To the editor:
Lawyer Rex Carr has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Lakin Law Firm and others, at the Edwardsville Courthouse. The lawsuit alleges that plaintiffs and their lawyer Edward Unsell in a previous lawsuit against Lakin, conspired to commit "malicious prosecution" and extortion of $50 million.
What is most titillating about the lawsuit filed by Carr is that Unsell has been named as a defendant and a participant in the extortion.
It is the choice of the defendants to demand a jury trial, but I believe that a jury will never decide this lawsuit. Too much is at stake and risky for the Illinois State Bar Association to allow this suit to be adjudicated by a jury.
Jury verdicts are more likely to set a precedent that are difficult to overthrow.
Most lawsuits are extortion. If this case by Carr goes to conclusion with a jury verdict against the defendants, it will become a cookbook to sue all Illinois lawyers who manufacture lawsuits for extortion.
This lawsuit by Carr will go the way of old soldiers, just fade away.
Poetic justice.
Charles D. Sullivan
Waterloo
Poetic justice
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