The case of the three families only adds to the already excessive burden placed on the judicial system by lawyers and clients who are too busy trying to get money to think rationally. To take away the right of plaintiffs to sue would cripple the judicial process as we know it, leaving the ability to legally punish in the hands of the government alone. Still, some action must be taken. Lawsuits over a card game are a waste of everyone's time and money. The solution lies with the courts themselves.
Judges have the ability to throw cases out of court which are entirely unfounded or legal extortion.
Unfortunately, the ability to deny some suits the judicial ear of the court is one that often goes untested. The judge in the White Plains case, the Hon. Charles Brieant, has been vocal in expressing his disgust for the proceedings. Brieant tried to convince the school board and the three families to settle their differences without a trial, but the two sides were unwilling to back down. Any trial such as this one, in which the client attempts to play the legal system the way one would play the Lotto, should never have been allowed to get this far in the first place.