Do ordinary working people have the means to pay high legal fees if they find they are the subject of a lawsuit?
What alternatives are available other than defending one's self?
2006-07-19 14:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Justice in America is only for those who can afford it. Sad.
2006-07-19 14:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by correrafan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. This is just one more way ordinary people are screwed, and the only compensation is that lawyers can then charge *same* said ordinary people an arm, leg *and* their first-born too just for the almighty privilege of taking a corporate entity to court, where the CEO class and the politicians they own can then piss and moan about Tort "Reform" and how much Punitive Damages suck.
I know, I flipped your Q around a bit. :) Sorry about that, but what is true of the system when the RIAA sues *dead grandmas and Girl Scouts* over music that *should have some Fair Use Rights*, is also true of the same system when it shuts folks out of *suing* the RIAA, suing HMOs for deliberate negligence, and suing *lots of folks in general* for refusing to obey the *LAW* that is the Americans With Disabilities Act....among other things.
There is "justice" in America all right, but only for "just us", meaning the filthy rich, One Percenter class usually, and/or the Big Media, HMOs, and Politicians they own. Really, the same legal system that lets the RIAA *publicy abuse and attack the elderly and children* also lets so-called "Not for Profit" Hospitals *sue* former patients and clients and have them *put in jail* over not being able to pay *exorbitant* medical bills (yep, talking about Provena, right here in Champaign Illinois, right at my end). I mean hell, what are they going to do, *reposess* their health care? This is what the jail term boils down to, exposure to *prison rape* meaning exposure to HIV and Hepatitis C....
Can you say Cruel and Unusual Punishment? Can you say de facto Debtor's Prison? I thought so.....
Lawyers....you'd think with all the education they get, some of it at *our* expense even, that they'd know how much society hates them and actually *do more* for the public around them.....but I guess baby needs a new Ferrari worse, huh?
2006-07-19 21:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No It the same old story The more money you got the more justice you can buy If you do not have the means to pay a high priced attorney try using a para legal to help you out with the necessary research to adequately defend yourself
2006-07-19 21:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by bisquedog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average Joe Schmuck has no legal rights. Legal rights are only available to those who can buy them (finance a lawsuit) in a court of law.
2006-07-19 23:13:16 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In today's society and political mess, justice is blind. The average person don't stand a chance against corporate America.
2006-07-19 21:27:22 · answer #5 · answered by aprayer4u2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure Average Redpublicans have approximately $25million in their portfolio.
With that kind of Ca-Ching you can buy justice
2006-07-19 21:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by 43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
high legal fees are not necessarily the issue,,, sometimes it requires power or influence as well,,,,
2006-07-19 21:27:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...the industry needs to be regulated...
2006-07-19 21:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by turntable 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋