[muir_redwoods]

"Let's try to stay in the realm of reality here, shall we?"

Perhaps good advice for both of us. A kid got hit by a car. I don't think it was a fundraising effort. If you have any experience with a bike you'll know that if both brakes were applied and the rear one were to fail the kid was in for a header over the handle bars. If he were it traffic at the time he could have been hit by a car. It is nearly impossible to safely stop a bike with the front brake alone.

Calm down and switch to the green can. Leave you hatred of lawyers by the door, you might need one someday.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"I don't think it was a fundraising effort."

It was not a fund raising effort, it was a typical case of a kid being careless on a bike, but after it happened, an opportunistic lawyer has turned a sad event into a chance to make hundreds of thousands of dollars.