Comments on: January 16 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/01/january-16-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: ps https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/01/january-16-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-198868 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:23:18 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35162#comment-198868 the websters were ‘church goers’ and married for 41 years. How does this relate to the utter stupidity of thinking that taxes don’t apply to them?

]]> By: boblipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/01/january-16-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-198855 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:36:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35162#comment-198855 Once upon a time the knightly castes of Europe would go out to war in their heavy armor. Foot soldiers might get slaughtered, but no knight ever died. Occasionally, one would be captured by the other side and ransomed back — there was a special tax on the peasants to raise the money. Because these prisoners would yield so much money and because the captors might be prisoners some day, prisoners were treated very well.

As you can imagine, these people would use any excuse to go to war. After all, only footsoldiers got killed.

What the English did to the French soldiers at Crecy and Poitiers had a chilling effect, too. It meant that the knights were actually at risk too. Trust me: it made things safer for peasants.

That’s why I am in favor of Loser Pays.

]]> By: Scott Jacobs https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/01/january-16-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-198840 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:35:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35162#comment-198840 Looking at the “worst case” responses makes you realize how long ago they were…

The dude who wanted to sue the FAA for not hiring him as an air traffic controller because he was dyslexic? Dude would win these days…

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