re: Does anyone hope that the La. legislature will pass a "loser pays" law?

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A plaintiff attorney who convinces a client to sue when the attorney knows he has a weak chance of winning would be a fool.

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This almost never happens now. The game of PI is churning a lot of "no liability question" cases.

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Now he knows he can tell a client there's no risk if their side loses and just hopes a defendant will settle for a relatively small amount just to get rid of a nuisance lawsuit.

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Except he is still exposed on his wasted time. Also the notion that corporations just settle nuisance suits is very outdated.

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just from the fact that the attorneys on here are screaming bloody murder opposing the idea.

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Look, I make my money structuring commercial joint ventures in a different state. I have no skin in this game at all, but maybe just maybe you should listen to people who have experience with this stuff.