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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stressshe's suffered
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:18:08 AM UTC-4, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Sir Ridesalot: "An Ontario woman who struck three teenage boys on their bicycles, killing one, now is suing the kids' families for more than $1 million for the stress she's suffered as a result of the accident. Before your head explodes, you should also know she's being sued by the teens' families, but I'll leave it to you to decide who's more deserving." Sounds like a lawyer's wet dream to me. -- Pete Cresswell ******************* need to know estate law for that area. |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stressshe's suffered
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 6:18:58 AM UTC-7, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per John B.: Well, why not? After all, someone buys buy a cup of hot coffee and proceeds to spill it in their lap then they sue the coffee seller. Watch the movie "Hot Coffee". The complexity of the situation goes way, way, way beyond the sound bytes you hear on the news media. -- Pete Cresswell True, although "Hot Coffee" was produced by a trial lawyers association and was more or less a preemptive strike on jury pools. Nonetheless, the case is generally misunderstood and trotted out as evidence of lawsuits run amok, which it is not. I have seen far stupider cases -- and paid to settle them since the cost of trying a stupid case can be more than an extortive settlement. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stress she's suffered
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:18:58 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Per John B.: Well, why not? After all, someone buys buy a cup of hot coffee and proceeds to spill it in their lap then they sue the coffee seller. Watch the movie "Hot Coffee". The complexity of the situation goes way, way, way beyond the sound bytes you hear on the news media. I read what was said to be the trial record and it stated that the woman bought a cup of hot coffee and then spilled it in her lap. -- Cheers, John B. |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stress she's suffered
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:37:44 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote: On Saturday, April 26, 2014 6:18:58 AM UTC-7, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per John B.: Well, why not? After all, someone buys buy a cup of hot coffee and proceeds to spill it in their lap then they sue the coffee seller. Watch the movie "Hot Coffee". The complexity of the situation goes way, way, way beyond the sound bytes you hear on the news media. -- Pete Cresswell True, although "Hot Coffee" was produced by a trial lawyers association and was more or less a preemptive strike on jury pools. Nonetheless, the case is generally misunderstood and trotted out as evidence of lawsuits run amok, which it is not. I have seen far stupider cases -- and paid to settle them since the cost of trying a stupid case can be more than an extortive settlement. -- Jay Beattie. We (an Indonesian company) had a suit brought against us in a U.S. court. At the time we had a law form on retainer in Jakarta, another in Washington D.C. and then another firm licensed to practice in Delaware for the trial (and me too, as by this time I was retired and the owners had me come back for technical information). In the end the complainant agreed to settle out of court and I complained saying that the complainant had lied and I had already given the lawyers documents demonstrating this. The Boss said, "it's cheaper this way. Do you have any idea what three law firms are costing us?" -- Cheers, John B. |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stressshe's suffered
she stole the coffee ? |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stressshe's suffered
On 4/26/2014 12:37 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 6:18:58 AM UTC-7, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Watch the movie "Hot Coffee". The complexity of the situation goes way, way, way beyond the sound bytes you hear on the news media. True, although "Hot Coffee" was produced by a trial lawyers association and was more or less a preemptive strike on jury pools. Nonetheless, the case is generally misunderstood and trotted out as evidence of lawsuits run amok, which it is not. I have seen far stupider cases - ... Of course, the existence of stupider cases doesn't prove Stella's coffee case wasn't stupid! -and paid to settle them since the cost of trying a stupid case can be more than an extortive settlement. We've all heard such tales. In our village, a clumsy young girl climbing on a jungle gym fell and broke her arm. The family sued the school system, since it was a school playground that wasn't locked up after hours, and of _course_ anything that a kid can climb is obviously an unconscionable hazard. (You know, like trees.) The rumor is the winnings paid off the family house. _The Atlantic_ magazine, current issue (April 2014) has a cover story on the consequences of such craziness and overprotection. Of course, the kid on the cover is wearing a very safe hat. Plus elbow and knee pads. Plus pillows. And holding his mom's hand. That cover photo is viewable as a thumbnail at the very bottom of the article online: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/...-alone/358631/ -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stressshe's suffered
RUMOR ?
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stressshe's suffered
On 4/26/2014 11:20 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:18:58 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Per John B.: Well, why not? After all, someone buys buy a cup of hot coffee and proceeds to spill it in their lap then they sue the coffee seller. Watch the movie "Hot Coffee". The complexity of the situation goes way, way, way beyond the sound bytes you hear on the news media. I read what was said to be the trial record and it stated that the woman bought a cup of hot coffee and then spilled it in her lap. Unlike attorneys we just don't see the nuance. A police officer blew a .40+ hole in his left hand as he was leaving his surveillance helicopter, moving his weapon from the flight vest to his regular holster. Some would see this as negligence on S&W's part. As I mentioned I'm not an attorney so I wondered why one needs a pistol in a helicopter. Mysteries abound. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...iel-dominguez/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Woman who struck cyclists, killing one, now suing them for stress she's suffered
Per Frank Krygowski:
We've all heard such tales. In our village, a clumsy young girl climbing on a jungle gym fell and broke her arm. The family sued the school system, since it was a school playground that wasn't locked up after hours, and of _course_ anything that a kid can climb is obviously an unconscionable hazard. (You know, like trees.) The rumor is the winnings paid off the family house. When we used to visit relatives in Germany, I was always impressed by the amount of fence-less open space and publicly-available walking trails/paths. The spiel I heard was that, in Germany, if the neighbor's kid wanders into somebody's yard and their dog tears it to shreds some very, very hard questions are asked. Questions like: - "Where were that kid's parents" and - "Didn't the parents teach that kid to stay out of other people's yards". Probably an exaggeration... but the greatly diminished litigiousness (is that even a word??) shows up in increased day-to-day freedom to move. I think some people envision European countries as crowded claustrophobic places, but I found this part of Germany - in spite of an apparent population density similar to where I live in the USA - to be refreshingly open, free-feeling, and much less crowded-feeling. _The Atlantic_ magazine, current issue (April 2014) has a cover story on the consequences of such craziness and overprotection. Of course, the kid on the cover is wearing a very safe hat. Plus elbow and knee pads. Plus pillows. And holding his mom's hand. That cover photo is viewable as a thumbnail at the very bottom of the article online: I recall a photo of some Pacific Islander kids playing in a lagoon where they treated a certain kind of shark as a sort of pet/plaything. Just splashing around unencumbered, having a lot of fun. In the same pic were a few USA-type kids all bundled up in life jackets and reef walkers. I felt sad for those kids. -- Pete Cresswell |
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