Ada Evening News Report on Pre-Paid Legal Court Victory
An Editorial by Lone Beasley of the Ada, Oklahoma Evening News reports on the recent court victories by Pre-Paid Legal Services in Mississippi. For the original article, go to:
http://www.adaeveningnews.com/adanewspages/editorial/htm
Posted 11/9/2004
Pre-paid Legal pitches a courtroom battle shut out
It is a given that if losers in frivolous lawsuits had to pay the winners’ court costs, frivolous lawsuits would become a thing of the past. Making losers pay is a chief tenet of tort reform, and rightly so.
Prepaid Legal Services, Inc., of Ada, who has suffered more than its share of frivolous legal hassles, is a great proponent of tort reform.
Most residents know that among other services, Pre-Paid Legal provides a low cost means of protecting ordinary folks from the potential ravages of being sued in law-suit-happy America (and Canada).
It also provides for legal service benefits, including unlimited attorney consultation, will preparation, traffic violation defense, automobile-related criminal charges defense, letter writing document preparation and reviews, and a general trial defense benefit.
But recently the firm found itself threatened by a lawsuit that might have intimidated many companies into simply settling out of court in an attempt to make it go away quickly.
Besides, the geographical location in which the case was to be tried was hardly reassuring. Wilkinson County, Mississippi has a reputation for being a good place to file lawsuits against large corporations. The juries there, history proves, have been particularly friendly to even the most frivolous plaintiffs’ complaints. Despite this, Prepaid Legal refused to be intimidated, fought the good fight and came up with a well-deserved victory.
In fact, it was a shut out. As the jury announced its verdict it became clear that the count was 12 jurors to 0 in favor of dismissing the suit.
Lately, the case had been awaiting a ruling from the court on whether it should be certified as a class action suit. In September the court issued its ruling denying class certification on multiple grounds.
Chalk one up for the good guys. Perhaps tort reform will one day render such defenses unnecessary.
Loné Beasley
Ada Evening News Home Page
http://www.adaeveningnews.com/adanewspages/editorial/htm
Posted 11/9/2004
Pre-paid Legal pitches a courtroom battle shut out
It is a given that if losers in frivolous lawsuits had to pay the winners’ court costs, frivolous lawsuits would become a thing of the past. Making losers pay is a chief tenet of tort reform, and rightly so.
Prepaid Legal Services, Inc., of Ada, who has suffered more than its share of frivolous legal hassles, is a great proponent of tort reform.
Most residents know that among other services, Pre-Paid Legal provides a low cost means of protecting ordinary folks from the potential ravages of being sued in law-suit-happy America (and Canada).
It also provides for legal service benefits, including unlimited attorney consultation, will preparation, traffic violation defense, automobile-related criminal charges defense, letter writing document preparation and reviews, and a general trial defense benefit.
But recently the firm found itself threatened by a lawsuit that might have intimidated many companies into simply settling out of court in an attempt to make it go away quickly.
Besides, the geographical location in which the case was to be tried was hardly reassuring. Wilkinson County, Mississippi has a reputation for being a good place to file lawsuits against large corporations. The juries there, history proves, have been particularly friendly to even the most frivolous plaintiffs’ complaints. Despite this, Prepaid Legal refused to be intimidated, fought the good fight and came up with a well-deserved victory.
In fact, it was a shut out. As the jury announced its verdict it became clear that the count was 12 jurors to 0 in favor of dismissing the suit.
Lately, the case had been awaiting a ruling from the court on whether it should be certified as a class action suit. In September the court issued its ruling denying class certification on multiple grounds.
Chalk one up for the good guys. Perhaps tort reform will one day render such defenses unnecessary.
Loné Beasley
Ada Evening News Home Page
posted by Unknown | 6:42 PM
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