[dude1394]

This case reminds me of the power of the legal system and those "inside" of it. So this town did this to avoid a lawsuit, no matter whether it was valid or not. The suers use the costs of the legal system to get what they want. Without much repercussions except legal expenses. However when the legal expenses are negligible or just a cost of doing business, there is no cost to the suers.

Case in point. My next door neighbor has an adjoining neighbor for 9 years. When they bought the house the told those neighbors that they would fence it one day and not plant anything between them that might need to be moved. The neighbors ignored this and planted a stand of crepe mytles on their lot as per the official title deed and lot lines.

Well they did put up the fence and encompassed that stand of crepe mytles. The neighbor has gotten pissed and sued for 50K. The folks who put up the fence has had to hire a lawyer for 5K. The suing neighbors don't have the same problem as their son is a lawyer and is doing it pro-bono.

Hopefully they will recoup their legal fees but who knows. It's even worse if the free-lawyer wants to file some criminal stuff as they have access and insight into the workings of the court. Few legal fees will get re-imbursed on that one.