Word: schauer
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...ever ready to quote Harry Truman, should recall the former President's wise words about defense spending: "All through history it's the nations that have given the most to the generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall." Andrew H. Schauer Topeka, Kans...
...medical billing firm and its lawyers. They found that an obscure 1872 California law authorizes litigants to have any civil case heard by hired referees, who need not be judges or even lawyers. The pair signed up a retired judge and got the approval of then Presiding Judge Richard Schauer of Los Angeles County Superior Court. Within seven months they had a decision; its relative speed saved their clients some $100,000 in attorneys' fees...
Because private courts can work only when both parties want a prompt decision, their growth potential is limited. Explains Judge Schauer: "Over 99.9% of our cases involve one side that doesn't want to go to court. Defendants don't want that day of judgment." The typical rent-a-judge case involves squabbling business partners who are eager to get a ruling and resume their profitable venture. Recently, private judges have also started handling family law matters...