Circumcision Case to Proceed to Trial

Mens News Daily ^ | 8/1/02

[tcostell]

Just think, where would this country be without the trial lawyers association?

[SteamshipTime]

What if the parents are Jewish?

For that matter, why aren't the parents being sued? Oh, that's right. Because their homeowner's insurer would tell the plaintiff's attorney it ain't covered. Just shake down the malpractice insurer instead.

Slime bags.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"This is the latest in a series of warnings to doctors who still circumcise: proceed at your peril, because even if you get parental consent and do a standard job of the circumcision, the child can still grow up and sue you for taking away part of his penis," says lawyer J. Steven Svoboda, executive director of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC).

Note: If you plant the removed foreskin in potting soil and water it daily...

it will grow up to be an attorney.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC)

ahhh, a Hitleryesk group
Talk about extremists

[andy_card]

I support radical, mandatory, unanaesthetized circumcision for lawyers who file the most frivolous law suits. And you can interpret the "radical" part any way you'd like.

[SteamshipTime]

ROFL!

[SteamshipTime]

By golly you're right.

[leadpenny]

The precedent setting decision confirms that a baby who is circumcised can sue his doctor when he reaches age of majority . . .

That's it! The world has gone stark raving mad.

[gramcam]

"This is a huge statement and will put the physicians in their place if we can convince nine reasonable
people that the physicians failed to give adequate information."

If these doctors are liable because they failed to give adequate information - this might be laying the groundwork for attys to go after abortionists. They receive consent - but rarely is it truly informed. Millions and millions of possible lawsuits!

[DoughtyOne]

I use those translation internet sites every once in a while.  I decided to run this phrase through to get an interpretation.

I selected...

Legalese to English

I entered...

Your honor, my client(s) have been wronged here.  I don't believe they can ever be restored to wholeness, but at least they can be compensated and future potential wronged individuals spared the pain of this dreadful occurrence.

Translation...

Your honor, I and my firm need more funds.  I don't believe we will ever have enough funds, but at least a lucrative outcome of this case will help, and possibly even allow us to retire.  And there's always the possibility that my client was actually hurt, although they are leading a healthy productive live and can prove no damages.

[Delbert]

I am suing my dcotor then, they circumcised way too much off when I was a baby...a whopping 3 inches..leaving me with only 9".
: (

[xfmrman]

Just a little off the top please....

[Sloth]

"This is the latest in a series of warnings to doctors who still circumcise: proceed at your peril, because even if you get parental consent and do a standard job of the circumcision, the child can still grow up and sue you for taking away part of his penis," says lawyer J. Steven Svoboda, executive director of Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC).

Hmmm... I wonder if he sued the doctor who evidently took away part of his brain.

[Delbert]

My wife just read my last post over my shoulder and said that i should have added..."Only in my dreams" ; )

[Mike-o-Matic]

*SNIP* ping!

[The Great RJ]

Ironic isn't it that a minor child can have an abortion without parent's consent, but let the parent give consent for a circumcision and watch out.

[L.N. Smithee]

Next week: Adults sue McDonald's for their obesity as a result of their parents buying them Happy Meals as children.