Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to Bj”rn Felten:

 RC> Hello Bj”rn!

 RC> 23 May 06 18:16, you wrote to Joe Delahaye:

 JD>>> In the US if it gets to court, it WILL cost him a lot of money,
 JD>>> win or lose.  I dont know how it works in Europe,

 BF>>    I'd say that in most of Europe you will never have to suffer any
 BF>> damage whatsoever if you're dragged into court by someone, and this
 BF>> someone loses. I'm sorry to hear that this is not the case in the US
 BF>> (if that is true).

 RC> It depends on the civil law of the state, in some cases if someone
 RC> gets sued and prevails, the person who who did the suing, is or can
 RC> be ordered to pay the court costs.

That's only the costs incurred by the court.  The costs - lawyer's fees, witness'
fees if applicable, etc. - of the winning side are still paid by the winning side.
Everyplace else on the planet, if you sue and lose you get to pay the costs incurred
by the winning side in addition to your own.  I suppose the winning side could turn
around and sue the losing side for reimbursement, but that's a separate action - and
even if you win a judgment, collecting it is another whole matter.

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