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Jury nixes illegal alien's suit over fall in grocery store
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| June 29, 2007
| TERRY VAU DELL
Posted on 06/29/2007 1:54:05 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A Butte County jury has found a Gridley supermarket not liable to pay civil damages to an illegal alien who slipped and fell on a grape inside the store.
The plaintiff, who suffered a fractured kneecap in the incident, had sought over $400,000 through her lawyer for past and future medical expenses, and pain and suffering.
The jury was not specifically told the shopper was an illegal alien, only that she "couldn't legally work in this country."
Superior Court Judge Barbara Roberts read a stipulation to that effect to the jury after the woman's San Francisco attorney, Rafael Crespo Jr., had asked her on the witness stand whether the reason that she couldn't pay her medical bills was because she couldn't work.
(Excerpt) Read more at orovillemr.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; americanjustice; grape; grocery; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; lawsuit; tortreform
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Better luck next time, chica.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
And who picked that grape? She should sue Mexico!
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:09:05 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: surely_you_jest
Pretty funny that the plaintiff’s counsel was the one that brought the subject up in court.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:09:14 PM PDT
by
ex-NFO
To: DeFault User
LMAO.
To: 3AngelaD
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:11:21 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: org.whodat
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:11:46 PM PDT
by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
“...those dastardly grapes.”
Did she help pick ‘em? How can she sue illegally picked grapes?
To: elizabetty
They are trying to do just that - using our court syestem - against us. Immigration attorneys specifically target them to file lawsuits. Under the dead bill, American citizens would have had to pay all her legal costrs regardless.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:15:07 PM PDT
by
Baladas
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
...The jury was not specifically told the shopper was an illegal alien, only that she "couldn't legally work in this country."...What the ....?
Why withhold from the jury that she fell while in the commission of a crime?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:17:20 PM PDT
by
DaveyB
(Ignorance is part of the human condition - atheism makes it permanent!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
The horror! Using grapeshot on wimmens!
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:21:12 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: NonValueAdded
I was wondering the same thing.. if she picked the grapes..and if they were from Nancy Pelosis vinyard?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:23:20 PM PDT
by
JoanneSD
(Illegals represented without taxation.. Citizens taxed without representation)
To: Always Right
When grapes are outlawed, only outlaws will be able to slip and fall on grapes.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:34:20 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
To: jdub
“I wonder why her status as an illegal was not brought up.”
Because “That is RACIST”.
Don’t you know that yet?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:54:13 PM PDT
by
EEDUDE
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!
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posted on
06/29/2007 3:12:39 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
To: surely_you_jest
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posted on
06/29/2007 3:17:56 PM PDT
by
BamaAndy
(Professor Librescu is an American hero.)
To: 3AngelaD
Hero of the week
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posted on
06/29/2007 3:28:58 PM PDT
by
Old Seadog
(Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
06/29/2007 3:32:12 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Mexifornia's court system is full of these BS lawsuits by illegals trying to cash in.
I think they must get a handbook as they cross the border on "HOW TO SCREW AMERICA", because they seem to know all the ropes for collecting every possible freebie.
To: Dumpster Baby
man i love your rabbit gun.
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