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Originally Posted by DianNC
So true. I remember reading a few years ago about a young man who was tried and convicted of armed robbery and once in jail, proceeded to sue the State because the pressures of incarceration caused him to have acne.  |
Anybody can file a lawsuit for any reason against anybody. The news loves stories like that, becuase outrage sells advertising. What they never cover is how quickly those suits generally go away. (And when they don't, there's inevitably far more to the story that you get from the news, that makes it seem, if not reasonable, at least not insanely unreasonable).
And California judges aren't all that hesitent to invoke its vexatious litigant laws when the criteria are met. Attorneys have been disbarred for filing nonsense suits, even. Not enough, but it does happen.