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12-11-2004, 11:23 AM

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, 11:40 AM

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.

I hope you've got a way to cover your immediate family, if you have any.

12-11-2004, 11:40 AM

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.

I hope you've got a way to cover your immediate family, if you have any.

12-11-2004, 11:40 AM

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.

I hope you've got a way to cover your immediate family, if you have any.

12-11-2004, 11:40 AM

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.

I hope you've got a way to cover your immediate family, if you have any.

12-11-2004, 01:41 PM

>David Reuteler [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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.
>

Your posts are generally reasonable so I'm sure that you know by now that no
single approach/action/philosophy guarantees 100% satisfaction 100% of the
time, David. That you even bother to call the bus company to complain
automatically takes you out of the ranks of the "sue the bastards" goofs that
think a lawsuit should be the first response to every bad thing that ever
happens in life.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 01:41 PM

>David Reuteler [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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.
>

Your posts are generally reasonable so I'm sure that you know by now that no
single approach/action/philosophy guarantees 100% satisfaction 100% of the
time, David. That you even bother to call the bus company to complain
automatically takes you out of the ranks of the "sue the bastards" goofs that
think a lawsuit should be the first response to every bad thing that ever
happens in life.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 01:41 PM

>David Reuteler [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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.
>

Your posts are generally reasonable so I'm sure that you know by now that no
single approach/action/philosophy guarantees 100% satisfaction 100% of the
time, David. That you even bother to call the bus company to complain
automatically takes you out of the ranks of the "sue the bastards" goofs that
think a lawsuit should be the first response to every bad thing that ever
happens in life.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 01:41 PM

>David Reuteler [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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.
>

Your posts are generally reasonable so I'm sure that you know by now that no
single approach/action/philosophy guarantees 100% satisfaction 100% of the
time, David. That you even bother to call the bus company to complain
automatically takes you out of the ranks of the "sue the bastards" goofs that
think a lawsuit should be the first response to every bad thing that ever
happens in life.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

12-11-2004, 04:04 PM

"Hunrobe" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com...

> 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

It seemed like a good middle ground between "Call your congressman and Jonny
Cochran" and "Go apply for a Darwin Award, you idiot".