Lost dog, lawyer, crying boy: Story has everything

chicagotribune.com ^ | February 9, 2005 | John Kass

[nikos1121]

Hey, did you hear the one about the Chicago lawyer who found a 7-year-old Florida boy's lost dog and took it home to Chicago?

And how the alleged dognapping Chicago lawyer now refuses to return the dog to the boy, because the lawyer says he gave it to a mystery nun whom he won't name?

You didn't hear that one?

It's no joke to Miles, the little boy from Cape Coral, Fla., who misses his dog. Miles was sobbing on the phone.

"Please," Miles said, crying. "Can I have my dog back? Can I have my dog back, please?"

On New Year's Eve, Miles' mixed-breed pal, Ariel, was staying with a neighbor while Miles' family was on vacation. Ariel looks like a Labrador retriever. She escaped from the neighbor's fenced yard.

"I felt sick," said the neighbor, Michele Crews. "We posted signs, asked neighbors. Nobody had seen her. My mother, she's 76, went to the pound all week long. If anyone else had found her, I'm sure Miles and his family would have their dog right now."

Unfortunately for Miles, anyone else didn't find the dog. The family of Chicago lawyer James Foley, of the law firm Hoey & Farina, found the dog running loose.

Ariel is a good-tempered dog, friendly and gentle, the kind of dog anyone would like as a pet. There were dog tags on the collar, so Foley contacted the veterinary hospital on the tags.

The vet was in Alaska. Foley left his cell-phone number with the Alaskan vet, so the dog's owners could call him.

But by the time Miles' family reached Foley, he had the dog with him in Chicago. Foley had paid about $300 for shots, an air crate and airfare.

[nikos1121]

We need to get a follow up to this article. I say the lawyer should have taken the dog to the local pound and asked to be called if no one claimed him.

nikos

[agrace]

The whole article must be read to fully appreciate the dispicable lawyer. It's positively jaw-dropping.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

What is it they always say about lawyers... you know! So I am NOT surprised!

[Max in Utah]

You mean, the lawyer did what he could get away with? I'm shocked, I tell you!

[Junior]

What is it they always say about lawyers...

That 98 percent of them give the rest a bad name.

[Fletcher J]

Hoey & Farina
542 S. Dearborn, Ste. 200
Chicago, Illinois 60605

Toll Free: 1-888-425-1212
Phone: 312-939-1212
Fax: 312-939-7842

[fat city]

...and didn't this story evolve just like you knew it would?

[nikos1121]

"Hoey & Farinia"

Isn't the word "hoey" Russian for penis? I'm serious. :-)

nikos

[dandelion]

Ahhhhh, it's time to blogstorm this bastard. To the Blogmobile!!

[paul51]

Called his office. He's 'out for the afternoon'.

[paul51]

checked out the website. ambulance chasers

[blau993]

About Hoey & Farina

Hoey & Farina are union designated FELA lawyers for injured railroad employees and workers. For free legal advice and counsel 24 hours per day on railroad accident, injury and death claims & rights, call toll free at 1-888-425-1212.

A little clip from their web site. These guys don't have to chase ambulances. The union drives the clients to their doorstep.

[paul51]

paging o'reilly

[xJones]

Curiously, he said the lawyers at Hoey & Farina were amused at the letter from Miles' parents. "They laughed at it," Foley said.

It must be a lawyers' joke. Someone might want to call Hoey & Farina in Chicago and ask them to explain the amusing punch line. I just don't get it. It doesn't amuse me.

Foley may have a little problem now with Hoey & Farina, his employers. Bad publicity and bogus stories about an unnamed nun assisting disabled children with someone's stolen dog won't help his career.

The maroon lawyer possibly thought that the Polish family name would cause the dog's owner to back off when he was told that a Catholic num was using the dog in a class for diaabled children. More fool Foley, and his future with Hoey & Farina doesn't look so good right now.:)

[Gilbo_3]

Luck fawyers...

[paul51]

I hope they get the dog back to the kid. If they kill his career as an ambulance chaser, that's just icing on the cake.

[13foxtrot]

Under Common Law, basic property law says that the finder has rights superior to everyone but the true owner.

Because the boy is the true owner failing to return the dog is a species of theft.

[Cicero]

Texas Three-Kick Rule

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A big-city California lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck, and it fell into this field, and I'm going to retrieve it."

The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you're not coming over here."

The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the U.S., and if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you for everything you've got."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things in Texas. We settle small disagreements like this with the Texas Three-Kick Rule."

The lawyer asked, "What is the Texas Three-Kick Rule?"

The Farmer replied, "Well, first I kick you three times, and then you kick me three times. And so on, back and forth, until someone gives up."

The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He said, "Sure, we can do things your way."

The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the lawyer. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick nearly wiped the man's nose off his face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up.

The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet. He said, "Okay, you old coot! Now, it's my turn!"

The old farmer smiled and said, "No, that's OK; I give up. You can have the duck!"

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[HairOfTheDog]

Ping!

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Lost dog, lawyer, crying boy: Story has everything

[MattinNJ]

For every criminal defense attorney there is a brave prosecuter. For every ACLU lawyer trying to tear down the Constitution there is a Mark Levin holding it together. For every sleazy plaintiff's attorney there is an insurance defense lawyer (like me).

This lawyer says that lawyer needs his ass kicked.

Hard.