03PM (#16674593)
Most legal costs go to lawyers, not the courts. Capping lawyer fees at $X just means you can only get $X of legal representation.
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Re:Uzi Nissan Spent 8 Years Fighting Nissan Motor Company to... by crx087 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @04:47PM (#16730354)
Not in an insurance-based model.
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