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Yes, having been in these situations i recognise that sequence of emotions
:)<br></p>
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30 June 2014 19:40:16 Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:</p>
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> Having been involved in a few law suits the reactions are always<br>
> roughly the same. They seem to mimic the Kubler-Ross stages of grief<br>
> somewhat.<br>
><br>
> 1. This is ridiculous who are these people?<br>
><br>
> 2. They have no right!<br>
><br>
> 3. That can't proceed, the facts are a mess!<br>
><br>
> 4. They are absolute idiots and understand nothing of the law.<br>
><br>
> 5. I have found a detail, a coup de grace, which completely<br>
> invalidates their case!<br>
><br>
> 6. Perhaps we'd better settle.<br>
><br>
> That's all I'm trying to say.<br>
><br>
> I don't find such analyses much more useful than a flip of a coin in<br>
> practice.<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately many, many civil suits / judgements in the US at least<br>
> aren't settled by wrangling over substantive issues.<br>
><br>
> More often your phone rings and your attorney explains they are<br>
> willing to take $100,000 (pick a number) cash right now without<br>
> prejudice or you can spend $200,000 minimum to fight with them and no<br>
> that's not recoverable if you win. And of course you might lose --<br>
> courts can be fickle and/or you could be wrong or missing something,<br>
> some ace up their sleeve so to speak.<br>
><br>
> (A more cynical surmise of that same moment is: I have extracted all<br>
> the legal fees out of you I believe you are prepared to spend, and the<br>
> other party's attorney feels the same about their client, so let's<br>
> just bury this one right now -- bird in hand you know, my bird that<br>
> is.)<br>
><br>
> Or they are thrown out due to some lack of jurisdiction or procedural<br>
> error.<br>
><br>
> So if you think I am disputing your assessment of the substantive<br>
> issues I assure you I am not other than pointing out that it's<br>
> probably a lot fuzzier than is being presented (see #5 above.)<br>
><br>
> -- <br>
> -Barry Shein<br>
><br>
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