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On the recordMarch 6, 1995
It is the overload in the courts and the fact that a lot of those cases that were settled were settled for nominal sums of money where one party or the other feels the other party was not acting reasonably. This gives a defendant in a case the opportunity to say I am not liable, I am not going to offer settlement, and if I go to court, I am entitled to bring something from somebody who brought a suit against me, made me go to great expense, and they are not having to pay anything because they may or may not have the case on a contingent fee basis.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Discussing issues related to court overload and settlement practices.

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