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Caption The Ambulance Chaser
Via Drudge ^ | October 7, 2004 | Myself

Posted on 10/07/2004 3:16:21 PM PDT by Kaslin



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: austindangerpowers; thejoker
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To: Kaslin

Jack Nicholson from The Shining: “Here’s Johnny!”


21 posted on 10/07/2004 3:22:01 PM PDT by Heartlander
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To: Kaslin

"Because my lips are moving! Bud-a-rump!"


22 posted on 10/07/2004 3:22:44 PM PDT by Rastus (Forget it, Moby! I'm voting for Bush!)
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To: My2Cents

ExACTly! My first thought!


23 posted on 10/07/2004 3:23:00 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Kaslin

24 posted on 10/07/2004 3:23:02 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (President Kerry - - there, scared ya didn't I?)
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To: Kaslin

It's a good thing image is everything, 'cause it's all I got!


25 posted on 10/07/2004 3:23:11 PM PDT by Spok
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To: My2Cents

 

Separated at Birth?

26 posted on 10/07/2004 3:23:15 PM PDT by Radix (What turns orange in Sept., is carved up in Oct., and is thrown out in Nov.?)
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To: phalynx

How about the scene where Paxton is being dangled over the edge of the roof by Swartzenegger and he says, "You still want that Corvette?" One of the funniest movies ever.


27 posted on 10/07/2004 3:23:28 PM PDT by sarasota
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To: Kaslin

"We're going to tax the hell out of you!"

Oops, Mondale said it first, but seems appropriate.


28 posted on 10/07/2004 3:23:49 PM PDT by evolved_rage (If it's not Scottish...It's crap!!)
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To: Kaslin

"I think I'm turning japanese, I think I'm turning japanese, I really think so"


29 posted on 10/07/2004 3:25:03 PM PDT by sandalwood (Newbie freeper)
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To: Kaslin

Here's Johnny!
30 posted on 10/07/2004 3:27:43 PM PDT by Heartlander
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To: Kaslin

Keep in mind that Edwards kept over 30% of this settlement. Here is case he mentioned in the debate.

The Accident

Here are the basic facts: On June 24, 1993, Valerie Lakey was playing in a wading pool at the Medfield Area Recreation Club in Wake County, NC (a few miles down the road from where I live in Raleigh). The drain cover on the only suction outlet in the pool had been removed sometime previously, probably by other children earlier that day. When Valerie approached the uncovered outlet, the suction was strong enough to pull her down and suck 80% of her small intestine and 50-70% of her large intestine out through her anus. Four adults could not free her until the pool's pumps had been turned off. It sounds like some kind of urban legend but it's not. It's happened multiple times, actually.

Valerie survived, but has to spend 12 -14 hours (often 7pm to 7am) being fed by a tube in her chest dripping nutrients into her body. The expensive procedure will probably be required for the rest of her life, among other medical treatment. Her parents sued the club, the county, the maker of the pool's circulation pump and Sta-Rite, the manufacturer of the missing drain cover, with the help of John Edwards and his partner David Kirby. The first three defendants settled before trial for a total of $5.9 million. Sta-Rite, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Energy Corporation, offered $100,000. The Lakeys declined and the case went to a jury. Here's how the Washington Monthly described what happened next:

...[Edwards] discovered that 12 other children had suffered similar injuries from Sta-Rite drains. The company raised its offer to $1.25 million. Two weeks into the trial, they upped the figure to $8.5 million. Edwards declined the offer and asked for their insurance policy limit of $22.5 million. The day before the trial resumed from Christmas break, Sta-Rite countered with $17.5 million. Again, Edwards said no...the jury found Sta-Rite guilty and liable for $25 million in economic damages (by state law, punitive damages could have tripled that amount). The company immediately settled for $25 million, the largest verdict in state history.

The Lakeys accepted the settlement in January 1997, giving up the potentially massive punitive damages the jury could have awarded in exchange for Sta-Rite's waiving of appeals that could have gone on for years. The jury award thus wouldn't have been affected by punitive damage caps, even as the settlement broke records and made Edwards a fortune - an interesting twist to the trial lawyer discussion. Most of the judgment was paid by Zurich, Sta-Rite's insurance company, but not before Zurich's failure to honor Edwards' request for the $22.5 million policy limit resulted in Sta-rite filing its own lawsuit.


31 posted on 10/07/2004 3:29:27 PM PDT by BushCountry
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To: Kaslin

You too can get your car painted for $99.95 at Earl Schieb's.

32 posted on 10/07/2004 3:29:55 PM PDT by RasterMaster (Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
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To: Kaslin

heehee I just made a doody.


33 posted on 10/07/2004 3:30:07 PM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: Kaslin

Boy have I got all the Sheeple fooled or what?


34 posted on 10/07/2004 3:30:29 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: commish

Thanks for sharing...


35 posted on 10/07/2004 3:31:42 PM PDT by sandalwood (Newbie freeper)
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To: BushCountry

This is horrible. I remember reading about this terrible tragedy


36 posted on 10/07/2004 3:35:35 PM PDT by Kaslin (Stick a fork in Kerry, he is done)
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To: Kaslin
.......and that's why I think John Kerry should be elected the next President of the United States. Seriously folks, I don't kid about things like that. OK, now that you've seen my impression of John Kerry............ here's my impression of Jim Carrey..........
37 posted on 10/07/2004 3:38:32 PM PDT by dumpdaschle (Senator Tim Johnson (Dem, SD) says that I belong to the Taliban wing of the Republican party.)
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To: Kaslin

38 posted on 10/07/2004 3:39:22 PM PDT by TBarnett34 (I am become death, the destroyer of vanity posts.)
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To: Kaslin
You Too can now have Hair like Mine!
Use Breck!
39 posted on 10/07/2004 3:39:42 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Kaslin
"Mention Tuesday night again and I'll see you in court!"
40 posted on 10/07/2004 3:42:41 PM PDT by guitfiddlist (The Left is smart enough to know the truth, but low enough not to care.)
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