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Plaintiff Hit With $520,153 in Fees, Costs
FindLaw ^ | 2-21-05 | Nick Sullivan

Posted on 02/21/2005 11:59:45 AM PST by OXENinFLA

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Well, I bet he didn't think the case would turn out like this........
1 posted on 02/21/2005 11:59:45 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
PING...
2 posted on 02/21/2005 12:00:12 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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I wonder what the amount was that he turned down?


3 posted on 02/21/2005 12:01:19 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

YES!!!!


4 posted on 02/21/2005 12:01:45 PM PST by Belisaurius ("Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Ted" - Joseph Kennedy 1958)
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To: OXENinFLA

Does his lawyer have to pay 40% of the settlement?


5 posted on 02/21/2005 12:02:11 PM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: OXENinFLA

If only North Carolina and other states would adhere to a similar statute, these nonsensical lawsuits by "professional plaintiffs" would stop.


6 posted on 02/21/2005 12:02:12 PM PST by TommyDale
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To: OXENinFLA

He who represents himself.......


7 posted on 02/21/2005 12:02:21 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: OXENinFLA

I hope there's a lien on his property somewhere to make sure he pays it.


8 posted on 02/21/2005 12:02:49 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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This kinda stuff would happen ALL THE TIME if we had the British system of loser pays.

There'd be fewer of these nuisance lawsuits, too.

9 posted on 02/21/2005 12:02:57 PM PST by sinkspur ("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
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To: OXENinFLA; wardaddy; Dog Gone; kristinn; jmstein7

Yes!

10 posted on 02/21/2005 12:03:46 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: OXENinFLA

Very good news.


11 posted on 02/21/2005 12:04:07 PM PST by Bahbah
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To: OXENinFLA

No problemo.... at his old job, he'll have it paid off in about 4 years.


12 posted on 02/21/2005 12:04:15 PM PST by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: OXENinFLA

Yeah, with the jury only taking an hour to decide, it looks like his case was pretty thin.


13 posted on 02/21/2005 12:04:49 PM PST by flying Elvis
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Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass ruled that plaintiff Vincenzo Variale was "grossly unreasonable" in rejecting Honda's settlement offer and awarded the automaker $347,793 in attorney fees and $172,360 in costs, a total of $520,153.

Owch. I'll bet that day in court will do nothing to help his depression. Someone should keep an eye on him lest he step from a tall chair tethered to a short rope.

APf

14 posted on 02/21/2005 12:06:03 PM PST by APFel (For some reason, the word "Freeper" is flagged by the spellcheck. Someone contact Websters.)
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To: OXENinFLA

Loser pays is the way to go

Works for England, they still have plenty of legit lawsuits. Companies still can't brutally kill people with a product and get away with it - as much as the dems would like you to believe.


15 posted on 02/21/2005 12:06:18 PM PST by Crazieman (Islam. Religion of peace, and they'll kill you to prove it.)
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I think a lot of the uninformed people who cry for "tort reform" don't realize that there are already protections like this one that are built into the law to discourage unreasonable claims/demands, etc.


16 posted on 02/21/2005 12:06:34 PM PST by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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WOW! What a Judge!

Jackie Glass

Jackie Glass
Department 5

     Judge Glass is part of a new generation involved with her family, her profession and her community.  While in high school, Judge Glass worked as a waitress to buy her school supplies and clothes.  She continued as a waitress, working her way through the University of Georgia, graduating with a degree in journalism.  Judge Glass moved to Las Vegas in 1978, beginning as a radio news reporter.  She quickly moved to television and served as an anchor and crime beat reporter.

     As she followed trials she covered as a journalist, she became interested in the field of law.  Once again, she worked her way through college, graduating from the University of San Diego School of Law.  In a single year - 1984, Judge Glass passed the Nevada Bar exam before graduation, received her Juris Doctorate, was admitted to the Nevada Bar, and married her husband, Steve Wolfson.

     The couple recently celebrated their eighteenth wedding anniversary.  They have two daughters, Rachel and Rebecca.  With her husband, Judge Glass worked to build a successful law practice while helping at her daughter's schools, supporting the Girl Scouts and projects such as Nevada Reading Week.

     On the professional side, Judge Glass lectured at the UNLV Boyd School of Law, spoken on law topics at local high schools, and appeared on the KLVX show, "Law and the Layman".  She served as an Alternate Domestic Referee, URESA Hearing Master, Paternity Hearing Master, and Alternate Juvenile Referee.

     Judge Glass served as a member of the Las Vegas Housing Authority Board and spent six years as a board member of the Senior Citizens Law Project.  Judge Glass was elected District Court Judge, Department 5, in the 2002 election.

17 posted on 02/21/2005 12:07:12 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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Looks like some bad attorney advice here...scumbags have no skin in the game and encourgared the fight to continue...thats what you get by trusting trial attorney types...


18 posted on 02/21/2005 12:08:02 PM PST by CT CONSERVATIVE (Fight Crime: Shoot Back)
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To: AppyPappy
Very insightful question, AppyPappy! Bravo.

I wonder what was the "nuisance-value offer" amount. The article doesn't say and when the link is followed, you are offered the chance to pay $124 to see the full writeup. No thank you.

19 posted on 02/21/2005 12:08:12 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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To: OXENinFLA

Cool.


20 posted on 02/21/2005 12:08:44 PM PST by jwalsh07
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