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Originally Posted by Delgar
Resolute, I'm aware of those things. Sure he was admittedly an agitator of sorts in the bar. That doesn't make it open season to harm him. That he got the taste of money afterward doesn't impact on whether he should be compensated for being assaulted. He might be a good guy, might not be. Maybe he parks in handicap places with an over-sized truck. But he was hit and seriously injured.
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Ultimately, the countersuit is going to be leverage against the civil suit that was filed during or near the trial. The civil suit was simply leverage too. At the end of the day, Ferland incurred legal costs and his name being associated with a bar fight in which there was another contributing party who tried to get paid.
Whether Ferland's countersuit claims have enough weight to prevail in trial is unknown, but at the very least, it's his right as much as it's the right of the original filing party. I don't see how you don't respect him for that when you either don't know, appreciate or understand the facts, the legal process or the reality of civil suit fishing expeditions.