Really stretching for this one.... - Page 2

StdDev · 05-20-08, 05:27 PM

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Crazy. What a crazy world. Next, they will be trying to sue god.

-S

God can afford the best lawyers!!!

I'd have thought Beelzebub would have gathered up the best as soon as they'd departed

Those would be "X Lawyers"... unless you are suggesting that law is practiced in hades?

Schroeder · 05-20-08, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Crazy. What a crazy world. Next, they will be trying to sue god.

-S

I think that has already happened. I don't remember who did it but someone really tried to sue god because he lets catastrophes happen. IIRC this was just intended to show how ridiculous the American justice system is in which everyone can sue everyone for almost everything.
Does anyone remember the case where this guy (I think he was even a judge) sued a laundry for loosing his pants and demanded several million dollars?
Isn't that insane?

Marcantilan · 05-21-08, 04:48 PM

This one hit the news in my monthly BAR (yes, I´m a lawyer) magazine:

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued....and won! In delivering the ruling the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire," and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000.00 fine.

This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

I have countless personal (usually acting in behalf of the insurance market) stories about stupid demands:

1.- Someone stole a car from a supermarket parking lot. The car´s owner sued the supermarket for the loss of the vehicle and for US$ 1.000.000 he left unnatended in the trunk.

2.- A man claimed the maid stole his US$ 700.000 ring he left in a suburbian cheapo hotel. Finally, he accepted US$ 300.

3.- Someone hit a parked car (nobody inside it). The car´s owner sued for hair loss and skin problems!

4.- A BMW driver hit a homeless and kill him. The BMW driver sued the freeway for the damage of his car.

5.- A man took the bottom can from a big pile of cans (in display) in a supermarket. The pile fell over the man. He sued the supermarket...and won.

And the last one. In a hearing, the plaintiff was telling how a little mouse came from a tomato sauce can purchased by his client. He was interrupted by one of the defence lawyes, who asked: "Was the little mouse alive?" I was there in behalf of the insurance company of the defence, but I sided with the plaintiff´s in the laughs when someone replied: "yes, the little mouse had a little oxygen tank in there".
Countless more...

JHuschke · 05-21-08, 06:58 PM

There are alot of sad things that have happened and are to come...most of the time when something like this happens, they just want someone to blame..depends on the story. It's all about the money, they do not care about our lives, just theirs. Like cigarretes, the tobacco companies do not care about how many people die because they bought and smoked it even though they knew these risk...the money keeps them in business. Smoking should be against the law. Sometimes OR most of the time in cases like these, law will happen and not justice.

05-21-08, 04:48 PM	#18
Marcantilan Weps Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 374 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	This one hit the news in my monthly BAR (yes, I´m a lawyer) magazine: A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued....and won! In delivering the ruling the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire," and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires." NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000.00 fine. This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. I have countless personal (usually acting in behalf of the insurance market) stories about stupid demands: 1.- Someone stole a car from a supermarket parking lot. The car´s owner sued the supermarket for the loss of the vehicle and for US$ 1.000.000 he left unnatended in the trunk. 2.- A man claimed the maid stole his US$ 700.000 ring he left in a suburbian cheapo hotel. Finally, he accepted US$ 300. 3.- Someone hit a parked car (nobody inside it). The car´s owner sued for hair loss and skin problems! 4.- A BMW driver hit a homeless and kill him. The BMW driver sued the freeway for the damage of his car. 5.- A man took the bottom can from a big pile of cans (in display) in a supermarket. The pile fell over the man. He sued the supermarket...and won. And the last one. In a hearing, the plaintiff was telling how a little mouse came from a tomato sauce can purchased by his client. He was interrupted by one of the defence lawyes, who asked: "Was the little mouse alive?" I was there in behalf of the insurance company of the defence, but I sided with the plaintiff´s in the laughs when someone replied: "yes, the little mouse had a little oxygen tank in there". Countless more... __________________ Ultima Ratio Regis

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05-21-08, 06:58 PM	#19
JHuschke XO Join Date: May 2008 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 432 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	There are alot of sad things that have happened and are to come...most of the time when something like this happens, they just want someone to blame..depends on the story. It's all about the money, they do not care about our lives, just theirs. Like cigarretes, the tobacco companies do not care about how many people die because they bought and smoked it even though they knew these risk...the money keeps them in business. Smoking should be against the law. Sometimes OR most of the time in cases like these, law will happen and not justice.