https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/former-crime-boss-wants-10-million-prison-ping-pong-slip-fall/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/former-crime-boss-wants-10-million-prison-ping-pong-slip-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-344273 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:44:35 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63172#comment-344273 “My name is Forrest, Forrest Gioeli-ump. Momma always said that ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You don’t know what you’re gonna get till someone jumps out and caps your a$$.’ And, I learned to play Ping-Pong in government service, and I got so good that a man said he’d give me $10,000,000 just to say I fell down playing with his paddle. But, the Army must still have that money, because I haven’t seen any of it. And, that’s all I’ve got to say about that.”

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/former-crime-boss-wants-10-million-prison-ping-pong-slip-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-344270 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:22:22 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63172#comment-344270 If this is successful, all the other prisoners will be able to thank him for losing the ability to play ping-pong in the future.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/former-crime-boss-wants-10-million-prison-ping-pong-slip-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-344269 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:13:57 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63172#comment-344269 Aren’t lawsuits of this kind at least partially based on loss of future earnings? Since the man is 64 years old, and just began an 18 year prison sentence, it’s difficult to imagine what earnings he would lose as a result of this ping pong ball accident. And I’m assuming the prison already picks up all medical bills.

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