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Foiled Burglar Sues Store Employees for 'Emotional Distress'
FoxNews.com ^ | 6/10/06 | AP via Fox News

Posted on 06/10/2006 8:17:45 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man who was beaten by employees of a store he was trying to rob is now suing.

Police say Dana Buckman entered the AutoZone in Rochester, New York, last July, brandished a semi-automatic pistol and demanded cash.

That's when employees Eli Crespo and Jerry Vega beat him with a pipe and held Buckman at bay with his own gun.

Buckman escaped when they retreated into the store to call 911, but he was arrested a week later. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a repeat violent felon.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; deadmendontsue; injustice; justice; lawsuit; tortreform; tortreformnow
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What's sad is some jury will probably award him millions..
1 posted on 06/10/2006 8:17:47 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Sadder a lawyer will help him do it.


2 posted on 06/10/2006 8:19:11 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Can a company turn around and sue the laywer and his client?


3 posted on 06/10/2006 8:20:22 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg
They can ask that the suit be dismissed 'with prejudice'. That means it can't be filed again and the only way the attorney can get paid is if his client does it.

But I do think some countersuits are in order against the perp.

Since he's in prison they'll have no trouble serving him.

L

4 posted on 06/10/2006 8:22:02 PM PDT by Lurker ("They still see you as the infidel, the other, and they'll still kill you. " Mark Steyn)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Robber, not burglar; judge would be his better bet, they've got more in common.


5 posted on 06/10/2006 8:22:32 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32


We can start a legal defense fund for two of my fellow NYers in the near future...

Nice to see NY hasn't changed since I left...

He'll be in prison but he'll be able to buy the nicest soap on a rope money can buy...


6 posted on 06/10/2006 8:23:04 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Did I miss a meeting..you have a right to rob a store???..people beating you..not knowing if you are going to kill them with your gun..should take your word and do what you say???..what gall..john edwards is probably handling this case for the criminal..


7 posted on 06/10/2006 8:24:42 PM PDT by BerniesFriend
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To: DaveLoneRanger

A "sort-of" armed citizen ping.


8 posted on 06/10/2006 8:24:56 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
We need a "loser pays" system here like they have in other countries.

You launch a frivolous suit and lose....you pay the bills.

That would put the ACLU out of business.

9 posted on 06/10/2006 8:25:36 PM PDT by capt. norm (Ben Franklin: "Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of")
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

There should be a law against this. However, to many bleeding hearts and too much money to lawyer lobbyists will prevent a law like this from ever seeing the light of day.


10 posted on 06/10/2006 8:25:49 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Two career criminals in this case: Dana Buckman and his evil lawyer.

Dana Buckman is back in jail, where we are now safe.

The other has a license to steal, and the public will always be in danger as long as this shameless crook in a $3000 silk suit remains at large.


11 posted on 06/10/2006 8:27:00 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (No program, no ideas, no clue: The democrats!)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Let me see here now, two men disarmed the perp, and then one man held a gun on the perp while the other beat the dickens out of him with a pipe. Now the jury will hear that two armed men beat up one unarmed man. Yep, this could go badly for the store employees.
12 posted on 06/10/2006 8:28:32 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Poor guy... Sandy Burgular got off scot free.. < / end of snide >


13 posted on 06/10/2006 8:28:39 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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To: Lurker
He obviously doesn't have any assets. I just wondered if lawyers could be counter sued for damages if the case is dismissed.
14 posted on 06/10/2006 8:29:15 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: capt. norm

"That would put the ACLU out of business."

we pay the ACLU to sue us. Nice gig if you don't mind being hated by everyone.


15 posted on 06/10/2006 8:29:53 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

This gives new meaning to the phrase "loser pays."


16 posted on 06/10/2006 8:30:50 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("So to hell with that twerp at the [WaPo]. I've got no time for him on a day like this." Mark Steyn)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

This low life AND his lawyer have the audacity to try this because LIBERALISM has infected the country. A healthy county and justice system would never tolerate this kind of abuse. Liberalism is a mental disorder, it also brings chaos and darkness.


17 posted on 06/10/2006 8:32:01 PM PDT by Libertina (Our troops are INNOCENT until proven otherwise. I'll take their word over the enemy's any day!)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
What about the distress suffered when a gun is pointed at you? I know the sick feeling you get in your stomach.

18 posted on 06/10/2006 8:32:38 PM PDT by CAWats (And I will make no distinction between terrorists and the democrats.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

The only real solution to tort reform in this case is to kneecap his attorney.


19 posted on 06/10/2006 8:32:50 PM PDT by umgud (FR, NASCAR & 24, way too much butt time)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

And taxpayers will cover this goofy BS filing? These idiots in the judicial are out of control!


20 posted on 06/10/2006 8:33:22 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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