Comments on: To protect, serve, and litigate

By: David Nieporent

David Nieporent — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:22:19 +0000

Zubon, I almost did comment on that, but Bill is right: it isn’t that long by Overlawyered standards.

But don’t lose heart — all this legal wrangling was just over whether the lawsuit could proceed to trial at all. We haven’t seen the trial yet, let alone any potential appeals from the verdict. It could easily go several more years.

By: Bill Ford

Bill Ford — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:54:26 +0000

Sadly, six years is probably not long enough to be noteworthy, at least compared to some other legal glaciers. For example, we are still waiting to find out the fate of the Washington Redskins trademarks. That case started in September 1992.

By: Zubon

Zubon — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:37:14 +0000

Doesn’t Overlawyered occasionally comment on the timeliness of the litigation process? Six years later, and the decision is that he can proceed with the lawsuit. How long until the case is done?

By: Supremacy Claus

Supremacy Claus — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:53:45 +0000

If I were 22, I would take the taxpayer’s police academy training, their workmen’s comp, their salary. However, these would be starting points on the road to becoming a billionaire.

Every time a mugger stands on a sidewalk, scares me with a knife? I would sue the property owner for inadequate premises security and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

http://www.west.net/~smith/distress.htm

My partner could make out, as an upset bystander.

Every time I show up to a bank robbery, same thing, sue the bank. Every time I show up at a domestic disturbance, sue the landlord of the battling couple.

I get offended by the smell, writing a ticket for a violation of a pooper scooper law? Sue the dog owner for chemical battery, an intentional tort with punitive damages. Ticket is $10, lawsuit is $100,000, to deter.

I could generate a lawsuit at every encounter, as a police officer.

The taxpayer should try to sue the police officer to retrieve its expenses for training and workmen’s comp, since subrogation may apply.

What is the police attendance policy for civil suits? Within a short time, the police officer would be in deposition or at civil trial full time, as he generates 100’s of lawsuits from every police encounter.