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12-11-2004, 10:14 AM

>"cheg" [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>I talked to the company again and the owner wanted to meet with me at the job
>site. He was very responsive to my complaint, and said they are concerned
>about
>the safety issue. The construction company will put the signs out of the way
>after hours. Part of the problem is residents along the street moving the
>sign
>after the crew leaves. The will try to find a spot where none of the
>neighbors
>will care about the signs. He offered to replace my rainpants and pay for the
>wheel repair. All in all, as good an outcome as I could wish. The wheel is
>in
>the shop and will be fixed by tomorrow.

Darn, it almost sounds as if a civil and reasonable approach to the
construction firm received a civil and reasonable response! Is there a lesson
in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?
I'm sorry but I just couldn't resist directing an, "I told you so", at the
hotheads among us. <g>
I'm glad it's working out for you.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 10:14 AM

>"cheg" [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>I talked to the company again and the owner wanted to meet with me at the job
>site. He was very responsive to my complaint, and said they are concerned
>about
>the safety issue. The construction company will put the signs out of the way
>after hours. Part of the problem is residents along the street moving the
>sign
>after the crew leaves. The will try to find a spot where none of the
>neighbors
>will care about the signs. He offered to replace my rainpants and pay for the
>wheel repair. All in all, as good an outcome as I could wish. The wheel is
>in
>the shop and will be fixed by tomorrow.

Darn, it almost sounds as if a civil and reasonable approach to the
construction firm received a civil and reasonable response! Is there a lesson
in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?
I'm sorry but I just couldn't resist directing an, "I told you so", at the
hotheads among us. <g>
I'm glad it's working out for you.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 10:14 AM

>"cheg" [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>I talked to the company again and the owner wanted to meet with me at the job
>site. He was very responsive to my complaint, and said they are concerned
>about
>the safety issue. The construction company will put the signs out of the way
>after hours. Part of the problem is residents along the street moving the
>sign
>after the crew leaves. The will try to find a spot where none of the
>neighbors
>will care about the signs. He offered to replace my rainpants and pay for the
>wheel repair. All in all, as good an outcome as I could wish. The wheel is
>in
>the shop and will be fixed by tomorrow.

Darn, it almost sounds as if a civil and reasonable approach to the
construction firm received a civil and reasonable response! Is there a lesson
in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?
I'm sorry but I just couldn't resist directing an, "I told you so", at the
hotheads among us. <g>
I'm glad it's working out for you.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 11:46 AM

Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Is there a lesson
> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?

sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills. i call
the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6 inches at 30 mph
and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my will to use all my money to
sue the bastard that kills me, tho.
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-11-2004, 11:46 AM

Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Is there a lesson
> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?

sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills. i call
the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6 inches at 30 mph
and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my will to use all my money to
sue the bastard that kills me, tho.
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-11-2004, 11:46 AM

Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Is there a lesson
> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?

sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills. i call
the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6 inches at 30 mph
and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my will to use all my money to
sue the bastard that kills me, tho.
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-11-2004, 11:46 AM

Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Is there a lesson
> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!", crowd?

sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills. i call
the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6 inches at 30 mph
and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my will to use all my money to
sue the bastard that kills me, tho.
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

12-11-2004, 12:23 PM

David Reuteler wrote:
> Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> Is there a lesson
>> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!",
>> crowd?
>
> sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills.
> i call the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6
> inches at 30 mph and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my
> will to use all my money to sue the bastard that kills me, tho.

Agree with David.

Reminds me of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
The part that nobody seems to remember--when excoriating (no pun intended)
the lawyers for taking this case to trial (or the jurors for their
verdict)--was the reasonableness of the initial claim, the company's history
on the issue, and the plaintiff's early and earnest attempts to settle for
medical bills and mimimal punitives.

I would argue that neither side holds all of the culpability in these
issues, but--in my life's experience--more probably goes to the callous and
cavalier, "Fukem, that's what we pay lawyers for" (actual quote from a CEO
of a $500MM company for which I used to work) attitude of many in Big
Business.

. . . so be careful out there!

12-11-2004, 12:23 PM

David Reuteler wrote:
> Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> Is there a lesson
>> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!",
>> crowd?
>
> sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills.
> i call the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6
> inches at 30 mph and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my
> will to use all my money to sue the bastard that kills me, tho.

Agree with David.

Reminds me of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
The part that nobody seems to remember--when excoriating (no pun intended)
the lawyers for taking this case to trial (or the jurors for their
verdict)--was the reasonableness of the initial claim, the company's history
on the issue, and the plaintiff's early and earnest attempts to settle for
medical bills and mimimal punitives.

I would argue that neither side holds all of the culpability in these
issues, but--in my life's experience--more probably goes to the callous and
cavalier, "Fukem, that's what we pay lawyers for" (actual quote from a CEO
of a $500MM company for which I used to work) attitude of many in Big
Business.

. . . so be careful out there!

12-11-2004, 12:23 PM

David Reuteler wrote:
> Hunrobe <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> Is there a lesson
>> in there somewhere for the, "Sue the malicious careless bastards!",
>> crowd?
>
> sadly no. try calling again this time with $20,000 in medical bills.
> i call the damn transit authority every time a bus clears me with 6
> inches at 30 mph and yet they keep doing it. i'm putting it in my
> will to use all my money to sue the bastard that kills me, tho.

Agree with David.

Reminds me of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
The part that nobody seems to remember--when excoriating (no pun intended)
the lawyers for taking this case to trial (or the jurors for their
verdict)--was the reasonableness of the initial claim, the company's history
on the issue, and the plaintiff's early and earnest attempts to settle for
medical bills and mimimal punitives.

I would argue that neither side holds all of the culpability in these
issues, but--in my life's experience--more probably goes to the callous and
cavalier, "Fukem, that's what we pay lawyers for" (actual quote from a CEO
of a $500MM company for which I used to work) attitude of many in Big
Business.

. . . so be careful out there!