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January 28 roundup — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:09:45 +0000

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By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:17:34 +0000

I feel badly for the lady who had an exercise machine fall on her. But exercise machines have to be designed for the forces applied to them. Could a machine from a reputable manufacturer be dangerously top heavy? That would be strange indeed.

Where did the $66 million come from? That would be the lifetime earnings of 33 people. I suspect a stupid jury.

By: Jerry Vandesic

Jerry Vandesic — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:32:10 +0000

“Cybrex had only $4 million in insurance coverage …”

Not too smart. I have a$2M umbrella policy, and I don’t manufacture anything. Even if the judment were a fraction of the possibly excessive $66M, it would seem that this company sealed its own fate through mismanagement of risk.

By: E-Bell

E-Bell — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:21:41 +0000

According to the WSJ article, the younger Kunkle has testified that various other Providian employees used the name when signing affidavits.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:41:53 +0000

Providian (Chase/Wamu) is not engaging in robo-signing docs in a dead woman’s name.
Martha (Lorrie) Kunkle is alive in 2008, and I believe is still alive living in Texas. Her legal name is Martha Kunkle and she executed legal documents in her legal name – – as she should have. Lorrie is a nickname from her middle name. A collegue of mine has worked with her for years.