In America, law is as solid as rock, paper, scissors

Is this an "Only in America" sort of thing? It's probably as good a way as any to decide a lawsuit!

In America, law is as solid as rock, paper, scissors - World - smh.com.au

Fed up with the inability of two lawyers to agree on a trivial issue in an insurance lawsuit, a federal judge in Florida this week ordered them to "convene at a neutral site" and "engage in one (1) game of 'rock, paper, scissors"' to settle the disputed matter.

Childish lawyers are commonplace, but the use of children's games to resolve litigation disputes is apparently a new development. The judge, Gregory Presnell of the US District Court in Orlando, wrote that his innovation was "a new form of alternative dispute resolution".

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