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American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
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Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
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The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
The Golden (Shower) State’s High Court has spoken:
California court holds rescuers liable for injuries
posted at 9:45 am on December 20, 2008 by Ed MorrisseyIn this season of Christmas, let us reflect on the parable of the Good Samaritan. After a traveler had been assaulted and then ignored by the rest of the community, a Samaritan rescued him and helped him recover. If the Samaritan moved to California, he’d better have a good lawyer, as the state Supreme Court ruled that the liability shield passed for those who conduct emergency rescues and inadvertently injure the victims only applies to medical personnel:
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a young woman who pulled a co-worker from a crashed vehicle isn’t immune from civil liability because the care she rendered wasn’t medical.
The divided high court appeared to signal that rescue efforts are the responsibility of trained professionals. It was also thought to be the first ruling by the court that someone who intervened in an accident in good faith could be sued.
Lisa Torti of Northridge allegedly worsened the injuries suffered by Alexandra Van Horn by yanking her “like a rag doll” from the wrecked car on Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
Torti now faces possible liability for injuries suffered by Van Horn, a fellow department store cosmetician who was rendered a paraplegic in the accident that ended a night of Halloween revelry in 2004.
Torti and Van Horn traveled in separate cars, and the driver of Van Horn’s car ran into a light pole at 45 MPH. Torti testified that she saw smoke and liquid coming from the car and thought the vehicle would explode, trapping Van Horn. She rushed to pull her co-worker from the car, and Van Horn alleges that Torti aggravated a broken vertebra that damaged her spinal cord. She sued Torti (and the driver) for causing her paralysis.
The Golden State is special (although, tragically, not overly much). All three branches of our state government have shown this proclivity: If an opportunity arises to make us more sheeplike, just wandering around watching our peers get snatched up by whatever wolf happens along, baah, baah — all three branches have a marked tendency to take that opportunity. So here we sit. A state of veal calves.
This isn’t even a right-versus-left thing. It’s do-something versus do-nothing. Lawyers versus the rest of us.
Get your own ass out of that leaking exploding fireball of a car wreck. I have to worry about punching the time clock so the union will go on protecting my cushy do-nothing job.
Hat tip: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler.
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The sound you hear is the death rattle of civilization and civility.
Pay no attention.
- pdwalker | 12/22/2008 @ 13:52Today Sacramento announced that all adult Californians will be given a one shot 9mm handgun for the purpose of providing a ‘coup de grace’ for people caught in situations were they are likely to die horrible deaths before official assistance can arrive. Californians will also be required to take training in the proper use of these firearms, since in tests people were using the weapons to silence people complaining about bad movies in cinemas and long lines at the grocery. Said one state official, “Sitting through Oceans 49 is not a life threatening situation.”
The new mercy weapons are expected to cut down an emergency calls, paper work, and injury torts.
- mythusmage | 12/22/2008 @ 18:05I think what blows my mind is the accident victim having the temerity to sue her rescuer in the first place. She has her life saved, then thanks the other girl by suing her and trying to get money out of her in a court of law? Does the word “gratitude” mean anything to this plaintiff? And if the car had exploded into a big fireball and burned the accident victim alive….would the family of the deceased then be all upset at the defendant for not “doing something” when she could have? Also let’s not forget that the car, had it been leaking fuel, might have blown up during the act of pulling the victim…..incinerating them both. So the rescuer not only did a noble thing, but in fact a heroic thing by acting at personal risk. And she is still getting sued.
I’d like to find that plaintiff, lean down to her wheelchair, and say, “Excuse me, BITCH…but you’re lucky to be alive.”
It’s one of those “has the entire world gone mad?” moments.
- cylarz | 12/22/2008 @ 23:02