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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Is that out of this world?
Message-ID: <238@osiris.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 21:38:53 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 13 21:38:53 1985
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> 
> 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!
> 

	A friend of mine just got slapped with a lawsuit wherein
a person who ran a stopsign and smacked into him on his motorcycle
is suing him for $10,000 for "emotional distress and physical injury".
The jerk in the car messed up one fender and wasn't hurt in the
least. I couldn't believe this - you would think anything so ridiculous
would be laughed out of court. But this seems to be a growing trend -
people are *hoping* to get into accidents so that they can get some
ambulance-chasing shyster to sue for multi-bucks over imagined griefs.
What's going on out there ?

-- 
  

jcpatilla

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