Comments on: A 40 Billion Dollar Anti-Bush T-Shirt

By: Brian Cuban

Brian Cuban — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:59:38 +0000

@Robin Lionheart: It was used to make a point about the perception of attorneys and not for actual facts of the case. Regardless of the facts of the case, the McDonald’s case has become a moniker to label ambulance chasers…

By: Robin Lionheart

Robin Lionheart — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:04:38 +0000

Did the Reads hire Dr. Evil as their attorney? “I demand the sum of FORTY! BILLION! DOLLARS!”

Regardless of the underlying facts, the McDonald’s case has become a “social moniker” for greedy lawyers and frivolous lawsuits…. The actual facts of the case or who was right or wrong have nothing to do with the point of the article…

Except that the actual facts undermine the point of your article, by invoking a case where large punitive damages were warranted and appropriate.

Spilling an ordinary 150 degree cup of coffee results in a first-degree surface burn, nothing more serious than red skin and swelling. If you spilled coffee on yourself and got an excruciating third degree full thickness burn to the bone, requiring a week in hospital getting debriding and skin grafts, running up $90,000 of medical bills, like Stella Liebeck did, wouldn’t YOU sue?

By: bcuban

bcuban — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:14:36 +0000

“Also referring to the Mcdonald’s case…if I understand it correctly that lady actually I believe had her skin burnt off….I’m sorry but there is no REASONABLE explanation for coffee to have been that hot.”

By: pentupentropy

pentupentropy — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:33:06 +0000

Good article. Not even sure who’s right in this case according to law. The problem with things like this is that we all agree so we feel like it shouldn’t even be an issue, but at one point in history someone didn’t agree, and thus there is a law somewhere which reflects that idea. law /= morality

By: Jennifer May

Jennifer May — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:35:27 +0000

Hypovalemic shock is the diagnosis I received when admitted to the ER little more than one year ago.In response to Dalynn and for the sake of brevity I’ll say that according to my highly reputable and two closest friends that are MD’s I had the worse case of medical negligence they had ever heard. I suffered brain damage and ruptured tissues all because a rushed surgeon sowed up the skin and not the vein on an outpatient procedure that turned into anybody’s worse somatic nightmare. The surgeon explicitly assured me that,”It’s not a big deal at all. You’ll be fine. I promise.” Well I’ve had business law and I think that’s a pretty clear and explicit offer. “Fine” probably could not be stretched into having your heart flat line while conscious in the ER as result of my acceptance of this offer.

No malpractice attorney would take my case. Not enough damages. I couldn’t prove brain damage even though I had to relearn many common words such as shoe, cell phone, and skylight. Common objects I had the most trouble with. But you can’t prove it because it could’ve been an act. I was off the cane and out of the diapers in two weeks. Not enough damages. The tissues healed externally to produce a normal appearance in contrast to the cling on look they had before. I didn’t take pictures because I wasn’t thinking about vegeance, I was thinking about how lucky I was to be alive.

Should this guy have paid for my law school? My closest two friends who happen to be MD’s sure think so. Don’t go to Dr. Andrew Shimer in Mckinney. It’s not slander or print version of slander because its true-all on paper.

By: Dalynn

Dalynn — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:30:19 +0000

I agree that there are too many frivolous lawsuits, but I’d rather there be an overflow of these lawsuits than seeing laws restricting even one single legitimate lawsuit. Also referring to the Mcdonald’s case…if I understand it correctly that lady actually I believe had her skin burnt off….I’m sorry but there is no REASONABLE explanation for coffee to have been that hot. I have dumped coffee on myself plenty of times, and it burned and turned my skin red..but I have never lost skin over it. I kind of liken it to the idea that it’s better to have 100 guilty men set free than have one innocent person convicted.

By: Joe Ebola

Joe Ebola — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:01:39 +0000

Greetings sir,
A sincere and heartfelt thank you for speaking out about this ridiculous suit. The fact that you’re a lawyer yourself just gives it that much more weight. Very refreshing!

By: LewP

LewP — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:42:19 +0000

Bravo Brian!!!!!
Absolutely your best post in my opinion. To think people want to make money off of the heroes of our country is heinous. As a Viet Nam era veteran, I salute you Brian. Great job.