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That is why you buy insurance.

 

Most cases are settled out of court because litigation is very expensive.
And no one knows what the judge will do or what the jury will do. In a way
the inherent inefficiency of the court system leads to an efficient
settlement system.

 

Must be one of those restrictions of freedom that Geoff likes to bleat
about in reference to Canada.

 

Not only does it take two to tango (or have sex, for that matter), but
you've just argued for complete elimination of private gun ownership.

Think about it.

 

Indeed. But even you've heard of insurance fraud right? I mean, hey..he's
got insurance..lets get him to get into an accident with us then we can sue
his ass off! There're people out there that don't care about anything but
getting money.

In the end it's just hurting the people that pay for the services. If I get
sued for something frivolous and they win and my insurance goes up, I'm sure
as hell going to raise the cost of my services.

 

Q: What do you call the guy who graduates last in his class at a 4th-rate
med school?

A: Doctor.

 

Up here in Canada, too. There are doctors who've made the news for
refusing to continue to see their patients who will not quit smoking.

 

If I were you I would lock myself in a bathroom and never come out. A
friend of mine in the software business was sued for no decent reason at
all. Even though the contract said any suit had to be in NC the guy sued
him in California and thejudge refused to move it. My friend spent $90k on
lawyers defending himself and the guy drops the case the day the trial is
supposed to begin. If my friend refused the dismisssal the case would have
continued and who knows, maybe the guy would have won. So my friend lost
$90k out of his own pocket for no reason whatsoever and he did not have
adequate coverage for the risk. That is life. Like I said..... lock
yourself in a closet or bathroom and you won't get sued..... probably.

 

That sounds pretty damn bad. I remember one of my teachers, I can't remember
which one it is, said something like "If you haven't been in a lawsuit yet I
would really recommend one." If I were that person I'd probably try suing to
get the money spent back. Quite a world out there.

 

BAH !

Like I'm going to let things like "facts" stand in the way of me
making a point ;-)

 

The one's you see on "Cops" aren't getting strip searched on camera &
the one's they enjoy "searching" sure as hell aren't going to be
submitted to "Cops" for their partners to see.....

That's I'm thinking anyways. (probably wrong, but it sounds good no?)

 

In the UK & many other parts of the world the loser pays legal fee's.
Including the loser who "drops" the case after initiating legal
action. Perhaps such an approach might be adopted by the US?

 

Oprah made jury duty. Good enough explanation?

 

Science? Science? Please people let's keep religious "belief
systems" out of a good thread.

Science, Christian Science, Scientology, Voodoo. You name it. It's
all just a belief system.

(foot note). This is troll bait for the Under grads who've yet to
critically examine that belief system

 

I recall Geoff was saying in an earlier post something about living in
a Capitalist society. "scum trial lawyers" help capitalism! How?
They take money that is being poorly utilized by insurance companies
(government and corporate bonds) and disperse it throughout the
society via the springer crowd.

Look at Mike Tyson. $300 Million to 0.00 in the blink of an eye.

Same with most of these "lawsuit lottery winners" A year or two of
Cheap booze, cheaper women and 1 fast car and they're either organ
donor's or back living at the trailer park. That money spurs the
economy helping the growth of developing industries. See !? "scum
sucking lawyers" and their "white trash" clientele are an integral
part of the nations economy.

For the socialists in the group it's wealth "redistribution" at it's
most base.

For anyone who's ever worked in the insurance field its either
laughable or maddening. (I'm more the former)

 

That's clearly a liberal cause. I heard a report just this week of a
mother being hauled back into court being accused of smoking around her
children in violation of a court order forbidding her to do so.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

Well for one, though you'll probably disagree, the right to keep and
bear arms is constitutionally guaranteed. The right to spread
communicable diseases by irresponsible behavior is not, though the
liberals would stupidly disagree on both points.

The ability to have sex irresponsibly does not protect myself and my
family from criminals. My being able to own a gun does (and forget all
the "you'll probably end up killing one of your family members by
mistake" b.s.). You don't just take one minute (i.e. small) point of an
issue and make policy out of it like that (unless you're a liberal).
You have to weigh all aspects. Allowing people to own guns for
protection does have some value (along with risks - duh). Check crime
rates of countries that take guns out of the hands of the citizens
before and after to see if there is a disincentive to commit certain
crimes when the criminals know there is a possiblity, if not actuallity
of a gun owne/user being the intended victim. Allowing infected people
to infect others at will has no value (remember the original question
was quarantining).

(Take a look a the funny e-mail that someone sent me last week - I've
pasted it below my signature. Keep in mind that it is intended as
humor, so you can probably poke holes in it without too much trouble -
**HOWEVER** keep in mind that for humor to be humor, there has to be
some truth to it - and there's a lot in that one. Enjoy.)

I agree with Geoff - on many topics you are a sensible person, but on
this and a couple of others your brain is disengaged. I guess we all
have our blind spots. Love ya man!

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")


Question: How do you tell the difference between Democrats, Republicans
and
Southern Republicans? The answer can be found by posing the following
question:

You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small
children.
Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the
corner,
locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges.
You
are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere
seconds
before he reaches you and your family. What do you do?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Democrat's Answer:

Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!

Does the man look poor or Oppressed?

Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?

Could we run away?

What does my wife think?

What about the kids?

Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of
his
hand?

What does the law say about this situation?

Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?

Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does
this
send to society and to my children?

Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?

Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound
me?

If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while
he
was stabbing me?

Should I call 9-1-1?

Why is this street so deserted?

We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this a
happier,
healthier street that would discourage such behavior.

This is all so confusing!

I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try to come
to a
consensus.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Republican's Answer:

BANG!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Southern Republican's Answer:

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click....(sounds
of
reloading).

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click

Daughter: "Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver
Tips??"

 

It's also why landlords are constantly given advice on landlording
forums never to rent to a lawyer, law student, or law clerk, and after
having been a landlord a few years, I can say that that's good advice.
Since they are not a protected class, it's probably legal too.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

yeah, if they can find them. Last I remember, HIV takes a little time to
develop, and it may take even longer to decide to get tested. So
coincidentally someone may have sex with dozens of people in that time
period. Do the cops just spend months tracking down everyone that this
person had sex with to test them and arrest the bastard with HIV/AIDS who
probably got it from the person who just found they had it themselves?
Seriously. Except for a handful of cases I haven't heard of too many people
getting popped to neccesitate a "all the time" reference.

 

For once, I agree with you on a political matter, Art. But I have heard
of 5 or 25 million dollar awards for ridiculous things - I don't think
even wrongful death is awarded what some injuries are bringing - and
that's off balance. I have to think if I had to put a dollar value on
what my family should be awarded if someone accidentally killed me, it
would be way less than some of these ridiculous awards.

I think it is a case where, regrettably, society is forced to make a law
(i.e., limit potential awards) due to common sense having fallen out the
window to a point that everyone is suffering hugely because of it. In
an ideal world, such limits would not have to be legislated because
common sense judgements would be reasonable. One down-side of the
mandated limits would be that a cookie cutter solution will not be just
(i.e., fair) in all situations for a particular legal criteria - there
may be actual value that will not be allowed to be considered because of
the legal restrictions, and that will be unfortunate - but that's true
of all laws that should not have been necessary but in fact are because
of human stupidity that forced the law to be made to keep society
afloat.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")