While this case may be extreme, I have heard lots of cases, even in Canada, where an angry party uses the system to try and cause as much headaches and monetary pain (in the form of legal fees) to someone they feel rightly or wrongly, has wronged them. They don't actually think they are going to win the case, they just want to stick it to the other person for as hard and long as they can.
It's sad to think about, and you would think they could build some sort of protection into the system to make sure this doesn't happen as often as it does.
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