They can ask that the suit be dismissed 'with prejudice'. That means it can't be filed again and the only way the attorney can get paid is if his client does it.
But I do think some countersuits are in order against the perp.
Since he's in prison they'll have no trouble serving him.
L
4 posted on 06/10/2006 8:22:02 PM PDT by Lurker
("They still see you as the infidel, the other, and they'll still kill you. " Mark Steyn)