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Attention Lawyers: New Way To Sue Over Global Warming
http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=2470 ^ | William M. Briggs

Posted on 06/04/2010 7:50:49 AM PDT by mattstat

Remember old Ned Comer? Old Ned was a good old boy who got walloped by Hurricane Katrina.

Yes, sir, it rained on old Ned and he did get wet. He took his drenching like a cat; which is to say, badly.

He figured that because Katrina had caused him harm, it had to be someone’s fault. Accidents just don’t happen: they are planned, deliberate actions by nefarious beings. This is, is it not?, the prevailing belief of our age.

Old Ned sued: he found a lawyer to help him discover whose fault Katrina was. They had two rules which governed their search for a culprit:

1. The person or business responsible had to appear plausible, 2. This person or business had to have a lot of money.

They chose Murphy Oil as their main target, but they tacked on a few other energy companies on the theory that since they were already handing in the paperwork, it would be a shame to limit the potential cash payout.

The suit made its way up through the judicial hierarchy, sometimes rising, sometimes falling. Alas, the suit was at last dismissed based on a legal formula more complicated than any devised by an alchemist. The complete story is covered by SPPI.

Importantly for lawyers, the suit was not dismissed in the sense that future suits based on the same reasoning that old Ned used will be disallowed. Stated more plainly, there are still opportunities for attorneys to cash in on this new field of suing. ..

(Excerpt) Read more at wmbriggs.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: comer; globalwarming; suing

1 posted on 06/04/2010 7:50:50 AM PDT by mattstat
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To: mattstat

President GHW Bush and Bill Clinton came to Galveston 2008 after Hurricane Ike and they said IKE WAS A MILLION TIMES WORSE THAN KATRINA! I guess the media just couldn’t find a way to punish a president for Ike....


2 posted on 06/04/2010 7:55:43 AM PDT by buffyt (Abortion is the ultimate CHILD ABUSE!)
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To: buffyt
... IKE WAS A MILLION TIMES WORSE THAN KATRINA! ...

"I've told them 10^6 times not to exaggerate!"

3 posted on 06/04/2010 8:34:12 AM PDT by TexGuy (If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

The Competitive Enterprise Institute will bestow the Julian Simon Award on Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick for their efforts in debunking Mann's hockey stick at CEI's 2010 Dinner, June 17 at Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001.

4 posted on 06/04/2010 10:08:12 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (America should take a mulligan on the 2008 presidential election.)
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5 posted on 06/05/2010 7:43:22 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (70 mph shouldn't be a speed limit; it shoud be a mandate!)
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Thanks for the ping.


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