Peter Aitken wrote:
> "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ps.com...
>>> Just makes me shake my head in amazement and despair. Why exercise
>>> some personal responsibility and self-control when you can sue
>>> somebody instead?
>>>
>>
>> The issue as I understand it is that Mc Donald's made misleading
>> claims about their food, and the advertising that delivered the
>> claims was targeted
>> to teenagers. They will have to prove this.
>>
>
> Good points. Remember, a decision that a suit can procede is not a
> decision that the case is "right" - it simply states that the papers
> were filed properly and that the case is not blatantly frivolous.
> Also, in the US this sort of case is supposed to be decided by a jury
> of citizens and not by a judge. Access to the courts, which is an
> important part of our rights, means that frivolous and silly suits
> will be filed. WOuld you rather have the alternative - a system where
> access to the courts is restricted by a judicial elite?

Technically, once you start filing appeals with the various appellate, state
and finally the federal "supreme" courts (if you lose in your lower court),
the decision to allow the appeal to be heard is decided by the "judicial
elite".

Jill