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From: sigma@usl.UUCP (Spiros T.)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Is that out of this world?
Message-ID: <410@usl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 18:54:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 10 18:54:43 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Apr-85 03:39:09 EST
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Hey Netters,
Just saw on INN News the following case... 

  1. Family A leaves home on vacation
  2  Child of family B trespasses home A's garden and plays there.
  3  Child of family B, while playing, accidentaly
     hits his/her head on a stone of A's garden.
  4  Child A is injured, and is put in the Intensive
     Care Unit of a hospital for a while.
  5  Family of B sues family of A for negligence (sp?),
     asking for 5 Million Bucks.
  
The morale: with 100-200 dollars additional a year all you
yuppies can buy additional insurance for ANY kind of 
event that can happen in your house.

The question: are these guys for real? even at the worst
case (the best case of a huge award is most probable since
many lawyers snatch a percent of total award as fees), family A
will waste a hell of a lot of time, bucks and energy on
the subject.  
 
The flame: is this what all children want to do when they grow
up? did you think like this before? Ken (arndt), you are right!
blasting people is the only way out of such situations!

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