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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.flame
Subject: The People's Court (interesting little-known fact)
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 20:27:15 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 20:27:15 1985
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If I am to be sued, I HOPE the person bring suit takes me to the People's
Court!!!  I first saw it in California about 2 years ago, and noticed an
awful lot of super-fast super-fine print on the screen.  So, the next time
I watched it, I put on my super-fast super-fine reading cap and watched it
carefully.  It states that both the suee (little pun there, sorry) and the
suor are compensated for appearing on the program with a total lump sum.
That lump sum is used to pay any damages awarded to the suee, and then the
difference (if anything is left) is split down the middle and given to the
suee and suor for their troubles.

Can anyone verify if this is still the case?  I haven't seen it for at
least a year and a half.
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