Comments on: March 24 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Allan https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-117745 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:02:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22219#comment-117745 Bob,

I think you are right. They should limit cruises to central Kansas to minimize the rocking…

]]> By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-117683 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:04:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22219#comment-117683 I think it was all that water that made her sick. Surely someone should have mentioned it in advance!

Bob

]]> By: Allan https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-117674 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:44:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22219#comment-117674 Regarding the FDCPA article.

Of course there are ridiculous law suits. And damages should be paid only if damages are incurred.

But how do we stop the abusive debt collectors, other than to penalize them?

]]> By: Don https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-117671 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:22:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22219#comment-117671 Cruise ship too fast? Maybe the woman in unfamiliar the formula Distance/Time=Rate? Ships go as fast as they need to go to cover the distance required in the time frame on the schedule.

The amount of power it takes to go as fast as they do is staggering. I am kind of experienced on this topic. I was the Engine Room Superviser, qualified MMOW, and EOOW (Machinist Mate of the Watch, Engineering Officer of the Watch, when I was in the US Navy. My last ship was a 650 ft, 20,000 ton ship that was built like a small cruise ship. Our engine had 25,000 shaft horsepower. Our maximum speed was 22 knots. We would have had to double the size of our engines to go 25 knots.

The ship went exactly as fast as it was designed to. The speed was picked by the designer to meet the scheduling needs of Carnival Cruise Line.

Seasickness is a pain, but it is no grounds for a lawsuit. The Courts are not doing anyone any favor by letting this go forward, even at the small claims level.

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