[AT] Quick question

[Dean VP]

What are you being sued for?

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

If we can employ guards with guns to protect money, we can and should employ guards with guns to
protect people. Bernard Goldberg.

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Just a quick question:    I have a completely legal farm:   Properly zoned, above the minimum size,
and part of an agricultural district.    I am constantly getting sued by the mac-mansion neighbors
around me.   They always lose and in fact the last time the judge dismissed "with prejudice".   I
assumed that would keep anyone from suing but it doesn't.   It just means I  win but I still have to
spend money to defend it.  In fact, I was served yet again with a lawsuit early this week.

In short:  There does not seem to be a disincentive built into the system to prevent suits - even if I
keep winning.  My legal team - who keeps winning so I am biased towards listening - says filing a suit
against the neighbors for frivolous lawsuits would probably fail.  They say the court requires "malice
and callous disregard for the merits" for that to stick and it's a high bar to prove.  The fact they
won't take that on contingency sort of proves to me they believe what they say.  A second opinion I
sought supported their position. 

Anyone else who is farming on this list that is running up against this?   Just curious.   The legal
bills are becoming onerous and everyone I talk to locally has not seen this.

Spencer Yost
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