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I wonder if we will see a trend where a team of people provoke a police officer into making an arrest and then turn on cell phone cameras at just the right time to make it look like the police offer was in the wrong. They then file a lawsuit and get a settlement by police departments tired of all the bad publicity.
Absolutely, they're used to scamming the welfare system and now they're just adding another scam.
The " Stella" Award is named after the elderly woman who bought a cup of coffee at McDonands drive- thru. She removed the lid and placed the open cup between her knees and drove away. She hit a bump. The rest is history.
A more recent winner is a woman from Oklahoma City who bought a new Winnebago. On her first trip she set the cruise control for 70MPH. Then she left the seat and went in the back and made a sandwich for herself. The Winnebago crashed and overturned. She sued Winnebago. The instruction manual for cruise control did not instruct her to stay in the driver's seat while the Winnebago was moving. Jury awarded $1.75 million.
Reportedly, tort caseloads have declined by more than 25% since 1999. This is because more cases are being settled rather than risk a jury trial.
There are more than 1 million lawyers in the U.S. And a heck of a lot of them specialize in personal injury and advertize " it's not your fault".
I like the guy that was trimming the hedge with a lawn mower. Ooops! Then the lawsuit. The mind boggles.
I thought this thread was going to be about a new law requiring monetary payments to incarcerated suspects until a jury determines their guilt or innocence, to push for more speedy trials.
I thought this thread was going to be about a new law requiring monetary payments to incarcerated suspects until a jury determines their guilt or innocence, to push for more speedy trials.
Actually, the thread was supposed to be about pulling scams using cops as bait.
I wonder if we will see a trend where a team of people provoke a police officer into making an arrest and then turn on cell phone cameras at just the right time to make it look like the police offer was in the wrong. They then file a lawsuit and get a settlement by police departments tired of all the bad publicity.
The reality is that violence of our police forces has long been underestimated. The FBI reports have been shown to miss about 1/2 or more of these cases. The reality is the use of cell phones and other devices are putting a light into a dark corner.
The above situation can potentially happen (just as an asteroid can potentially land on your house tomorrow). Yet such events do not discount the required change of police services that will be needed in order to adapt to this future, where the dark corners of what happens is now illuminated.
Will people try to take events out of context to make their case look better - sure.
will we still have judge and juries that will be asked to put it back in context - yes
The " Stella" Award is named after the elderly woman who bought a cup of coffee at McDonands drive- thru. She removed the lid and placed the open cup between her knees and drove away. She hit a bump. The rest is history.
Except people like to act like this is some lady who got lightly burnt. . and its absurd. Except the damage wasn't light at all but REALLy severe. Severe enough that a jury said "WTF Mcdonalds"
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The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting.
and to top of it off, you can't even get the detials right. She wasn't driving, and no bump was involved
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After receiving the order, the grandson pulled his car forward and stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. (Critics of civil justice, who have pounced on this case, often charge that Liebeck was driving the car or that the vehicle was in motion when she spilled the coffee; neither is true.) Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled into her lap.
and it gets better
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During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700 claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This history documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of this hazard.
The " Stella" Award is named after the elderly woman who bought a cup of coffee at McDonands drive- thru. She removed the lid and placed the open cup between her knees and drove away. She hit a bump. The rest is history.
A more recent winner is a woman from Oklahoma City who bought a new Winnebago. On her first trip she set the cruise control for 70MPH. Then she left the seat and went in the back and made a sandwich for herself. The Winnebago crashed and overturned. She sued Winnebago. The instruction manual for cruise control did not instruct her to stay in the driver's seat while the Winnebago was moving. Jury awarded $1.75 million.
Reportedly, tort caseloads have declined by more than 25% since 1999. This is because more cases are being settled rather than risk a jury trial.
There are more than 1 million lawyers in the U.S. And a heck of a lot of them specialize in personal injury and advertize " it's not your fault".
You do realize that McDonalds lost because the coffee was so hot it burned her instantly. The liquid shouldn't have been that hot. Normally if hot liquid spills on you you can reflexively swat it away before becoming seriously burned. McDonald's had received numerous complaints about how dangerously hot there coffee was. They made a choice to make the coffee that ht instead investing in better cups because they did not expect customers to drink the coffee right away.
Body cameras on the police would solve this problem.
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