Urgent need for frank conversation on cost of trivial cases in the courts

A frivolous or trivial court case is a lawsuit that lacks legal merit or factual foundation. In most cases, such suits are filed to harass an opponent, squeeze out a nuisance settlement or simply delay an outcome.

A single trivial case might pass for a minor nuisance, but the cumulative economic damage it inflicts on a country’s justice system and litigants is enormous, though entirely preventable. Every frivolous suit occupies judicial time and courtroom space that should be available to litigants with genuine grievances.