Ridiculous suit is a waste of time

The Morning Call ^ | 6/27/03 | Editorial staff

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Hospitals are responsible for their patients, but an Allentown woman's lawsuit hits new heights of ridiculousness. Amanda C. Hagan, 29, blames her drug overdose on Norristown State Hospital — an overdose that wouldn't have been possible if a roommate's son hadn't sneaked illegal drugs into the hospital in May 1999.

According to the suit filed in Montgomery County Court, when the 18-year-old visited his mother, he slipped to Ms. Hagan and his mother some cocaine, heroin and needles. The women injected themselves with the two drugs and a needle broke off in Ms. Hagan's arm.

Ms. Hagan was gasping for air and she was taken to the emergency room of Montgomery Hospital in Norristown. When she recovered three days later, she was returned to Norristown State Hospital.

The lawsuit casts a wide net. Montgomery County; Montgomery County Emergency Services Inc., a private psychiatric agency in Norristown that operates Norristown State Hospital; Montgomery County Mental Health-Mental Retardation Emergency Service; the visitor who delivered the drugs; and two unidentified people who allegedly sold the drugs all are defendants.

The overdose should have been prevented, the lawsuit states, as if Ms. Hagen were given the drugs against her will. The suit also alleges the hospital should warn visitors not to bring illegal drugs onto the grounds. Huh?

Is a guard at the door saying, ''Hey folks, don't bring illegal drugs inside!'' what Ms. Hagen has in mind? We've never seen a frivolous lawsuit that was more frivolous.

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Nope, but see post #30 for the Biblical Solomon solution.

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Roach exterminators and/or septic tank drainers would probably be as effective for this documented group of fecal mass vermin.

Your probably right. Why waste all that money when there is a 10 cent solution.

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Massive income under-reporting is extremely common by shysters. Taxes, like the law itself, are for the little people and peons.

Makes my blood boil. There is a special place in hell for these guys.

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A man walks into a friend and sees that his friend's car is total loss and covered with leaves, grass, branches, dirt and blood.

He asks his friend, "What's happened to your car?"
"Well," the friend responses, "I ran into a lawyer".

"Okay," says the man, "That explains the blood...
but what about the leaves, the grass, the branches and the dirt?"

"Well, I had to chase him all through the park."

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We've never seen a frivolous lawsuit that was more frivolous

and whats totally insane about this is she is going to win at least 2 million dollars in the settlement or at the trail

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and whats totally insane about this is she is going to win at least 2 million dollars in the settlement or at the trail

The entire high school "career" was a gigantic scam from the very beginning for the talented grifter Blair and the entire gypsy clan of shysters.

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Oops wrong thread. Where's my coffee!