Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-04 Thread William Bowen
Du haßt mich oder du hast mich? > Willst du bis zum tod der scheide > Sie lieben auch in schlechten tagen -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~|

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-04 Thread G Money
we thought maybe you were swimmin' with the fishes.. On Jan 3, 2008 7:04 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > where'd u go? > > On Jan 3, 2008 4:39 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Gel wrote: > > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > >

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-04 Thread Dinner
Mein Leben! On Jan 3, 2008 8:06 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2008 11:55 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > > > > Nein! > > > > > > Willst du bis zum tod der scheide > Sie lieben auch

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Scott Stewart
: Someone is trying to sue me On Jan 3, 2008 11:55 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > > Nein! > > Willst du bis zum tod der scheide Sie lieben auch in schlechten tagen > -- > will >

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
On Jan 3, 2008 11:55 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > > Nein! > > Willst du bis zum tod der scheide Sie lieben auch in schlechten tagen > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and th

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> TheCrowwrote: > Yea, drove back to Maine Cool! yeah, saw family, friends, made new friends - had a great vacation (this thread btw provided HOURS of entertainment with everyone! lots of great conversation) Also ate at a lot of great restaurants. one that sticks out is a new one in Milwaukee

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Dinner
Um, some strange time-lapse deal obviously just occurred. Disregard previous question, now already answered. -- The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz, On Jan 3, 2008 7:16 PM, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Dinner
On Jan 3, 2008 3:39 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gel wrote: > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > > > > I'm back! Just returned from vacation. Boo. Had a fun time though! You can't scare me. I know you're just a figment. Where did you may

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Crow T. Robot
Yea, drove back to Maine (my 'rents live on a lake in the middle of nowhere now), on the way there probably crossed paths with you, drove through south of the great lakes, on the way back, went north through canada. Canada is the way to make that trip, and I have made the trip twice now, so I feel

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> TheCrow wrote: > where'd u go? > All over the midwest! Milwaukee, Chicago, etc. Had lots of great food. how about you? Did ya get back east for Christmahanakwanaka? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important a

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Crow T. Robot
where'd u go? On Jan 3, 2008 4:39 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gel wrote: > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > > > > I'm back! Just returned from vacation. Boo. Had a fun time though! > >

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Gruss Gott
> Gel wrote: > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > I'm back! Just returned from vacation. Boo. Had a fun time though! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic re

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Dinner
Assuming "he" isn't already here, /still/ talking. It's a mystery, remember? :-) On Jan 3, 2008 10:55 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? > > Nein! > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread William Bowen
> Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? Nein! -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is th

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2008-01-03 Thread Vivec
Hmm... Since this thread has anyone heard anything from ole Gruss Gott? On Dec 26, 2007 11:45 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's one thing to publicly state your real and legal name when you state a > position and engage in an argument; it's another thing altogether to hide > behi

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-27 Thread Rick Root
I know this is off-topic but this thread is already way off topic. I was looking at a response tigerbay.org sent to apple in response to a threat if legal action, and the footer of the message was this: > This message and any attached documents contain information from the > law firm of OMelveny

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-26 Thread Dinner
On Dec 26, 2007 2:21 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note though that the vernacular still happily says "tracteur" and > "skidou" Sacrebleu! (*double giggle*) LOL! The world, she keeps on a turn'n, neh? I think it's funny too, and having funny stuff is essential. -- It is a good morning

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-26 Thread Dana
yes, this is true, or something like it is. I think it may be the Academy or something. But yes, the concern is with words like "OK" and "skidoo" and "tractor" creeping into the language. Unlike English, which is rather like Ankh-Morpork in this regard, the French intelligentsia feels quite strongl

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-26 Thread Dinner
On Dec 26, 2007 8:45 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He cannot answer, lest his secret identity become known, thus > > putting his family in danger. > > It's one thing to publicly state your real and legal name when you state a > position and engage in an argument; it's another thi

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-26 Thread Adam Churvis
> He cannot answer, lest his secret identity become known, thus > putting his family in danger. It's one thing to publicly state your real and legal name when you state a position and engage in an argument; it's another thing altogether to hide behind anonymity while blustering about and making ri

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-25 Thread Dinner
On Dec 23, 2007 5:44 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll go make the popcorn. > *walks off to microwave* He cannot answer, lest his secret identity become known, thus putting his family in danger. Sheesh, that's like nom de plumb 101 or somethin'. Seriously tho, I've always sorta

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-23 Thread Sean Corfield
On Dec 20, 2007 11:01 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what are my options? Do I blow them off or take seriously their > threat to sue me in 10 days if I don't relinquish the domain name? I'd simply offer to sell them the domain name and if they refuse, let them try to sue (assuming

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-23 Thread Vivec
I'll go make the popcorn. *walks off to microwave* On Dec 23, 2007 7:46 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you please give references to these lawsuits so I can look them up? I'm > curious as to their nature and their final disposition. > > You have actually collected (not jus

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-23 Thread Adam Churvis
your capacity as a ColdFusion developer? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 4:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Someone is trying t

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-23 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > You must not have gotten very deep into the discussion of the basic concepts > of law and trial, then. > Well, trial, that's true. I've only had to go to trial twice as we usually settle out of court. I scored $22M this summer which puts my career total over $100M. How about you

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-23 Thread Adam Churvis
> > Adam wrote: > > I just wish you would spend a lunch with a competent attorney and > talk a > > little bit about the very most basic concepts of law and trial. > > Well, last week I had Christmas lunch with many of the people that > report to me and they're all attorneys. You must not have got

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-23 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > I just wish you would spend a lunch with a competent attorney and talk a > little bit about the very most basic concepts of law and trial. Well, last week I had Christmas lunch with many of the people that report to me and they're all attorneys. ~~~

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Sam
What about pizza and fried foods? I think the reason this lady got burned was because she didn't want to pull down her sweatpants in front of her grandson. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-pizza-burn.htm Although the painful injury known as a pizza burn can be caused by other hot foods, many pe

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Jerry Johnson
That is pure, cold, unadulterated fear. You can't talk about scalding and laps without a little, um, shrinkage. =) On Dec 22, 2007 9:32 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sack is tingling just thinking about it! :) ~

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Adam Churvis
You know, I'm wondering why an enterprising group of attorneys has not brought a class action suit against the official body (bodies?) that recommend(s) service at such coffee temperatures without following that up with any safety recommendations whatsoever. I mean, look at the established histo

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Adam Churvis
ott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > > > Todd wrote: > > It is reasonable to expect to be burned a bit by a hot liquid. It is > not > > reasonable to expect to be burne

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Todd
> The level of injury is irrelevant. I can kill myself with a > toothpick. If I do, that doesn't make Diamond MORE liable than had I > simply poked myself. The question therefore is 3-fold: The level of injury is not irellevant. It is about what is reasonably expected. When someone gives me

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Todd wrote: > It is reasonable to expect to be burned a bit by a hot liquid. It is not > reasonable to expect to be burned that severely. I mean, my god man, skin > grafts? > The level of injury is irrelevant. I can kill myself with a toothpick. If I do, that doesn't make Diamond MORE liable

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Todd
- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me >> Todd wrote: >> As someone else said, I am pretty sure there is a resting period where >> the >> food

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Todd wrote: > As someone else said, I am pretty sure there is a resting period where the > food is allowed to cool some. So your logic is that: (1.) Some food has a resting period and some doesn't. Coffee doesn't. Just because. (2.) As part of your food class system, Class II foods (those th

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > The woman was 79 and should know by now coffee burns. If she were 13 > I'd give her a pass for learning experience but not at 79. I'm kind of > shocked she even lived this long ;) > +1. Her lawyers are clearly very good; they were first able to convince the women to sue, and second

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Sam
The link Todd provided said so.: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was in the passenger seat of her grandson's car when she was severely burned by McDonalds' coffee in February 1992. Liebeck, 79 at the time, ordered coffee that was served in a styro

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Todd
mized, making it a much safer product. Temperatue is not the only factor here. - Original Message - From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me >> Todd wrot

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Larry Lyons
> Are you really defending a person that put a Styrofoam cup of hot > coffee between her legs, while in a car, and takes off the lid? > > By the way, Styrofoam melts at 464 deg f. How did McD's get water that > hot? By the way, in your infinite wisdom how do you know it was a Styrofoam cup? jus

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Todd wrote: > , is that > a liquid meant for human consumption will cause 3rd degree burns when it > comes in contact with the very skin it is supposed to touch. Pizza rolls are meant for human consumption but will cause 3rd degree burns when they come into contact with skin they are meant to to

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > Everything depends on how the facts of a case appear to either adhere to or > violate the principles of law, and the understanding and presentation of > relevant subtleties you personally have is nowhere near what an attorney > has. Maybe you should take Bruce's case - sounds like

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > Gruss simplistic?? Never > THAT'S IT!! You're kill filed! That'll show you. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Dana
jury, than that is fine, but to call the entire > case silly and raise it up on a pedestal as an example of our overly > litigious society is, well, silly. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community&

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Todd
is, well, silly. - Original Message - From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: RE: Someone is trying to sue me > Gruss, > > You're thinking way too simplistically about law. There is v

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-22 Thread Adam Churvis
m: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > > > Todd wrote: > > I really don't think you will expect it to give you 3rd degree > > burns. > > So the quest

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Greg Morphis
Depends on the tea.. something like green or white tea, you don't want boiling water.. you want about 170-180 and brews for about 3 minutes (the higher temps or longer steep times will result in a bitter tasting tea). For Black tea (or herbal), you want boiling water for about 5 minutes. On Dec 2

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Todd wrote: > I really don't think you will expect it to give you 3rd degree > burns. So the question is at what temperature are the service of food and beverages be considered negligent? I remember as a kid I would make Jeno's Pizza rolls according to the manufacturer's directions and, if I po

Re: Hot beverages (Re: Someone is trying to sue me)

2007-12-21 Thread Dana
I suspect not :) On Dec 21, 2007 4:18 PM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe people think the heat will keep the fat from congealing > > in their arteries ;) > > I actually heard something about this. I don't know if there is anything to > it. ~

Hot beverages (Re: Someone is trying to sue me)

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
> Maybe people think the heat will keep the fat from congealing > in their arteries ;) I actually heard something about this. I don't know if there is anything to it. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important a

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Dana
perhaps. I was taught boiling water. On Dec 21, 2007 4:02 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ick, tea should be made with water that is boiling hot as it is being > > poured. > > I've heard that the best temp for tea is actually 170F. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Presi

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Dana
I don't really see the point of coffee that hot, personally, no, though I have read that McD's product research shows that people buy it more often when it is that hot. If you are sitting down and paying Starbucks prices for a coffee or tea then the temperature at which the water hits the beans or

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Adam Churvis
> ick, tea should be made with water that is boiling hot as it is being > poured. I've heard that the best temp for tea is actually 170F. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement ~| Adobe® ColdFu

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
> However, my main point was that yes, coffee really is routinely served > that hot. It may not be smart to hold it in your lap, but hey, neither > is drinking it white driving and yes, I do this all the time, still. But, WHY? You can't drink it that hot. If you are that into coffee that you ha

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
was worth it. :) Ugh about the deer. I have hit 3 in my lifetime. Good for you that you managed to miss it. - Original Message - From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me >> Todd wrote: >> Yeah, and I don't think people getting coffee at McDonalds are going for >> gourmet flavor, so all of this "op

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Dana
nk .. not even when one > is being served something that is supposed to be "hot" > > - Original Message - > From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:46 PM > Subject: Re: Someone is trying to su

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Sam
$1.35 million a day in coffee sales and they have 700 burns over ten years? Sounds like MOST people realize hot liquids burn On Dec 21, 2007 2:10 PM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did any of you arguing for McDonalds read any of the reasoning behind the > jury decision? > > Let me make it ea

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Dec 21, 2007 2:25 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now shoot yourself in the head and then sue the gun manufacturer. > You're going to rich! RICH I TELL YOU! that's just ridiculous. sue the bullet manufacturer. guns don't kill people. bullets do :) -- "Scientists tell us that

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
rtain this is not an unreasonable expectation to have when being served a liquid to drink .. not even when one is being served something that is supposed to be "hot" - Original Message - From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, Decembe

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Todd wrote: > Yeah, and I don't think people getting coffee at McDonalds are going for > gourmet flavor, so all of this "optimum temperature and flavor" stuff really > doesn't seem to apply. > So please define negligent coffee temperature for coffee. Now please please define those establishment

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Dana
ot; stuff really > doesn't seem to apply. > > ----- Original Message - > From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > > > > http://www.bo

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Todd wrote: > McDonald's knowingly and willfully sold a dangerous product not fit for > reasonable use. > So how about this: I get totally shit-faced and fall asleep on the ice at the local rink. I get frost bite. Shall I sue? Was the rink providing a product unsafe to use? It seems that th

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
ECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > http://www.boyds.com/coffee/brewingguide.html > Serve coffee as soon after brewing as possible. Coffee loses flavor > and aroma quickly. If brewed coffee

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
e use. The only way this fits with that asinine "ladder" comparison is if the ladder had rungs that would collapse under certain conditions, or something to that affect, making the product as a whole defective when used in a reasonable manner. - Original Message ----- From: "G

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ian wrote: > I know it is so annoying -- just because the coffee was so hot (nearly > boiling) that it melted the cup As Sam pointed out, it couldn't have melted the cup. Further, I just went to my local Caribou Coffee and bought a large Moosed Americano. I also brought along my meat thermomet

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Sam
http://www.boyds.com/coffee/brewingguide.html Serve coffee as soon after brewing as possible. Coffee loses flavor and aroma quickly. If brewed coffee must be "held" on a direct heat source, it should be held at 185°F, and for no longer than 20 minutes. Higher temperatures cause coffee to break down

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > They gave her > something well more dangerous than should be reasonably expected How so? When I buy coffee I expect that it will be so hot as to burn my mouth if I sipped it right away. I've never not gotten coffee that way and I buy or make it daily. I could see your argument

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
Ah, I miss those cannons. Is an 8 year old nephew too young to learn the beauty of complete stupidity? I will need to ask my brother-in-law. > On Dec 21, 2007 12:58 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's like my pending lawsuit against Pennn. I took the tennis balls > > out of their

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Adam Churvis
hurvis President Productivity Enhancement > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > > > Adam wrote: > > So... how many times have

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Jacob
My brother and I use to take tennis balls, drill holes in them, and fill them with caulking. Made great "baseballs" -Original Message- From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:03 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Dec 21, 2007 12:58 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's like my pending lawsuit against Pennn. I took the tennis balls > out of their can, cut a small hole in the bottom about 1/4" from the > base, filled the bottom up to that hole with lighter fluid, doused a > tennis ball in light

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > What about tea? Usually served boiling. Do people in your circle put > tea between your legs before removing the lid? > Sam. In America if someone gets hurt it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. It's like my pending lawsuit against Pennn. I took the tennis balls out of their can, cut

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > So... how many times have you been sued, and why? > Well, personally I've never been sued, but I always find myself involved with lawyers for my job. For example, I spent this last summer facilitating a $22M contract breech bogey. That was basically 3 months of lawyers debating c

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Sam
I guess we run in different circles. She was from Albuquerque, that explains a lot:) What about tea? Usually served boiling. Do people in your circle put tea between your legs before removing the lid? On Dec 21, 2007 11:37 AM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And .. what did she do again? Hold

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Jacob
The problem is not McDonalds. It is the coffee drinkers. Drink water. It is better for you. -Original Message- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:47 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me Let me point this out in case you

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
- Original Message - From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:37 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > And .. what did she do again? Hold the cup between her knees and try to > remove the lid? If 80% of people out there de

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Todd
.htm - Original Message - From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:29 PM Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > On Dec 21, 2007 11:18 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Victim of &

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Sam
On Dec 21, 2007 11:18 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Victim of "evil McDonald's?" I don't think that was in her suit, was it? I think that's what Ian is implying. > I would say she's the victim of every unreasonable act that led to the > incident. Calibrate the coffee machine or

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Adam Churvis
court after hearing about and seeing plaintiffs' injuries. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me He s

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Sam
He said near boiling water melted it. I know Styrofoam cups get softer when filled with hot liquid but it doesn't melt. I also agree if they gave her the initial $20k she asked for it wouldn't have been news and they would have saved a few hundred thousand. But to claim she's a victim of the evil

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Ian Skinner
Just as much as you are apparently defending a company that previously settled over 700 similar cases out of court for up to $300,000 got burned by the one they tried to strong arm with an offer of $800. Espically since her first offer was just for them to cover the medical expenses totaling s

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Adam Churvis
h deformity to constitute failure, as in this case) of the vessel from which it's made. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:35 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: So

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Sam
Are you really defending a person that put a Styrofoam cup of hot coffee between her legs, while in a car, and takes off the lid? By the way, Styrofoam melts at 464 deg f. How did McD's get water that hot? On Dec 21, 2007 9:23 AM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "if you can sue for hot

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Adam Churvis
kes it a whole new ball game, legally. So... how many times have you been sued, and why? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject:

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Ian Skinner
"if you can sue for hot coffee in the lap and win then why not?" I know it is so annoying -- just because the coffee was so hot (nearly boiling) that it melted the cup and caused 2nd and 3rd degrees burns of the thighs and genitals requiring surgery. Combined with the fact that the company had

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > The threat is only effective against people uninformed enough to forego > competent legal counsel and attempt to navigate legal waters themselves. > Well, not sure how many of these you've been though, but I've been through a bunch, with facts about exactly the same, and that's one

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Adam Churvis
ngle most necessarily complex and complicated system of any kind on Earth. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:59 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > If, however, that third party persuaded you to not honor the terms of our > agreement, that might be considered tortious interference. > Now that makes some sense. However I would still add that even if we agree, it's the threat that counts which is why I probably see it all of th

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Adam Churvis
russ Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 8:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > Adam wrote: > The party making the claim is not in any way interfering with anything. > I'm not agreeing with you mostly because you offer no rea

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Greg Morphis
tt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > > > Adam wrote: > > I'm sorry... I accidentally deleted a word. That claim could *NOT* be > > construed as either harassment o

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > The party making the claim is not in any way interfering with anything. > I'm not agreeing with you mostly because you offer no reasoning other than "talk to an attorney" which, in the end, still wouldn't matter because it's not important what some random attorney thinks; it's impo

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Adam Churvis
tt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > Adam wrote: > I'm sorry... I accidentally deleted a word. That claim could *NOT* be > construed as either harassment or tortious interference... &g

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> gg wrote: > Baylor should own the domain due to "confusion" - I would argue it is > indeed tortious interference. > I should add I have no idea what the torts are or what the law is around cybersquatting (cause I'm lazy and it ain't my field), but I'm assuming that Baylor U's claim that Bruce ha

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Bruce
0, 2007 4:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me If I remember, tortious interference of a contract is when some dude tries to get inbetween (wrongfully) 2 parties that have a contact. Since Bruce and GoDaddy have a contract and Baylor is trying to sever that contract thro

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > I'm sorry... I accidentally deleted a word. That claim could *NOT* be > construed as either harassment or tortious interference... > If I remember, tortious interference of a contract is when some dude tries to get inbetween (wrongfully) 2 parties that have a contact. Since Bruc

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Adam Churvis
rsday, December 20, 2007 6:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Someone is trying to sue me That claim could be construed as either harassment or tortious interference. If it could, a party with a legal claim wouldn't even be able to claim that such an issue existed. Making a single initial claim

RE: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Adam Churvis
nt between two other parties. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Someone is trying to sue me > Adam wrote: >

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Todd
from them again. Apparently, they were just trying to bully her out of the domain. - Original Message - From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: RE: Someone is trying to sue me > If you have

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Adam wrote: > How do you see either harassment or tortious interference in this instance? > I'm not a lawyer, but I'm guessing that Baylor's behavior could be construed as harassment (given the threats) and an unjustified disruption to Bruce's contract with GoDaddy; but, maybe not. Like I said,

Re: Someone is trying to sue me

2007-12-20 Thread Vivec
You mean there are places that US copyright law doesn't reach? 0_0 oh On Dec 20, 2007 4:46 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're lookin for that type of reponse...these are pretty entertaining: > > http://thepiratebay.org/legal > > Piratebay doesn't have to adhere to th

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