“Frivolous civil cases are filed every day”
We were victims of just that kind of abuse 35 years ago when we were preparing to start construction on the home we’ve lived in for 32 years. And you are absolutely right. Although we were not parties to the dispute, the plaintiff chose to put a lis pendens on our property to try and coerce a settlement from the defendant, who was the party from whom we had purchased our building site. We endured 18 months of moving around to several rentals because we had sold our former residence. During the period of the lawsuit, we saw construction loan financing go from 8% to 18% thanks to that worthless a$$hole Jimmah Cahatah. The pr!ck judge in the case, when we complained, told us that our remedy was to sue the plaintiff ourselves.
And after we were actually in our new home, the plaintiff sued us over an additional nonsensical claim. We hired the former defendant’s lawyer, countersued and ended up driving him out of his home to pay off all of his past lawyers along with ours.
But the grief the legal “system” caused us was inestimable. But “it” doesn’t care, just so long as the lawyers are getting paid.
“But “it” doesn’t care, just so long as the lawyers are getting paid.”
Agree with you. In business I was involved in quite a bit of litigation. I learned much of the legal maneuvering was about putting financial pressure on the other party to achieve the required result. Justice, truth, and fairness were not a consideration.