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First of Two
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http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20020312/310811.html&qs= david%20wild

See what our litigous society has created?

Oh, wait... I see now that this is in Canada.

Well, it's still bizarre.

[ March 28, 2002, 15:39: Message edited by: First of Two ]

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Malnurtured Snay
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Any settlement he wins should be given to his victim(s).

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TSN
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What's a rotting skeleton going to do w/ $3.1 million?
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Grokca
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Difference is, in Canada he will lose, in US he will win.

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First of Two
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He'll lose? You sure?

After all, the judge ruled it was worthy of looking into...

plus, you may have missed this part:

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In recent years, prisoners have won several victories in the Federal Court, including compensation for falling from a bunk, the right to be a vegetarian and an award for being forced to share a cell with a smoker.


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Saltah'na
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Too bad. I was nearly run over by a van while walking across an intersection (I had the right of way). I would have sued their ass literally if I got hit (after I recover, of course).

Seriously.

There should be a countermeasure against prison-based suits. Bleah.

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Aban Rune
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My question is, what does he think he is going to do with 3.1 Mil? He's in jail for murder. I doubt he'll be getting out any time soon.

I guess if I were in prison, I think I'd have more pressing conerns like not getting a disease from the toilet seat and not getting sodomised in the shower.

When did someone decide that prisons had to be super comfortable, super fair institutions? Now, I don't think that prisoners should be treated inhumanly, by any means... but "noise during the night"? Give me a break. I should sue the idiot across the street who starts his snow blower every morning at 5:30...

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capped
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Maybe he didnt mean 3.1 million dollars.. maybe he's suing for 3.1 million cigarettes..
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Da_bang80
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Or 3.1 million dollars for cigarettes. Or maybe he's going to use it to pay other inmates not to sodomize him.

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Lee
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It's funny, I'd seen this thread but hadn't bothered to look at it yet; when I did, and read the article, it was only then that I realised the thread title didn't say "Inmate sues for lost sheep." 8)

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Well, I'd venture a guess to the whereabouts of those sheep. But it's so like 1999.
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OnToMars
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What would he do with 3.1 mil? Do you realize how many cartons of cigarettes that would buy?

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Wraith
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quote:
Originally posted by Vogon Poet:
It's funny, I'd seen this thread but hadn't bothered to look at it yet; when I did, and read the article, it was only then that I realised the thread title didn't say "Inmate sues for lost sheep." 8)

I did exactly the same thing. I was about to forward it to a Welsh friend of mine when I actually read it properly... [Big Grin]

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