On 11-Jan-06, at 12:08 PM, David Shaffer wrote:

> Cees De Groot wrote:
>
>> On 1/11/06, Jecel Assumpcao Jr <jecel at merlintec.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Exactly! But in the real world there is *nothing* you can do that  
>>> will
>>> keep a user from suing you anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Nope. Your best bet is probably to live in a country with a legal
>> system that has a very low tolerance for frivolous suits (in other
>> words, mostly anywhere but the USofA ;-)).
>>
>>
>>
> Frivolous lawsuites are an international problem.  I believe the term
> "Santa clause judge" originated in Australia.  I here "Compensation
> culture" from friends in the UK quite a bit.  I'll happily defend the
> stupid aspects of or legal system for the sake of the good ones :-)
>

Perhaps, though FWIW, when getting liability insurance in Canada, if  
you do a high enough percentage of business in the US, the rates go  
up.. And those insurance types tend to do the math..

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Andrew Catton
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