23 May 06 12:20, Ross Cassell wrote 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.

Or vice versa...as in California, the loser pays court costs and the
prevailing attorney's fees. Not to mention his own attorney fees.


Roy
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