Are Frivolous Lawsuits Legal?
by insideprison.com, August 2006 The last article gave a brief but staggering glimpse into the current statistics on lawsuit abuse. The question we now turn to is the question of whether frivolous, excessive, unwarranted, or simply “strange” lawsuits even legal? An analysis of relevant legislation below reveals that there are, in fact, several measures put into place in most states that give authority to the courts to reject unnecessary allegations and filings. The last section gives a couple of examples of where courts have reimbursed court costs to attorneys defending frivolous lawsuits. First, some loony lawsuits Sadly, this list is no way exhaustive, as thousands across the country continue to pursue frivolous and unnecessary lawsuits either out of financial greed or simple revenge: • an 18-year-old Florida teen who attempted to jump from the top of one parking structure to the next and who fell six stories sued on grounds that whoever made the fence made it much too short to preve
