Frivolous Lawsuits
These are cases that the plaintiff and lawyer both agree on having little or no merit but still decide to pursue. These cases are more on the side of Personal injury, where people or companies file cases to get the other to pay for injuries sustained (or not) during the performance of their duty. There are also lawyers who will take a case on a contingency measure which simply means the lawyer doesn’t get paid if his client doesn’t win. This form of lawyer/client relationship is meant to deter the filing of frivolous cases thus for a lawyer to take such a case would be suicide. Such cases are dangerous for the judge (if it ever reaches the bench) can charge both the lawyer and client for contempt for it is a waste of time and resources for the justice system.
Despite the many options and controls, there are still frivolous cases being filed with courts, especially ones with bearing of fraud where false claims are brought upon another party simply to get more cash out of them. This is common in today’s cash strapped world where people will be people and will do anything for an easy buck.