Comments on: Howdy, neighbor. Now about your kids and our fence… https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ras https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356992 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:19:11 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356992 You sent a letter to me from an unsupervised lawyer(!) I trust this will not happen again.

]]> By: No Name Guy https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356991 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:33:30 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356991 Wind blowing lawyers direction? Time to fire up the backyard fire pit…with wet, smoky wood.

Ok Rover…speak! Speak, Rover, Speak! [woof, woof, woof] Good boy….speak! [woof, woof, woof]. “Hey, I’m just training my dog.”

I like the idea of the basketball hoop in the drive way – the noise ought to be infuriating.

Why is it that lawyers seem pre-dispositioned to be absolute jerks in cases like this? Is it part of law school that the “normal, reasonable human neighbor” module is removed from their brains?

]]> By: Canvasback https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356987 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:06:46 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356987 Heaven forfend that football ever goes over the designer metal fence. I bet he’d call the sheriff. Oh the horror of unsupervised children. I hope they play basketball in the driveway too.

]]> By: jimc5499 https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356984 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:46:43 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356984 If a football damaged that fence, his issue should be with the company that made the fence, not the kids playing football.

Me I’d go down to the County building and pull the Plat Map of the area and make sure that his fence isn’t on my property.

]]> By: Thomas Wicklund https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356983 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:19:46 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356983 I trust he makes it a point to sue the next hurricane to come through.

More disturbing is the idea that kids can’t play in their own back yard without an adult supervising.

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356980 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:47:53 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356980 You know, if my kids were playing football in the backyard, and a fence got damaged, I’d pay for it. After receiving a letter like this, I wouldn’t. I’d come up with all sorts of defenses (um, which kid did it? Not mine–oh sorry–what’s the diminution of value, oh not much–here’s a check for $5.00).

I wouldn’t sic the bar authorities on this guy for the letter. He has a right to send his letter. But this letter is just the sort of thing that brings lawyers into disrepute. And he also doesn’t seem that bright—kids playing football and hitting gold balls are not analogous scenarios.

]]> By: Wrt https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/12/howdy-neighbor-now-about-your-kids-and-our-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-356979 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:26:53 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73764#comment-356979 Point deduction for not closing with “ please govern yourself accordingly”

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