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GeorgiaDon 340
I don't know what allows them to do this, maybe it varies by state? All I know is from only 2 sources, the highly biased piece in the first post, which is taken verbatim from the PR attack launched by the parents, and the more neutral news story linked by Arvoitus. In the latter, it says that after his surgery the plaintiff was told by his insurance that he would have to go to the kid's family for compensation. From this I infer that he had insurance, but they told him to go after the other party instead, which suggests that they denied his claim.QuoteI admit this is a little bit out of my depth of knowledge, but I've never had or heard of insurance companies being able to do this. I have heard of the insurance company surogating their losses but not refusing to pay outright. What is the contract language that allows them to do this? What would the insurance company due if the name of the kid who ran into him was not known?
My only interest in this whole thing (which is about exhausted) is the ease with which supposedly intelligent people allow themselves to be led around like lemmings on a leash by unsubstantiated, obviously one-sided internet shit-stirring. It doesn't help that the story plays to two inherent biases that most people have: lawsuits are only filed by assholes who are looking to get rich, and kids are by default seen as "blameless". I really wonder about the ability of people on average to 1) read, 2) comprehend, and 3) to think critically. Are they this gullible in real life, or just on the internet? Have they no interest in finding out what the actual facts of the matter are before jumping to conclusions?
Unfortunately I guess the answer to those questions is all too apparent. No wonder politicians (of all stripes) are able to get away with the crap they pull off. Religious leaders too.
Don
Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)
GeorgiaDon 340
If true, the guy was a dickhead. Can anybody verify the story? If the part about the guy leaving the mountain in an ambulance and requiring surgery for a torn rotator cuff is true (and there certainly should be a paper trail to confirm or refute that), how do we reconcile the injury with the alleged behavior?QuoteThis is the "dickhead" part:
"As Scott stood up and tried to apologize, the man grabbed Scott and threatened to sue him and his whole family"
Maybe the 7-year-old made that part up. I seriously doubt a 7 y.o. came up with that story. Maybe the parents made it up. I doubt that, too, since it really has no relevance to the lawsuit.
Maybe the guy was a dick. I don't know, I wasn't there. Neither was anybody who has responded to the story in this forum. I think it's sad that anyone would allow themselves to be led to a conclusion (the guy is a dick) based on a one-sided presentation of an obviously biased and self-serving uncorroborated story.
Don
Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)
billvon 2,400
>>sue him and his whole family"
>If true, the guy was a dickhead.
Also likely guilty of assault and battery. It is unlikely that the family's lawyer is so incompetent that he did not realize that an adult assaulting a 7 year old is a good case to make, especially when the same man is threatening a lawsuit against the 7 year old.
Something is very fishy about this story.
some people just dont get the fact that life is too short for bullshit.............but then again, it seems that its always the evil fuckers that live long while the good die young
muff528 3
Quote.......
If the part about the guy leaving the mountain in an ambulance and requiring surgery for a torn rotator cuff is true (and there certainly should be a paper trail to confirm or refute that), how do we reconcile the injury with the alleged behavior?....
Maybe he slipped and busted his ass as the scared kid was trying to escape.
GeorgiaDon 340
Maybe. Do you habitually "just know" that people are dickheads based on something they may or may not have done? Can you also read minds about other things too? That must be really cool. Hey, maybe you could be a "professional jury"; no need for testimony, evidence, all that time-and-money-wasting BS. Just ask Muff, he always knows exactly what happened. You could save the judicial system a fortune! Get rich too, just charge 10% of the cost of a full trial for your services. You get paid, the courts save money, everybody's happy, right? Well, except maybe the guy on trial, but who gives a shit about him. If somebody says he's guilty, maybe puts something on the internet, well then it's a foregone conclusion, right?QuoteMaybe he slipped and busted his ass as the scared kid was trying to escape.
Any response to Bill's point that the family could have had the guy charged with assault, if their story is true?
Don
Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996)
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats)
"As Scott stood up and tried to apologize, the man grabbed Scott and threatened to sue him and his whole family"
Maybe the 7-year-old made that part up. I seriously doubt a 7 y.o. came up with that story. Maybe the parents made it up. I doubt that, too, since it really has no relevance to the lawsuit.
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