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Example of why we need tort reform
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198988,00.html
A man who was beaten by employees of a store he was trying to rob is now suing. Police say Dana Buckman entered the AutoZone in Rochester, New York, last July, brandished a semi-automatic pistol and demanded cash. That's when employees Eli Crespo and Jerry Vega beat him with a pipe and held Buckman at bay with his own gun. Buckman escaped when they retreated into the store to call 911, but he was arrested a week later. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a repeat violent felon. Now Buckman is suing the auto parts store and the two employees who beat him, claiming they committed assault and battery and intentionally inflicted emotional distress. I think it's time for another beating...
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I would like to point out that a lawyer actually took this case....
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I think the lawyer should get the same beating.
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Both of them need a beating and the judge who accepted the case needs a stern talking to. Of course he used to be a lawyer so that explains a lot...
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Thank God. Course some of us have him on ignore and life has been a lot more peaceful since. Slopat is about to go on that short list and make the list of village idiots complete...
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Don't see where a judge has even seen this complaint....
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Well since you guys are missing Rodeo, I will do my best Rodeo impersonation for you:
"You guys are ridiculous. You pass judgement on this case without knowing all the facts. Perhaps this would be robber was really really emotionally wounded by getting his arse kicked by the store clerks. Perhaps he is now scarred for life! These are the questions that we can only answer in court which is why this case should go to trial, or be settled for a large cash sum if that works better. Oh yeah....KINGMAKER!!"
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Rick,
You forgot where he spilled the stolen coffee on his crotch during the beating, making him sterile for life. Now we need to do a ball transplant so that he can have more children who would be on welfare or in jail... Does that help?
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As lawyers mature (if ever), they either find another line of work, or become cynics.
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How does "tort reform" stop somebody from walking into a courthouse, handing the clerk a complaint and a check for the filing fee, and walking out with a civil action docket number?
Most of commentators here are worse than clueless. The level of ignorance is surpassed only by the certainty that they know everything. Carry on, circle jerkers.
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Count on Rodeo to come out of hiding to defend a worthless lawsuit...
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Then he should be disbarred!!
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I suspect he does have a lawyer. As usual, you miss the point.
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They also have nothing to do with "tort reform." Like I said, clueless.
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And "tort reform" as a political term has a much broader meaning to the public.
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Well, we have gotten somewhere, then. You agree that “tort reform” has nothing to do with this case and whether it can be filed.
Is it a frivolous suit? Probably. Should the lawyer that filed it be sanctioned? Of course, if it’s frivolous. How does “tort reform” impact any of the above? It doesn’t. It has nothing to do it.
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