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Originally Posted by DianNC
That story of the convicted thief actually was out of California and, as I recall, the article mainly dealt with the massive number of frivolous lawsuits emanating from the penal system there that were clogging their courts.
There was discussion of how to deal with it, but I don't remember any specific measures that were proposed or what the final outcome was. I think the article mentioned that some judges had resorted to simply throwing the cases out by refusing to hear them.
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The issue in California the last five years isn't frivolous lawsuit, it's the legislature cutting funding to the court system to the point where it can't really function any more. And then cutting it some more. If you file a lawsuit today, it may be 10 years before you get a trial, because of the lack of resources in the courts. And it maybe never, not matter how justified the suit is.