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Man injured by 16-pound pine cone suing for $5 million
upi ^ | Oct. 13, 2015 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 10/14/2015 7:50:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono

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1 posted on 10/14/2015 7:50:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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I guess if a bird dumps on someone’s head or ants bite them they have a case...


2 posted on 10/14/2015 7:54:12 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: JoeProBono

Act of God.


3 posted on 10/14/2015 7:54:46 AM PDT by Boogieman
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THAT'S the one I just found

So ... California, that won't let you bring a pansy in at the border that you got on Mother's Day at church allows widow makers to grow wherever and no police tape nor warning ?

4 posted on 10/14/2015 7:55:22 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: JoeProBono

I would prefer less substantial precipitation.


5 posted on 10/14/2015 7:57:13 AM PDT by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: knarf
OOPS ... my bad ...

The idiot hopped the fence, said "hold m'beer" and fell asleep

brilliant


6 posted on 10/14/2015 7:57:16 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: JoeProBono
The park has a responsibility to remove or remind of a dangerous condition. I hope he gets a bunch.

The damn tree is probably beyond its' time...and some idiotic tree hugger stopped it from being taken down.

7 posted on 10/14/2015 7:57:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: JoeProBono

I started to read that and thought somebody was smoking crack. A 16 pound pine cone?!? Come on!

Learn something new every day!


8 posted on 10/14/2015 7:57:46 AM PDT by Gamecock (Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
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To: JoeProBono

The stupid ... it burns. I feel bad for the guy, sure. But who do you sue when lightning strikes, or the wind blows, or a pine cone falls off a tree? This is dumb. What kind of lawyer agrees to represent this?


9 posted on 10/14/2015 7:57:55 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: JoeProBono

“The Araucaria bidwillii, native to Australia “ More damage from ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!


10 posted on 10/14/2015 7:58:03 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: JoeProBono
or the mean old apple trees from the wizard of oz

"I think the whole thing's ridiculous!
Trees aren't responsible for the things they bear hitting people!"

11 posted on 10/14/2015 8:00:46 AM PDT by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better and safer America)
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“A tourist visiting the Bay Area for Fleet Week last year was doing nothing more than reading and napping under a tree in a federal waterfront park in San Francisco when a 16-pound pine cone fell on him and crushed his skull, his lawyer said Monday.

Now, Sean Mace, a U.S. Navy veteran, is suing the U.S. government, the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park where he was injured for $5 million in the hopes of changing policies so that no one else falls victim to the same type of bizarre incident.

“This guy has an irreversible brain injury and he’s only in his mid-50s,” said Scott Johnson, a San Francisco attorney representing Mace in the lawsuit. “He’s had two surgeries already and he is going to need a third.”

Mace went to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park at the Fort Mason Center on Oct. 12, 2014, to find a spot to watch the Blue Angels air show. He found himself what he thought was a peaceful place to read and rest in the northeast corner of the park under a stand of coniferous Araucaria bidwillii trees, more commonly known as bunya pines or false monkey puzzle trees, according to the lawsuit filed Sept. 4 in San Francisco federal court.”

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Man-hit-by-16-pound-pine-cone-in-S-F-park-files-6567225.php#photo-8778450


12 posted on 10/14/2015 8:03:15 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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http://permaculturenews.org/2013/11/27/the-bunya-bunya-pine-araucaria-bidwillii/


13 posted on 10/14/2015 8:03:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: JoeProBono

I just posted a site that shows a warning sign. I’m sure it would help in the lawsuit.


14 posted on 10/14/2015 8:03:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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15 posted on 10/14/2015 8:04:49 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Obviously the pine tree is racist and a homophobe too.


16 posted on 10/14/2015 8:05:02 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: JoeProBono

Perhaps he should sue the enviornmentalists for saving that tree!


17 posted on 10/14/2015 8:06:38 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Rick Chollett for President!)
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To: Boogieman
Act of God.

Nope.

When God has no place in your culture, you lose that defense.

18 posted on 10/14/2015 8:08:17 AM PDT by IncPen (Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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To: JoeProBono

In Hawaii, the cities trim coconuts off the trees.

Because stupid.


19 posted on 10/14/2015 8:09:19 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (We must first defeat RINOs before we can even encounter a Democrat to fight)
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To: Sacajaweau

In Hawaii they regularly remove the coconuts from trees in the neighborhood I lived in so this type of thing wouldn’t happen.


20 posted on 10/14/2015 8:09:21 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Rick Chollett for President!)
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