I am interested to hear your opinions on this.

[ThisBitch]

fuk yo couch. sheep.

[Cerberus]

fuk yo couch. sheep.

are you drunk again?

[Gecko]

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So, to codify your argument, there are a lot of lawsuits and lawyers are not good because lawyers look to get "PAID" for their services. Got it. Oh, and lawyers serve no other purpose but their own greed. Got it. Whew, and to think, I thought I wasn't going to learn anything today.

[Cerberus]

So, to codify your argument, there are a lot of lawsuits and lawyers are not good because lawyers look to get "PAID" for their services. Got it. Oh, and lawyers serve no other purpose but their own greed. Got it. Whew, and to think, I thought I wasn't going to learn anything today.

way to take the only part of my argument that makes it sound baseless and twist it to your suit your ends.

you haven't codified my argument, you have stripped it down to the bits you have a defense against.

[Gecko]

way to take the only part of my argument that makes it sound baseless and twist it to your suit your ends.

I guess that qualifies me to take the LSAT's and maybe sit for the Bar exam some day?

you haven't codified my argument, you have stripped it down to the bits you have a defense against.

Not really, it just would have taken a lot more time to address those arguments I thought completely lacked any merit. I felt it more expediant to strip it down to the only parts that made sense.

[Cerberus]

I guess that qualifies me to take the LSAT's and maybe sit for the Bar exam some day?

Not really, it just would have taken a lot more time to address those arguments I thought completely lacked any merit. I felt it more expediant to strip it down to the only parts that made sense.

soo.. i win then, right?
good, when do i get paid?

[Gecko]

soo.. i win then, right?
good, when do i get paid?

No, no . . . with a broad brush I am contending your arguments lack any merit. I'll respond when I have more free time from my "paying" clients. Now, if you would like to pay my hourly rate I would be more than happy to reply in kind . . . .

[Cerberus]

No, no . . . with a broad brush I am contending your arguments lack any merit. I'll respond when I have more free time from my "paying" clients. Now, if you would like to pay my hourly rate I would be more than happy to reply in kind . . . .

PAY you?!

i knew you had to be an attorney, otherwise you would not be so zealously defending the most hated of all professions.

so if you contend that my arguments have no merit, and i say that they do, what do we do, go through arbitration?

[Gecko]

Too funny.

Never assume . . . there are other professions that charge by the hour.

[Cerberus]

Too funny.

Never assume . . . there are other professions that charge by the hour.

you're a prostitute?

sorry man, i'm really just having fun here and feeling a bit punchy, so i sling the jokes as they come to me..

[eboos]

There was something here.

Is this right?

[Gecko]

Yup . . . but I'm the good kind (and no, I'm not dead). Damn, they forgot to mention I'm admitted to the Connecticut Bar, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Oh, and Judge Schaller now sits on the Connecticut Supreme Court. Jeeze, I better read these things once in a while.

[Gecko]

you're a prostitute?

sorry man, i'm really just having fun here and feeling a bit punchy, so i sling the jokes as they come to me..

I'm having fun too. I was going to mention the "oldest profession thing" too, but then I got to thinking most are paid by the "job" and not the "hour," no?

[eboos]

Yup . . . but I'm the good kind (and no, I'm not dead).

First, wow, I can't believe that I got it right.

Second, I noticed that your firm practices Personal Injury Law/ Tort Law. As a lay person, it is interesting to get your perspective on this very issue.

[Cerberus]

I'm having fun too. I was going to mention the "oldest profession thing" too, but then I got to thinking most are paid by the "job" and not the "hour," no?

i wouldn't know..

[Cerberus]

Too funny.

Never assume . . . there are other professions that charge by the hour.

and for what its worth, i did not assume. i made a logical deduction based on your obvious pre-existing bias, your familiarity with certain terminology and your pointed approach to the argument.

I suspect from your very first post that you were an attorney, largely because almost no one ever defends attorneys.

and, as it turns out i was right..

though you were urging us to assume that the facility was negligent from the get-go..

[ThisBitch]

I defend attorneys all the time. My mom started law school when I was 9 and spent several years working as a public defender. That's not the kind of job you can do without a real appreciation for the fact that all of the moving pieces of the justice system have to be functioning to make it work.

And besides, if no one ever sued for silly shit there wouldn't be a warning on my curling iron that says, and I quote "Do not insert in vaginal opening." I giggle every time I read it.

[eboos]

As a largely anonymous (except for your rider number) private citizen, what is your personal opinion on those events based on the knowledge that you have?

[eboos]

And besides, if no one ever sued for silly shit there wouldn't be a warning on my curling iron that says, and I quote "Do not insert in vaginal opening." I giggle every time I read it.

NO EFFEN WAY!

[Cerberus]

I defend attorneys all the time. My mom started law school when I was 9 and spent several years working as a public defender. That's not the kind of job you can do without a real appreciation for the fact that all of the moving pieces of the justice system have to be functioning to make it work.

And besides, if no one ever sued for silly shit there wouldn't be a warning on my curling iron that says, and I quote "Do not insert in vaginal opening." I giggle every time I read it.

you are the exception to most rules jackie.

[RyanNicholson]

My condolences to you both.

Just wanted to add that for some reason, this legit made me laugh out loud in my office.

[Pittenger5]

And besides, if no one ever sued for silly shit there wouldn't be a warning on my curling iron that says, and I quote "Do not insert in vaginal opening." I giggle every time I read it.

Shove it up your ass and sue the fuck out of those people

[Gecko]

Second, I noticed that your firm practices Personal Injury Law/ Tort Law. As a lay person, it is interesting to get your perspective on this very issue.

Personally, I despise personal injury law. I do not and will not practice in this area of law. If a complex issue arises from such matters, then I get more interested, but only on that limited basis. One such instance was a wrongful death case that I recently argued before the Connecticut Supreme Court back in October. I'm more of an appellate/academic type of an attorney rather than a slip and fall type of an attorney which is why my practice is more focused on complex commercial litigation and appellate matters. I love the study of law.

I tried to share some of my perspective on this issue along the way. There are many different theories behind tort law. While I understand the conclusion and the court’s reasoning, I am somewhat troubled by the decision and am very interested to see what the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Legislature does (if anything) to stem the “slippery slope arguments” afterwards.

[Gecko]

though you were urging us to assume that the facility was negligent from the get-go..

Only for the sake of the argument and to explore the policy considerations that the Florida Supreme Court was wrestling with in making their decision.

[Gecko]

you are the exception to most rules jackie.

. . . an exception most appreciated.