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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Apr. 12, 2008

Party of One

Forum Column - By Lynn Durye - Judges must employ effective management techniques to keep high-conflict litigants under control, Lynn Duryee writes.

FORUM COLUMN

By Lynn Duryee
This article appears on Page 6

      If there is any truth to the adage that "tragedy plus time equals comedy," then those of us mired in litigation with the high-conflict, self-represented litigant can look forward to some huge belly laughs in our golden years. Admittedly, it seems like it could be funny when a party testifies she was abducted by aliens who implanted a remote-con...

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