06-02-2010, 03:46 PM
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Apparently it is the designated driver's fault this chick is a drunken fool
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The plaintiff, Inga Richardson, jumped out of a moving car at the crescendo of a fight with her common-law spouse. She suffered grave brain damage and injuries to her entire body after bouncing along the pavement of a three-lane artery in Oshawa, Ont.
Her lawyers – David MacDonald and Adrienne Kirsh – allege in a statement of claim that Ms. Richardson’s partner, Joey Sanayhie, ought to have supervised her copious consumption of alcohol at a party that night and prevented her from harming herself on the way home.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1585217/
Last edited by Canada 02; 06-02-2010 at 03:48 PM.
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06-02-2010, 04:13 PM
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Maybe she was trying to follow the Google walking directions to her house....
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06-02-2010, 04:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Is this international frivilous lawsuit day?
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06-02-2010, 04:16 PM
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Location: Calgary
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grave brain damage and injuries to her entire body after bouncing along the pavement of a three-lane artery
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holy crap.
guess those childsafe auto-lock doors woulda been a good idea...
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06-02-2010, 04:18 PM
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"Grave brain damage" to someone who gets so smashed that they throw themselves from a moving car might be a bit of a misnomer. "Damaging a piece of their anatomy they were apparently not really using" might be more apt.
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06-02-2010, 04:18 PM
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yep, all her fault she should have let her drink till she passed out
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06-02-2010, 04:21 PM
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Do lawyers feel shame when they see colleagues taking on these sorts of cases?
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06-02-2010, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Easter back on in Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Do lawyers feel shame when they see colleagues taking on these sorts of cases?
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Yea, I'm sure they go home and cry themselves to sleep on their newly built bed.
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06-02-2010, 04:33 PM
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Location: City by the Bay
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Do lawyers feel shame when they see colleagues taking on these sorts of cases?
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Short answer. Yes. Long answer, each side has their story as to what happened and her rights and ability to be compensated if she was harmed should be protected and furthered (ugh, that hurt).
If you check out the firm profile, it's not wonder they take on anything and everything - look at the number of support staff they have!
http://www.thomsonrogers.com/full-directory
Jeebus. It's like a 3:1 ratio of people who cost the firm money v. those that make money. What's the difference between a "law clerk" and a "legal assistant" at that firm anyways?
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06-02-2010, 04:34 PM
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Inga Richardson, I don't use the word "hero" very often, but you are the greatest hero in American Canadian history.
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06-02-2010, 04:41 PM
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I'd like to raise a practical question at this point...
If she dies from her 'grave brain injuries', who inherits her stuff and her money? Assuming she has no will - and given that she's such a mess that she would do this, it's not an unreasonable assumption - wouldn't it be the spouse (common law or otherwise)?
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06-02-2010, 04:56 PM
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That's why when my wife has a couple too many I drive her home in this...
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06-02-2010, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BloodFetish
That's why when my wife has a couple too many I drive her home in this...
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Probably the only thing that would've stopped the drunken biatch, and sure as hell he'd be sued had he done it that way too.
Sometimes I really hate the way society is going. I often say what a great time to be alive it really is. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING is our fault. We can always find someone to blame, or at least the lawyers can.
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06-02-2010, 05:55 PM
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Natural selection strikes again, we can only hope this happened before she had a chance to reproduce.
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06-02-2010, 06:34 PM
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“He created a situation of emergency, danger and a trap for Inga Richardson from which, despite all precautions, she could not extricate herself,” they said.
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It seems to me like she extricated herself a little too well.
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06-02-2010, 06:45 PM
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too bad, she was probably only 3 brain cells short of a 'darwin award'
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