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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.sci,net.legal,net.med
Subject: Re: Psychic Damages
Message-ID: <2078@cae780.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Apr-86 17:13:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 15 17:13:34 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Apr-86 04:07:38 EST
References: <12833@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <596@utastro.UUCP>
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In article <596@utastro.UUCP> ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac) writes:
>In article <12833@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) writes:
>> A woman who sued her hospital and doctor on allegations that their
>> treatment destroyed her psychic powers has been awarded more than
>> $1 million in damages, bu a "shocked" hospital attorney said yesterday
>> that he will appeal the verdict.
>
>This is a formal notification that I intend to file a lawsuit against
>all contributors to this net and the institutions that support it.
>On or about January 21, 1986 I noticed that I had lost all my psychic
>powers due to overexposure to random flames.  These powers included the
>ability to tell which way a cockroach was going to run and the uncanny
>ability to unscrew twistoff beer tops.
>
>In view of this I think a settlement of about $100,000,000 would be fair.
>Applying my remaining psychic powers to the problem I think this comes to
>$1000 per reader of this message.  Please send a check or money order
>immediately.  Electronic facsimiles will not be accepted.

Fellow members of the jury, if these people were REALLY psychic, why didn't
they foresee the problem that the exposure would cause and avoid it ... ;-}

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