So my question is why in hell do you all think that this Venice FL
cop-criminal should be brought up on civil charges.
If he's obviously pursuing illegal activity, shouldnt he (and the
subsequent magistrate who's benefitting from all the 'lucre') be
brought up on CRIMINAL charges .... fraud, bunco, etc. ???? This is
fraud/extortion pure and simple .... and as such is a CRIMINAL
activity.
What think you all?


In article , KLC Lewis
wrote:

"Don W" wrote in message
. ..

It is not the filing of a lawsuit that costs a lot of money. It is the
successful prosecution of it. To file a lawsuit only involves determining
an appropriate venue (court), typing up the complaint, and filing it with
the clerk of the court. It may also involve having the person you are
sueing personally served with a certified copy of the complaint, but not
always. In some cases the complaint can be served by certified mail.

After that, it is showing up for docket call, the initial hearing, staying
on top of any filings by the opponents and responding to them, etc. This
also does not take a lot of time.

The real costs start during discovery, when the plaintiffs lawyer has to
put in days of time to set up and attend depositions, produce documents,
go over the opponents documents, etc.

More real costs occur during preparation for trial, and the trial itself,
as that will also require days of the plaintiffs lawyer's time assuming
that he wants to be successful.

Been there, done that, and learned a lot. :/

Still, for anyone that is willing to spend a few thousand dollars to make
a point, it is quite doable. It helps a lot if you have an attorney
friend who will do the filings and not fluff your bill.

Don W.


There are also various "Legal Aide Societies" around which do a lot of
pro-bono work, using para-legals to assist in filing cases where the
plaintiff cannot afford big guns (or, for that matter, pop guns).