"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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David Megginson wrote:

Actually, you can fix the litigation problem in the U.S. (and to a
lesser
extent, in other countries) with a couple of very minor changes:

1. The loser normally pays the winner's legal costs (we already do this
in
Canada); and

2. punitive damages go to the taxpayers, not to the plaintiff.

I would argue that the winner's legal costs be paid from a pool created
from
the punitive damages.


Or better yet the losing lawyer pays the winner's legal fees.