Author Topic: Ahh the beauty of the legal system in America (Read 769 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 25, 2007, 09:00:10 AM »

something like 80% or better of lawyers vote democrat. Why do you suppose that is?

lazs

midnight Target · « **Reply #16 on:** May 25, 2007, 09:03:31 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
something like 80% or better of lawyers vote democrat. Why do you suppose that is?

lazs

Because they are smart and highly educated?

Xargos · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2007, 09:07:28 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Because they are smart and highly educated?

Because their Weasels?

lazs2 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 25, 2007, 09:08:42 AM »

I am sure that is it MT...

It is easy to see the result of what smart people do too. I think we would all agree that we don't have enough lawyers and that they all make our lives so much better.

Have you hugged a lawyer today?

lazs

john9001 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 25, 2007, 10:34:14 AM »

John Edwards is/was a lawyer, he made a $60 million fortune suing doctors.

you can thank him for helping to make your health insurance premiums high.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 25, 2007, 10:48:49 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
something like 80% or better of lawyers vote democrat. Why do you suppose that is?

lazs

Yay!!! Laz is here to shoehorn in his anti-Democrat rants into an unrelated thread.

john9001 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 25, 2007, 10:53:00 AM »

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something like 80% or better of lawyers vote democrat. Why do you suppose that is?

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Yay!!! Laz is here to shoehorn in his anti-Democrat rants into an unrelated thread.

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Mickey

anti-democratic rant? it sounds like a statement followed by a question.

Hornet33 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 25, 2007, 12:01:07 PM »

I hope the judge has at least 1 functioning brain cell and tosses this right of the court room. The only person to break any law in this case is the idiot who got killed.

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #23 on:** May 25, 2007, 12:45:17 PM »

Right and wrong does not matter. Often the judge doesn't matter either. Case in point:

Man in Alabama gets drunk, blood alcohol level of 0.21, more than double the legal limit. Drives his small SUV, without a seatbelt, at speeds in excess of 40MPH over the posted limits (25MPH is wreckless driving by law) on the Interstate. Loses control, at nearly 90MPH, flips in the median a dozen times, and is ejected from the vehicle (not wearing a seatbelt), survives, is paralyzed, and sues the manufacturer of the SUV. Jury awards $85,000,000. Jury says that even though the plaintiff was drunk, speeding, and not wearing his seat belt, the door should not have come open on the vehicle after it had rolled the first 6 times at near 90MPH.

LancerVT · « **Reply #24 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:07:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
Right and wrong does not matter. Often the judge doesn't matter either. Case in point:

Man in Alabama gets drunk, blood alcohol level of 0.21, more than double the legal limit. Drives his small SUV, without a seatbelt, at speeds in excess of 40MPH over the posted limits (25MPH is wreckless driving by law) on the Interstate. Loses control, at nearly 90MPH, flips in the median a dozen times, and is ejected from the vehicle (not wearing a seatbelt), survives, is paralyzed, and sues the manufacturer of the SUV. Jury awards $85,000,000. Jury says that even though the plaintiff was drunk, speeding, and not wearing his seat belt, the door should not have come open on the vehicle after it had rolled the first 6 times at near 90MPH.

Just shows what a screwed up world we live in

Sandman · « **Reply #25 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:10:24 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
What's really sad? This kind of case has legal precedent. A lot of legal precedent.

He'll win the law suit.

Laser is probably right.

Bars have been sued before by victims of drunk drivers. It's not a stretch to think that if a bar can be held responsible for the victims of a drunk driver, a bar can be held responsible for the death of a drunk driver.

I don't see Hancock winning anything from the towing company, the tow driver, or owner of the stalled car. That's just asinine.

Bodhi · « **Reply #26 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:20:49 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
something like 80% or better of lawyers vote democrat. Why do you suppose that is?

lazs

Lawyers vote democratic because the democrats have always opposed tort reform on exactly these types of issues. Any lawyer that realises that his paychecks could be severly curtailed over any type of tort reform is obviously not going to vote for someone that has the common sense to realise and push forth legislation that is designed to stop these stupid and frivolous lawsuits.

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:51:00 PM »

LMFAO!!!!!!

Did you guys' read the quote in Virgil's post?

The one in which the drunk 'tard driving the SUV like he was in the Firecracker 400?

You all blamed the attorney's for this.

What about the 12 people sitting in the jury box? THEY are the ones who decided to let this fly. The trial attorney doesn't have a vote when they go in the back room. Those 12 are supposed to sit and deliberate, and decide if the guy deserves it or not, After having had the benefit of listening to the whole f---ing trial. The culprit in this case, isn't the attorney. It's the 12 handsomehunkes' that let this fly.

tedrbr · « **Reply #28 on:** May 25, 2007, 03:25:22 PM »

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Originally posted by FrodeMk3
LMFAO!!!!!!

Did you guys' read the quote in Virgil's post?

The one in which the drunk 'tard driving the SUV like he was in the Firecracker 400?

You all blamed the attorney's for this.

What about the 12 people sitting in the jury box? THEY are the ones who decided to let this fly. The trial attorney doesn't have a vote when they go in the back room. Those 12 are supposed to sit and deliberate, and decide if the guy deserves it or not, After having had the benefit of listening to the whole f---ing trial. The culprit in this case, isn't the attorney. It's the 12 handsomehunkes' that let this fly.

Not just the 12 in the jury box (and I find myself insulted at being judged by 12 so-called "peers" who ain't bright enough to get themselves out of jury duty, but I digress...), it's also the Judge. Most judge's in most states have the ability to toss out frivolous cases.... just very few of them exercise this ability to the benefit of the legal system. Better to hear everything and let the court system back up like an old septic tank.

As to the 12 in the jury box, they are part of a society who are being brought up to believe that everything trumps personal responsibility and all things big industry are evil. Auto manufacturer vs idiot scumbag? Scumbag wins. Better than the lottery.

If you like this kind of thing though, check out The Stella Awards .
Stuff like that had me rooting for a Y2K collapse so I could go out and shoot me some legal beagles.

indy007 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 25, 2007, 03:36:45 PM »

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Originally posted by tedrbr
If you like this kind of thing though, check out The Stella Awards .
Stuff like that had me rooting for a Y2K collapse so I could go out and shoot me some legal beagles.

I read it. A small piece of my soul died.

Tedrbr, I'm gonna sue you for a billion dollars now.