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January 27th, 2006 at 12:24 am

Mass amnesia at bus trial

» by Ted Frank

Hey, remember that ludicrous lawsuit about a bus crash we wrote about last month where the passengers collected $17.5 million from the bus manufacturer on a trumped-up design-defect theory after swearing that they hadn’t sued the bankrupt bus charter company (Dec. 1)? Turns out there may be some perjury involved, and a federal bankruptcy judge is none-too-pleased at the attempted double-dip. (Tommy Witherspoon, “Bankruptcy judge outraged over bus crash testimonies”, Waco Tribune-Herald, Jan. 14 (via Prince)).

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    Three cheers for Judge Kelly in expressing his outrage in terms that everyone can understand. I move that “total b.s.” should replace the archaic terms of “frivolous,” “vexatious”and “obdurate.”

    Duqlaw98 on January 27th, 2006