Comments on: January 12 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/january-12-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chicago: $260 million in public borrowing… https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/january-12-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-38906 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:04:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8248#comment-38906 […] …just to pay Cook County’s outlays on lawsuits and settlements? Earlier here. […]

]]> By: Bill Childs https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/january-12-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-38703 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:45:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8248#comment-38703 As I noted in my blog comments as well, they didn’t seek millions of dollars. At trial they requested $100,000 and one plaintiff alleged physical injury, though he conceded on cross-examination that his injury might have been psychosomatic.

A fair number of states permit recovery for emotional distress in such a setting, too, though I don’t know about Vermont.

Again, not the strongest case in the world, and the court dismissed the case, but not on a conclusion that they didn’t receive “something other than chicken meat,” but that they failed to carry the burden of showing harm. Since they were proceeding pro se, that’s not particularly shocking.

]]> By: Neal https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/january-12-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-38701 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:23:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8248#comment-38701 Yes, you are missing something. Seeking millions of dollars of damages from emotional distress (no physical injury) from seeing chicken entrails smells like chicken entrails to me.

]]> By: Bill Childs https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/01/january-12-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-38591 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:04:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8248#comment-38591 Am I missing something on that Marler post? He doesn’t seem to actually say anything that’s wrong with the prisoners’ case. Just says it makes him cringe and then pastes in the entire story. Not the greatest case ever, but nothing obviously egregious about it either, from the facts as recited. It’s not up there with most of the others under your “prisoners” tag, is it?

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