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Hugh Haskell wrote:
Stuart Leinoff wrote:person bears some
If she was jostled by someone, then, perhaps that
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take-out customers that the coffee was cool by the
time they reached the office to drink it.
Who said she stored the cup between her legs?
Reminds me of the Mark Twain test.
That is a very unusualat least part of
thing for a woman to do, because they wear skirts
the time, which makes such things ratherdifficult, so the seldom get
into hat habit, that men have. And why would shehave had to have
done that in order to burn herself in the groin. Ihave spilled
coffee on that part of my anatomy (fortunately,not with her results)
when my cup was up by my chest. It's not where thecoffee starts
from, it's where it ends up. If the slip or jostleor hit that causes
the spill launches the coffee on the righttrajectory, it will end up
in your lap.degree are they
Even if McD was deemed to be at fault, to what
liable? I would-------------------------- cut
So please don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. We may have
to tweak the system a bit to keep attorney's feesfrom getting
outrageous--I have heard rumors of attorney's feesof 50-60% of the
may be, if so I'm sure the plaintiffs signed such a
contract.
My experience: I signed for a standard (then) 1/3
fee. Half way through the case my attorney stopped
keeping expense records because they'd exceed any
hope of recovery. He ended up collecting
about $7k on an attempt to recover my ~ $57K loss.
The $14K I got was nice. I certainly don't begrudge
attorney contingency fees.
An interesting read. "A Civil Action." The Woburn
toxic legacy -- The lead attorney for a time during
the years he spent attempting to recover
compensation for the victims of grace's water
pollution
had to sleep in his office because his home was
repossessed!
the contingency
settlement, and I think that is wrong. But even if
fee system gives rise to some frivolous suits, andI'm sure it does,
it is too valuable to get rid of, because it isthe only way people
of modest means or less have access to the courts.And they are the
ones who need it more than anyone else.
Hear hear!
to, Windows because they
Hugh
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Hugh Haskell
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Let's face it. People use a Mac because they want
have to..