[AT] Quick question

[charlie hill]

I think this is about my 5th comment and I'll hush now but this is
an important issue to me too and I keep thinking of things.
Spencer, you need to know who is behind all of this.  You might already
know but I'm sure who ever it is is hiding behind attorney client privilege.
Does the attorney that is filing the suits live in the area?  It might be 
worth
your money to hire a private detective to find out just who is behind it.
Then you might figure out how to stop it.

Charlie


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Subject: [AT] Quick question

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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