Comments on: Hamby v. Daimler/Chrysler

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:10:53 +0000

If judges [did some action], maybe we'd have fewer of them (both cases and judges). Yes, well, people generally don't intentionally try to lower th numbr of jobs availabl to them... But yes, this is another painfully obvious case that should have been laughed out of court, and yet, the jury selection process allows a lawyer to get a jury from the 10% of the population dumb enough to be manipulated to get what he wants...

By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:19:58 +0000

The Garza Vioxx case and the jury system

If you’ve been relying entirely on AP or national press coverage of the Garza case, you perhaps do not realize what a giant miscarriage of justice it is. Not just that, by the Garza’s own theory of the case, Leonel…

By: Michael Hertzberg

Michael Hertzberg — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:20:42 +0000

How does a judge allow a claim like this to go to a jury? It doesn’t even pass the laugh test. The problem is not as much with juries as with judges. If judges dismissed enough of these cases on motion and imposed sanctions (where available), maybe we’d have fewer of them (both cases and judges).

By: wavemaker

wavemaker — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:47:09 +0000

Soon to appear in new Owners Manuals:

WARNING: VEHICLE IS UNSAFE WHEN PLACED IN PARK WITHOUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED ATOP STEEP HILL WITH UNATTENDED INFANT CHILD IN VEHICLE WITHIN REACH OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL, KEY IS IN IGNITION AND OWNER-IDIOT IS RETRIEVING WINDEX

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:25:38 +0000

Cars are patently dangerous and must be taken out of the hands of guiltless incompetents!

We need a class action to ban cars from the streets and driveways of our communities…

By: USER

USER — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:42:23 +0000

If he had put the key in “ACCESSORY” he could still play the radio with the tranmisson quadrant remaining locked.