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Old April 26th 14, 02:22 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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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.

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Old April 26th 14, 05:37 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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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.

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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.

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Old April 27th 14, 05:20 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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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.

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Old April 27th 14, 05:38 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:37:44 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
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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?"
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she stole the coffee ?
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Old April 27th 14, 04:43 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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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/




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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/

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Old April 27th 14, 08:10 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default 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.
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