Posted on 08/11/2009 7:20:02 PM PDT by mcenedo
The family of the assistant principal who was New York City's first swine flu victim has filed court papers with the intention of suing the city and its health and education departments
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Maybe because Bloomberg is such a pig?
Gotta love all that “hope and change” that’s going around.
This is out-and-out greed. Viruses are opportunistic. There is no way to predict 100% who will fall ill.
Well according to Obama Admin it depends on age....it takes 14 eighty five year olds to equal one teen, according to one of Obama’s buddies....Ain’t that new hellcare (Obamacare) gonna be fun?
That’s the American Way....
Yeah, healthcare costs are high because doctors like to perform unnecessary surgery for profit.
Has nothing to do with greedy lawsuits.
Nah, we don’t need tort reform.
Lawyers are our advocates.
I wouldn’t expect this to win, but there might be a settlement on the Q.T. in the low $100Ks.
This is beyond stupid!
One of the perfect examples of how screwed up our country is.....
Crap like this should be thrown out before it gets anywhere near being trial. We need a ‘firewall’ of sorts against frivolous lawsuits.
That is the obligatory statement in each and every death. If the person had an ingrown toenail, they would still say it was the underlying cause.
That’s because teens are easier to be indoctrinated.
Has nothing to do with greedy lawsuits.
Nah, we don’t need tort reform.
Lawyers are our advocates.
Exactly!
That’s because teens are easier to indoctrinate.
Sorry about the double post.
I regret the man’s death but his surviving family is grasping at straws hoping to win in our lottery justice system. Perhaps his family has a claim against his doctors for misdiagnosis. I doubt that his care was substandard. He was unlucky in the manner that the flu impacted him. Most have not had this experience.
His death was an unavoidable tragedy, not much different than a lightening strike. Blaming the school or doctors is a symptom of our bankrupt justice system and victim mentality. This family is just trying to cash in as many others have done.
I wonder how many tobacco, automotive and pharmaceutical company execs uttered those same exact words over equally frivolous lawsuits only to eventually lose the case and get slapped with a multimillion dollar judgment.
Any practicing attorney will tell you that every case, and especially a civil case, is a crap-shoot when it comes to a trial by jury. Johnny Cochran didn't get to buy his G4 because juries are sensible finders of fact and culpability.
I'm guess, and it's only a guess, that the city won't settle the claim, even at it's nuisance value. It's sets too dangerous a precedent.
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