[freepatriot32]

This "lady" should just go up on stage and accept this guys darwin award on his behalf then thank the public school system for making the award possible and shut up. If I was married to a moron that stupid I sure as hell wouldnt get in front of news cameras and brag about it thats for darn sure.

Q.What do you call one electrocuted lawyer at the bottom of a pool ?

[kaktuskid]

A. NOT ENOUGH!!!

[Onelifetogive]

there is a little bit of John Kincannon in everyone...

There is also a little bit of him in the skimmer, a small piece on the patio and sprinkles of him on the fence...

[xm177e2]

It's a shame companies like SoCal Edison are too nice to countersue and take this woman's house. A few cases like that would scare some decency into these "Darwin Lottery Wives."

[netmilsmom]

Short of the consumer having to pay for this lawsuit, it just makes me laugh!

[xJones]

There's a plant dangling from an electric power line and he swings at it with an aluminum pole?

While there is certainly a little (or more) bit of an idiot in all of us, it should not be up to others to pay a lawsuit for it. And Southern California Edison isn't going to eat the cost if awarded, it just means that others will pay because a lawyer tried to play swat with a power line using a metal pole.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Q.What do you call one electrocuted lawyer at the bottom of a pool?"

A: Deep Fried Anus in Chlorine Sauce.

[cake_crumb]

"A year later, his widow and three children are seeking general damages from Southern California Edison Co. and others, suggesting that though the homeowner's attempt to knock the branch from the power line was unwise, there is a little bit of John Kincannon in everyone"

A LITTLE UNWISE?? It was TERMINALLY STUPID, and this woman has just said that ALL of us suffer from terminal stupidity so the power company should be forced to pay her.

I am HIGHLY offended. I think I'll sue. After she wins and settlement is made.

[CobaltBlue]

You left out the best part: "Filed last week in Orange County Superior Court by Kincannon's widow, Francilene, the suit also names Leslie's Swimming Pool Supplies for allegedly failing to provide a warning on its skimmer."

Still, the guy was 46 years old, a well known litigator so he was probably pulling in some bucks, left a wife, kids, so you can see the temptation to file the suit, especially against a power company. Californians hate power companies these days. Maybe you can convince a jury that the guy wasn't responsible for knowing that you don't swat at a power line using an aluminum pool skimmer.

Makes me ashamed to be a lawyer.