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MOB (was Re: Fan Thank You Letter) (...) Consider this: He doesn't BUY insurance. No one does. There is no insurance to be had. The cost is not spread. No one cares whether I ride a motorcycle with a helmet or not -- it's MY OWN BUSINESS. When did (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Take a look at this link for some more thoughts on the economics of crime (including, particularly, theft) (URL) analysis does not quite square with yours. (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes: ***snip of stereophilic skullduggery*** (...) Kind of. But consider that the costs are raised infinitessimally by any single theft, so it's no good to tell Thief A not to steal; as long as every other (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) [snip contents] While funny, this is completely bogus. None of these cases ever occurred. For the full story, see: (URL) William R Ward bill@wards.net (URL) BUT TRUE: There is so much sand in northern Africa that if it were spread out it would (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh my tirade is not directed at anyone here at all. I have agreed with these posts. Few things get my blood pressure up and this is one of them, so if I come across as yelling, my bad. Yes I stand on a soap box every once in a while. I'm not (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We may just be off agreeing with each other at the top of our lungs... But anyway I DO support laws that change how tort works in the US... the change I want to see is that if a lawsuit IS found to be frivolous there is some financial (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I concur wholeheartedly. In no way shape or form do I want to pass laws and/or regulations that limit access to the justice system. I want people to grow up, suck it up, realize that sh*t happens, and that, no matter how you cut it, life goes (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snippage> (...) Hmm. I agree that there is an apparant sue-happy societal trend. I'm not sure that it's an *actual* trend, or just an apparant one. I do know that every single "stupid suit" case I've heard about **and looked into** turned out (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The ATLA site (reachable from the link to the myth debunk site that James B. provided) has a lot of info on this. She wasn't driving. That's a persistent false myth. Further, it wasn't that the cup ruptured, it was that the coffee is too hot. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes: . Don't you know better than to believe everything you read in e-mail? (...) I was scanning through and thinking at best half the story was being left out. The thief in the garage story stopped me (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) K, all the cites are false. THanks for the link. Doesn't in any way, shape or form stop the rampant stupidity of the 'sueing generation' 'I can't wait for something to happen to me where I can sue somebody!' I hear it, you, obviously have (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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David Koudys wrote in message ... (...) For more about this non-frivolous case, see here: (URL) The woman in question (was seriously scalded, MacDonalds sold its coffee at a higher than normal temp, which has caused multiple serious scalds over the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) **snip** (...) Just for my info, can you clarify whether Stella was holding the cup between her thighs (driving a car, perhaps) at the time of the spill? It had been my impression that this was the case, and if so, then tough for Stella; (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And the jury that acquitted the cops who assaulted Rodney King (who is himself no model citizen, either.) Dave! (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whoops. These are two separate incidents! I ran the paragraph together so it seems like the first sentence refers to the rest. My bad. The first sentence refers to when I was struck by a car as a pedestrian. Michigan insurance law at the time (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just so people know where I am on this one, Stella did have a legitimate case in my view. As others have stated, McD had been repeatedly warned that they were serving coffee that was WAY WAY too hot, and did it for their convenience. However I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> Sigh. Don't you know better than to believe everything you read in e-mail? (URL) of those "cites" are false. James (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) you (...) Greg, Thanks! I was actually hoping for a case where the found in favor of the plantif and against the defense, but actually this works. In the other case, McDonalds was the on the defense and the individual was the Plantif. I would (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) O.J. (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Do you mean revisionist history? ;-) (...) Do have any data which proves this? I would be interested to see it as it would mean that this is all wrong: Estimated Population of Palestine 1870-1946 Arabs (%) Jews (%) Total 1870 367,224 (98%) (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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