[innocentoldguy]

> Always show up in court if you are being sued.

Even then it can be hit and miss, depending upon the judge's ability to understand the case. I have been court a couple of times where the judge used my exact argument to side with my opponent. I got both decisions reversed in appeals, but that didn't make the process any less frustrating.

Unfortunately, courtrooms are not always the bastions of justice we'd like to think they are.

[saghm]

I think the idea behind "always show up in court if you are being sued" isn't that it will always work out for you, but that it almost definitely won't work out for you if you don't show up.