Comments on: Used client funds to gamble, now suing casinos

By: Update: “Gambler’s $20M lawsuit against casinos tossed”

Update: “Gambler’s $20M lawsuit against casinos tossed” — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:57:46 +0000

[…] then proceeded to sue the casinos, was thrown out of court by a federal judge. We covered the case Mar. 9. (AP/PhillyBurbs, Sept. […]

By: Kevin Vasconcelos

Kevin Vasconcelos — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:35:57 +0000

As a former stand up comedeian I used to use a bit about this very problem. Lawyers please don’t take offense. The bit is as follow in my best ANNOUNCER VOICE: “You know nobody has to take responsibility for their actions any more, why, because of lawyers. In fact one day I expect to see a commercial like this. “STOP! IF YOU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR A SERIOUS
CRIME.SUCH AS MURDER, RAPE ARSON OR CHILD ABUSE.DON’T WORRY! EVEN IF YOU DID DON’T WORRY. HI, I’M AL GETOFF WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GETOFF AND SCOTFREE. DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF DEFENSE TESTED SYNDORMES TO OFFER YOU. FOR EXAMPLE WE OFFER THE PMS,PMS AND DMS-PRE,POST AND DURING MENSTURAL SYNDORME. WE ALSO OFFER THE TRADITIONAL DESFENSE SYNDORMES SUCH AS,TWINKIES, VOICES IN MY HEAD, SATAN/GOD TOLD ME TO DO IT, AND THE RECENTLY APPROVED, JUST HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK AND THE BABY WOULDN’T STOP CRYING SYMDROME.THAT’S RIGHT! AND WITH OUR TEAM OF MEDICAL AND PSCYCOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS TO BACK YOU UP, YOU’LL SERVE LITTLE OR NO TIME AT ALL…WE GAURNATEE IT. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU COMMIT A SERIOUS OR ARE JUST THINGKING ABOUT IT,..GO AHEAD AND DO IT! BECAUSE WITH GETOFF AND SCOTFREE ON YOUR SIDE. “IT WON’T BE YOUR FAULT”. LEAGAL IN ALL 49 STATES…SORRY TENNESEE!
(BACK TO WORK!)

By: bob neal

bob neal — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:57:46 +0000

It’s also not the ‘youth of today’ sitting on the bench, in the legislature, or for the most part, arguing the cases. In fact, the youth of today are the ones taking advantage of the idiotic common law and statutory changes made over the last 40 years. And the youth of today AND yesterday should be ashamed of what the law has become. As a lawyer I sure am (and at 40 don’t know if I’m the youth of today or yesterday, but I know I sure haven’t cashed in).

By: John Satclaire

John Satclaire — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:00:13 +0000

The “youth of today” aren’t the idiot jurors who are eating this stuff up with a spoon. Anyone who thinks that Arelia Margarita Taveras seriously believes she isn’t to blame for the gambling is an idiot: she’s simply making what is, in today’s culture, a smart play. Will she win? Probably not, and hopefully the casinos will refuse to settle.

But it sure as Hell isn’t “the youth of today” who have led to the possibility of this suit having any success at all.

By: throckmorton

throckmorton — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:43:53 +0000

At dinner the other night a group of us listed what we thought were some of the big changes of the youth of today versus the youth of yesterday. One of the first thing that we came up with was lack of accountability. It seems that no matter what happens, there is always an excuse and then an attempt to blame others. This case is a perfect example. This attorney violated her clients and her profession and now she is avoiding personal accountability and suing for 20 times what she states she lost. This is indeed what is wrong with our country! The legal profession has just turned into a way to make a profit.