Comments for Overlawyered http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on “University, Manufacturer Sued After ‘Musical Chairs’ Injury” by Ken http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/university-manufacturer-sued-after-musical-chairs-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-38465 Ken Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:04:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8192#comment-38465 Fortunately they weren't doing the Hokey Pokey or, Lord help us, the Electric Slide. It would have been a bloodbath. Fortunately they weren’t doing the Hokey Pokey or, Lord help us, the Electric Slide. It would have been a bloodbath.

]]> Comment on January 8 roundup by Melvin H. http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/january-8-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-38461 Melvin H. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:16:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8194#comment-38461 New look with the aid of Thesis?? I vote "thumbs DOWN!!!" What used to all fit (side-to-side) on my monitor is now 30% wider than before, and looks worse to boot (all the same color like a newspaper except for the links). Change it or go back to the old format, PLEASE!!! New look with the aid of Thesis??

I vote “thumbs DOWN!!!” What used to all fit (side-to-side) on my monitor is now 30% wider than before, and looks worse to boot (all the same color like a newspaper except for the links).

Change it or go back to the old format, PLEASE!!!

]]> Comment on Why defamation law protects opinion by William Krebs http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/why-defamation-law-protects-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-38460 William Krebs Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:12:11 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8204#comment-38460 I can see why Ms. Cohen might be a bit edgy. Check out this link (http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Liskula-Cohen-Attacker-Samir-Dervisevic-Back-in-Tr) for Ms. Cohen's last encounter with the legal system. Also compare the date of this report with the posting of the anonymous "hate Liskula" site on blogger. I can see why Ms. Cohen might be a bit edgy. Check out this link (http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Liskula-Cohen-Attacker-Samir-Dervisevic-Back-in-Tr)
for Ms. Cohen’s last encounter with the legal system. Also compare the date of this report with the posting of the anonymous “hate Liskula” site on blogger.

]]> Comment on Difficult divorces dept. by L Nettles http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/difficult-divorces-dept/comment-page-1/#comment-38459 L Nettles Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:21:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8195#comment-38459 Paging Mr. Shakespeare, Paging Mr. Shakespeare Paging Mr. Shakespeare, Paging Mr. Shakespeare

]]> Comment on Microblog 2008-01-04 by Service animals, cont’d http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/microblog-2008-01-04/comment-page-1/#comment-38456 Service animals, cont’d Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:15:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8094#comment-38456 [...] Rebecca Skloot, who did this Sunday’s NYTimes Magazine article on exotic service animals and the battles under the [...] [...] Rebecca Skloot, who did this Sunday’s NYTimes Magazine article on exotic service animals and the battles under the [...]

]]> Comment on “Sending Wall Street To Jail” by Todd Rogers http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/sending-wall-street-to-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-38442 Todd Rogers Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:55:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8188#comment-38442 The plaintiff's bar must be drunk on the idea of so many injured people with a perceived common thread..."how can we lump them together and lay blame on big-corporate deep pockets?" The suits will go on for decades, the "victims" will reap peanuts, the defendants will vacation in the Caymans, the lawyers will retire wealthy...and this will be called just. The plaintiff’s bar must be drunk on the idea of so many injured people with a perceived common thread…”how can we lump them together and lay blame on big-corporate deep pockets?” The suits will go on for decades, the “victims” will reap peanuts, the defendants will vacation in the Caymans, the lawyers will retire wealthy…and this will be called just.

]]> Comment on Lowering the Bar “Best of 2008″ by VMS http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/lowering-the-bar-best-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-38440 VMS Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:25:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8142#comment-38440 What about the Hekawis? [from F-Troop fame] What about the Hekawis? [from F-Troop fame]

]]> Comment on University of Michigan dental student $1.7 million award by asf nnnn http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/university-of-michigan-dental-student-17-million-award/comment-page-1/#comment-38437 asf nnnn Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:49:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8145#comment-38437 We joke, and yes, the image of an insane person brandishing sharp implements when she cannot identify cavities, ulcers, and "only" failed 7 courses is kind of humours, like a Monty Python skit. But you know, all humor aside, it must be heartbreaking for the dentists involved. Imagine devoting your life to dentistry. Imagine all the hours and years of study, training and practice. Imagine all the pain and suffering you alleviated by helping people (before modern dentistry, having a toothache could be life-altering). And how are these dentists treated? We confiscate years of their salary. Based on what? On allegations by an obviously delusional individual, one whom a rational person would not trust to be a housekeeper much less a dentist. Does anyone share my sadness and my horror about this situation? I have never read of a lawsuit whose facts were so clearcut, whose defendants so honorable, and whose outcome so vicious. We joke, and yes, the image of an insane person brandishing sharp implements when she cannot identify cavities, ulcers, and “only” failed 7 courses is kind of humours, like a Monty Python skit.

But you know, all humor aside, it must be heartbreaking for the dentists involved.

Imagine devoting your life to dentistry. Imagine all the hours and years of study, training and practice. Imagine all the pain and suffering you alleviated by helping people (before modern dentistry, having a toothache could be life-altering).

And how are these dentists treated?

We confiscate years of their salary. Based on what? On allegations by an obviously delusional individual, one whom a rational person would not trust to be a housekeeper much less a dentist.

Does anyone share my sadness and my horror about this situation? I have never read of a lawsuit whose facts were so clearcut, whose defendants so honorable, and whose outcome so vicious.

]]> Comment on University of Michigan dental student $1.7 million award by Bumper http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/university-of-michigan-dental-student-17-million-award/comment-page-1/#comment-38434 Bumper Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:04:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8145#comment-38434 Chill JJ, she is now going for a masters in speech pathology, which may be even more unnerving given that she will really freak out when she discovers she can't just rip out the patient's tongue when she can't cure their lisp. Chill JJ, she is now going for a masters in speech pathology, which may be even more unnerving given that she will really freak out when she discovers she can’t just rip out the patient’s tongue when she can’t cure their lisp.

]]> Comment on University of Michigan dental student $1.7 million award by JJ http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/university-of-michigan-dental-student-17-million-award/comment-page-1/#comment-38433 JJ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:05:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8145#comment-38433 I think I am going to go to my local NBA franchise and demand a tryout. I will then insist that they accomodate my special needs (lack of height, strength, agility, quickness, and knowlege of the game) by lowering the net to six feet and allowing me to play by myself without being guarded and with a smaller ball that I can handle. When I still can't make the team, I'll sue for millions. Maybe one of you lawyers can tell me why my plan is ludicrous and Ms. Zwick's actions are defensible. We scoff at the idea that someone should be allowed to play a GAME for which they have no ability, yet we accept the idea that anyone, anyone can become a doctor or a dentist or any other profession. Clearly this woman cannot become a dentist, and yet she will. And she will probably be allowed to set up a practice somewhere, where an unsuspecting public will be forced to bear considerable risk. Until she hurts somebody, which she certainly will. Also, this story is a lesson to those who complain that the medical professions do not adequately police themselves. How can we? I think I am going to go to my local NBA franchise and demand a tryout. I will then insist that they accomodate my special needs (lack of height, strength, agility, quickness, and knowlege of the game) by lowering the net to six feet and allowing me to play by myself without being guarded and with a smaller ball that I can handle. When I still can’t make the team, I’ll sue for millions.

Maybe one of you lawyers can tell me why my plan is ludicrous and Ms. Zwick’s actions are defensible. We scoff at the idea that someone should be allowed to play a GAME for which they have no ability, yet we accept the idea that anyone, anyone can become a doctor or a dentist or any other profession. Clearly this woman cannot become a dentist, and yet she will. And she will probably be allowed to set up a practice somewhere, where an unsuspecting public will be forced to bear considerable risk. Until she hurts somebody, which she certainly will. Also, this story is a lesson to those who complain that the medical professions do not adequately police themselves. How can we?

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