Jeers: Supreme Court helps Goliath

In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives well-deserving JEERS … to the Idaho Supreme Court:

It just tipped the scales of justice even more in favor of people and corporations with deep pockets.

As the high court just decreed, anyone who loses a lawsuit in Idaho will pay not only his own attorneys’ fees, but those on the opposing side as well.

That’s bad news for any ordinary person or small business in the Gem State who gets in an accident, buys a defective product or has a property dispute.

Would you rather eat your losses or run the risk of paying the other side’s legal team as well as your own? That’s easy. You’re going to walk away from the fight. More here.