Posted on 10/21/2007 2:19:55 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Edited on 10/21/2007 3:12:06 PM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON
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My experience is mostly in a life long ago (well....25 years ago or so) as a paralegal - primarily involving product liability cases. Objectively speaking (I just worked there as a low-paid employee so I had no real vested interest), about 25% of the claims I saw had even a scent of legitimacy.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that about half of the cases were utter jokes. I mean stuff like suing a company in a suit involving a home fire when its product wasn't even involved, just because the product happened to be located in the house, and, well, maybe they'll find out something later. Companies have to spend time and money defending themselves against this kind of nonsense and it's ridiculous.
Then there was the case of a perpetually drunk, perpetually absent employee who was terminated after being warned/suspended/counseled numerous times. He killed himself after he was fired, and his loser relatives had the gall to sue the company that employed him for "wrongful death." The company actually settled (to my disgust) because it was a plant in a small town and they didn't want the bad publicity. Absolutely sickening.
Then there's the "Fybromyalgia" scam. A complete crock of a non-illness. Basically, whenever somebody claims to be hurting and they can't figure out why, they call it "Fybromyalgia." Lots of doctors don't even believe it's a real thing, much less something that can be induced by trauma. Yet every year, people sue for accident-induced "fybromyalgia" and win. There are doctors who basically make their living giving depositions in support of these trauma-induced "fybromalgia" claims.
The whole system is a joke. We need loser-pays. I noticed you skated around that. I could accept all the BS suits, if the people that brought them had to pay court costs when they lose. You with me on that?
Hank
The debate was a disaster with most of the top tier appearing childish and even Duncan Hunter, usually second best in debating, overreaching. The debate also amounted to free publicity to Hillary, something we should thank all candidates for dearly. The name of Democratic opponents shouldn’t be mentioned and I’d be surprised if they make a similar mistake, focusing on one or some of ours.
The exception to the childish behavior of most of the top tier came in the form of Mike Huckabee rightfully calling tonight’s fiasco a “demolition derby.” It’s no one that he connects best with the audience and with swing voters.
34% now and in his dreams could never get more than 3% on his best day of the Republican vote.
He is great to laugh at though.
Love it!
Only thing I remember about 1991 is going to elementary school and playing on the play ground. I have to do some more research on the Fair Tax and other tax systems and thanks for your answers. I am not going to give up on Duncan Hunter!!!!!!!!!!
Since I actually have a law degree, I can tell you things have changed since you were here. That that is from viewing it much more than just 25 years.
It is sad that YOU had a bad experience but be grateful you never had to deal with cases of missing body parts or a life cut short because some doctor screwed up big time or had prior malpractice cases which should have had his license pulled but for a confidentiality agreement. Perhaps you never had nurses terrified about their jobs because they were threatended if they disclosed the doctor seemed to be drunk or worse when he came off the golf course for a delivery that went wrong.
You would also know arbitration has become a dominating force. In fact the Florida Bar President, was just commenting how the jury system in civil cases is fading to a memory due to contracts terms. But for a few select areas we already have loser pays in statute.
In civil rights cases we have defendant pays NO MATTER WHAT. (thats how the ACLU stays in lawyer fees)
We can duel anecdotes all day.
The bottom line here,
NO Giuliani, NO Problem.
I was not home after I posted this and oddly enough I was the one who said Paul is certifiably insane.
That was me
It is a Freeper..it was me ;)
That was the money quote from that room!
One thing I noticed....Loontz didn’t get the answer he wanted (only 3 supporting Rooty), what did he push to get more hands the second time he asked the question?
That was me.
Will you marry me? I’m your age. Live at the lake. Great cook, blonde, blue eyes, huge rack.
you have to have conservative values but you also have to implement those values. You can’t just say “taxes are bad for the economy” and expect to convince anyone of your new tax plan unless you have actual experience in this economy and tax law. You can’t just say “Reagan good, Islam bad” and then have to ask your mommy when Putin doesn’t follow your scripted response.
you can start a new religion because of that quote. that was so cool
I think.
It will make me despair for the Republican Party if this ends up as our nominating criteria.
We're electing a president, not a bishop.
here we go again
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914017/posts
Somebody say “great cook?” Hi, my name’s Alan.
Implementation of those values would obviously be
a given, to most who read my post. I wasn’t making
a theoretical statement.
All stalking aside, hurry up and post your synopsis!
Huckabee is too “pro-nanny politics” to get the nod, but too many voters continue to not know that about this as of yet. He wants a national ban on smoking, and it’s always an abuse of power to practice any kind of “nanny politics”! Mike Huckabee/Michael Bloomberg for the Pro-Nanny Political Party in ‘08!
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