Lawsuits...Only In America

[Taosman]

But there are laws regarding how you are allowed to operate your bicycle on the road, including Canada's very specific guidelines for lights and reflectors when riding at night.

As much as we would think there was a Darwin's Law of Bicycling, there isn't, so when someone on a bike does something stupid, a jury will still see a 2 ton piece of steel hitting a person on a flimsy bit of plastic. Maybe that's the way it should be viewed. Certainly a person on a bike is extremely vulnerable and there should be a scale for that.

As a bicyclist who has been spit on, had objects thrown at, had dogs and kids encouraged to hang out of vehicles and scare and harass bicyclists, I view car traffic as the enemy who can hurt me badly at any time. I am alert but not antagonistic. I obey the law because it's in my interest of survival. Everyone has a cell phone now so if someone in a car does something dangerous I will report them.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I went through a situation vaguely similar to this where I hit a kid on a bicycle, so I admit to being biased, but at what point is the kid responsible for riding his bike like a complete idiot?

I will never ever believe there was anything that I could have done differently to avoid the kid I hit, dumbass little fucker that he was.

And you know what? It was fucking traumatic for me and the kid didn't even die. If he had died and I had gotten sued for it, you're goddamned right I would have counter-sued.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Pfft.. you drive like old people fuck.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Pfft.. you drive like old people fuck.

Not according to the kid's father....who happened to be a personal injury lawyer.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Not according to the kid's father....who happened to be a personal injury lawyer.

Jesus. Lucky you, eh?

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Jesus. Lucky you, eh?

I know, right? The fact that I DIDN'T get sued is pretty damned exculpatory on its own, in my IMO.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

I know, right? The fact that I DIDN'T get sued is pretty damned exculpatory on its own, in my IMO.

A beard goes a long way. Just sayin.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

A beard goes a long way. Just sayin.

Unbearded college student at the time, so that wasn't it.

Unless he was wise enough to be a-feared of my future beard?

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Unbearded college student at the time, so that wasn't it.

Unless he was wise enough to be a-feared of my future beard?

I'd guess the later. Either that or he saw a guy with no professional prospects who couldn't even guard a woman in a game of pickup basketball. Not that I could. Just sayin.

 

[StolenFace]

Riding a bike in the middle of the night with no headlight or reflectors? Idiot.
I would sue the shit out of the family to pay for the damage to my car and my emotional distress.

Want to ride a bike on a public street? Follow the laws like the rest of us.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Riding a bike in the middle of the night with no headlight or reflectors? Idiot.
I would sue the [Mark May] out of the family to pay for the damage to my car and my emotional distress.

Want to ride a bike on a public street? Follow the laws like the rest of us.

You get extra points for the Ohio steal your face.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I'd guess the later. Either that or he saw a guy with no professional prospects who couldn't even guard a woman in a game of pickup basketball. Not that I could. Just sayin.

Yeah, that does seem more likely.

Maybe if we had double-teamed her? Hm.....there's got to be a better way to phrase that.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Yeah, that does seem more likely.

Maybe if we had double-teamed her? Hm.....there's got to be a better way to phrase that.

No. I think you phrased it the correct way. It's what I had in mind, anyway.

 

[muffler dragon]

Unbearded college student at the time, so that wasn't it.

Unless he was wise enough to be a-feared of my future beard?

Sounds like a helluva head job. :kudos:

 

[ScriptOhio]

Buffalo Bills Fan Sues Team For Excessive Text Message Program He Signed Up For

A couple years back, Bills fans signed up to receive text messages featuring news and offers from the team. The fine print said they'd receive no more than five a week. This guy Jerry Wojcik got six! And then, a few weeks later, seven! So he sued. And now the Bills have agreed to cough up more than $3 million to settle the damn thing.

n a settlement filed last week in federal court in Tampa, Fla., the Bills agreed to provide up to $2.5 million in debit cards to people who had signed up for the text service, along with $562,500 to Wojcik's lawyers and $5,000 in cash to Wojcik as class representative.

The estimated value of the debit cards that will be issued to class members who received more than five alerts in a given week is $2,487,745. The cards can be used at the Bills store at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park or online at the team's website. They can't be redeemed for cash.

The debit cards are worth $57.50, $65 or $75, depending on which class tier a fan is assigned to, and the Bills said in a legal filing that an estimated 39,750 phone numbers had been registered through the now-defunct text-messaging service.

Our original story on the lawsuit is below, wherein we called Wojcik "an incredible dickhead" (not a legal term). But he's $5,000 richer, so who's the dickhead now?

Entire article: http://deadspin.com/5959590/buffalo...-program-he-signed-up-for/1566150195/+barryap