ah, so we're using the worst case scenario to justify gutting social programs. well, that makes perfect sense.Nah, Tiny Tim's dad had a job AND was married to his mom...
ah, so we're using the worst case scenario to justify gutting social programs. well, that makes perfect sense.Nah, Tiny Tim's dad had a job AND was married to his mom...
ah, so we're using the worst case scenario to justify gutting social programs. well, that makes perfect sense.
ah, so we're using the worst case scenario to justify gutting social programs. well, that makes perfect sense.
right, which is why anecdotes are always useless as all they do is stir emotion for or against something without actually informing. thank you.as does using the worst case scenario to justify the creation of said social programs.
Life is unfair, fundamental truth. Accept it.
right, which is why anecdotes are always useless as all they do is stir emotion for or against something without actually informing. thank you.
when i was 12, my dad asked if he could borrow $50 from my birthday money. i said yes. he took it, and never paid me back. ever. "i wanted you to learn that you should never lend money to family or friends, and the hard way is always the best way to learn." thanks conjewcious, you asshole.
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HELENA, Mont. — A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.
The family of Brandon Patch argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the baseball to travel at a greater speed. They contended that their 18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head while he was pitching in an American Legion baseball game in Helena in 2003.
The Lewis and Clark County District Court jury awarded a total of $850,000 in damages against Hillerich & Bradsby for failure to place warnings on the product.
The teen's mother, Debbie Patch, was stunned by the verdict. The family rejoiced and cried as the verdict was read.
"We never expected it," she said. "We just hoped we could get the truth out for more people to see."
Patch said she hopes the decision will make more people aware of the dangers associated with aluminum bats and that more youth leagues will switch to using wooden bats.
"We just want to save someone else's life," Patch said.
The attorneys for Hillerich & Bradsby declined to comment. They had argued that accidents are bound to happen in baseball games and there's nothing inherently unsafe about aluminum baseball bats.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...t-lawsuit.html
when i was 12, my dad asked if he could borrow $50 from my birthday money. i said yes. he took it, and never paid me back. ever. "i wanted you to learn that you should never lend money to family or friends, and the hard way is always the best way to learn." thanks conjewcious, you asshole.
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Sort of related....
We are creating a world of pussies that will be easily beaten by any alien invaders.
"The Lewis and Clark County District Court jury awarded a total of $850,000 in damages against Hillerich & Bradsby for failure to place warnings on the product."
"We just want to save someone else's life," Patch said.
when i was 12, my dad asked if he could borrow $50 from my birthday money. i said yes. he took it, and never paid me back. ever. "i wanted you to learn that you should never lend money to family or friends, and the hard way is always the best way to learn." thanks conjewcious, you asshole.
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we still have our knytes and semper flys to protect us. i think we'll be ok.We are creating a world of pussies that will be easily beaten by any alien invaders.
If they really were thinking just thinking about every one else that might be subject to an accident as such, they would have just sued for them to put the warning on, not taken the 850 grand.