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"For every clich&eacute;, there&rsquo;s a counter-clich&eacute; just as true, and that can be befuddling.<br /><br />For example, even though you know that you should always &ldquo;look before you leap,&rdquo; the instant it takes to do so could be the exact time needed to prove that &ldquo;he who hesitates is lost.&rdquo;<br /><br />On the other hand, if you don&rsquo;t look first &ndash; well, you see the problem.<br /><br />British Prime Minister William Gladstone&rsquo;s maxim, &ldquo;Justice delayed is justice denied,&rdquo; became a clich&eacute; in record time &ndash; practically as he uttered it &ndash; and immediately found itself at loggerheads with &ldquo;better late than never.&rdquo;<br /><br />You&rsquo;d think that only a madman could entertain two completely contradictory thoughts at one time, but apparently it&rsquo;s a sign of genius. &ldquo;The test of a first-rate intelligence,&rdquo; F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed, &ldquo;is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.&rdquo;<br /><br />We&rsquo;re inclined to agree with him, especially now as we&rsquo;re examining this intriguing dichotomy.<br /><br />At this very moment, in a clash of conflicting clich&eacute;s, we&rsquo;re affirming that justice delayed is justice denied AND that late is better than never.<br /><br />After years of filing fraudulent asbestos lawsuits against CSX Transportation and delaying the progress of the company&rsquo;s countersuit against him for that fraud, Pittsburgh attorney Robert Peirce has reached the end of the line.<br /><br />As 2012 came to a close, a jury concluded that Peirce and a colleague conspired with Bridgeport radiologist Ray Harron to fabricate asbestos claims against CSX. The jury awarded CSX more than $429,000, an amount subject to tripling because of the RICO Act.<br /><br />It&rsquo;s been 13 years since Peirce filed his first fraudulent suit against CSX, more than seven years since CSX countersued Peirce.<br /><br />That&rsquo;s a long time to wait for justice, time that could have been devoted to better pursuits, time squandered. Still, the victory is sweet."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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