The next step is 2.9 Quadrillion dollars. Here is my take on the inequity of our judicial system. several years ago my wife had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. For anyone who doesn't know, this is considered one of the true gynecological emergencies. To make a long story short, thanx to the ineptitude of countless doctors and nurses, she say in the hospital for over 36 before they finally discovered what was wrong. 36 hours to find something that typically kills people in juts a few hours. After discussing this with numerous lawyers we were told that we did not have a case worth fighting because the only injury we could show was that he fallopian tube was ruptured, which everyone is pretty certain happened before we left out house that night.
A few years after this, a co-worker of mine was locked in an ATM vestibule for about 2 hours. He successfully sued the bank for $10,000 claiming he was 'wrongfully imprisoned'. My wife almost dies and we can't get a lawyer to take the case, yet a guy gets $10,000 for being inconvenienced for a few hours. To paraphrase a judge when defining pornography, "I cannot define a 'ridiculous amount', but I know it when I see it. On Jan 9, 2008 3:41 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Stroz wrote: > > I think filing a lawsuit against anyone or anything for 3 quadrillion > > dollars, regardless of the reason would be a good place to start. > Ok you started. What is the next step? 3 quadrillion is a ridiculous > claim. So what is NOT a ridiculous amount that a claim can not even be > made? Who gets to decide it is ridiculous to even make the claim? Show > me how this is better then the current system. > > Being outraged is easy. Building something better isn't. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
