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[curtschu]

Simply, not true. A property owner owes even a trespasser more than just the duty to not set unidentified snares or traps.

Here is a good article:

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblo...-distinctions/

[Benderr]

So you think these guys are doing it all for free? Everyone is getting paid. If a case is immediately dismissed on the lack of merit, or matter of Law No one gets paid. The County gets no more filing fees, the Defense, Plaintiff lawyers get nothing more, Is it free to file an Appeal? doubt it. It is a Flawed systems. And God forbid you ever have a contact with the Police and the Criminal side. You are just a Piggy Bank for the county and they are going to shake you for every penny they can get.

A filing fee doesn't pay a thing. A short deposition is going to cost what a filing fee runs. Certainly it's not paying for even the lowliest employee at the courthouse to shuffle papers. An appeal fee is usually higher, but again, you're probably spending more in copy costs than whatever the appeal fee is. The judicial staff and clerks work at the courthouse every day. If 100 civil cases were dropped each year, they would still be overworked. The county doesn't NEED your filing fee, or care about your case. They're settling disputes in a courtroom so you don't walk over to some dude's house with a shotgun and try to settle it yourself.

Plaintiff's lawyers in these types of cases generally get paid on a contingency basis, meaning they work for free unless there is a recovery.

Defense lawyers bill at an hourly rate, sometimes at a reduced rate for a client that has a retainer contract. They make money win, lose, or draw. I suspect there are some that draw out a losing case for the sake of padding their bills, but I know there are clients that insist on going the distance on cases that are clearly losers because of some mistake in fact, or self-delusion (Plaintiff's are much the same).

You're asserting that there's some conspiracy between the judicial system and plaintiff / defense attorneys to bilk the general population out of their hard-earned money. That's simply not true. There are certainly instances where such things take place, just as there are doctors that defraud medicare and medicade, and individuals that defraud the SSI disability program. That doesn't mean that every doctor and every disabled person is out to get you, anymore than every cop, judge, court clerk, or lawyer is out to get you.

[Sly-vester]

What's is interesting is that in Florida horseback riding is considered an "inherently dangerous activity" yet cave diving is not. If a horse throws you, you cant sue the property owner.

[Benderr]

What's is interesting is that in Florida horseback riding is considered an "inherently dangerous activity" yet cave diving is not. If a horse throws you, you cant sue the property owner.

And letting people use stuff for free offers protections as well:

Florida Recreational Use Statute
http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/statutes/2012/0375.251
https://asci.uvm.edu/equine/law/recreate/fl_rec.htm

[curtschu]

And letting people use stuff for free offers protections as well:

Florida Recreational Use Statute
http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/statutes/2012/0375.251
https://asci.uvm.edu/equine/law/recreate/fl_rec.htm

We have tried to assert that law to get land owners to let us use the land..... "Let me check with my attorney". We just walk away.