Re: TWL: Re: RE: Re: Safety at sea - What would you do if?
Charles C Culotta,Jr." wrote:
A lawyer can NOT file an action without a WILLING client.
Oh, come now, Charles. Lawyers go after clients and persuade them to file suits.
Even those who are reluctant to do so are generally swayed by the visions of
mucho large greenbacks. The legal system is a lottery. Jurys award huge
incomprehensible damages because they figure someday it might be their turn. And
get rid of liability laws? Fat chance. The entire system is designed,
manipulated, owned, and run for the sole benefit of lawyers. It has nothing to do
with justice, with "compensating injured parties" or any other altruistic
codswallop.
I have to stop before I hyperventilate.
Russ
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Russ and Donna Sherwin
MV "Four Seasons"
2000 Nordhavn 46, Hull #70
Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
By the way, has anyone who is actively cruising, and has no fixed address, tried
to get liability insurance? Pretty hard to find. But you don't dare cruise
without it.
Russ
Russ and Donna Sherwin
MV "Four Seasons"
2000 Nordhavn 46, Hull #70
Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
My argument is not about individual lawyers. The point that I was trying
to make is that the legal profession in this country is more than a bit
out
of hand.
Well said Charles, isn't the problem a question of fees? If they were flat
rate not based on the result wouldn't this discourage people / lawyers?
In Hong Kong legal fees are astronomical and have to be paid win or lose not
based on a % of the outcome. No one sue here unless you have a very good
case.
Rob Harrington-Johnson
Fat Cheoy
Cheoy Lee 42
Hong Kong
Well said Charles, isn't the problem a question of fees? If they were
flat rate not based on the result wouldn't this discourage people /
lawyers?<<<
On the other hand it would mean that only the wealthy could afford to take
legal action at all (unless they're backed by the state), as is basically
true in Australia. Unless one believes that ALL lawsuits are without merit,
that's hardly desirable either.
Regards, Robert Bryett
Sydney, Australia.
mailto:rbryett@ibm.net
What's all this business about lawyers got to do with trawlers? Enough
already!
Maurice Marwood
aepmem@bahamas.net.bs
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[mailto:owner-trawler-world-list@samurai.com] On Behalf Of Alan
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:19 PM
To: Charles C Culotta,Jr.
Cc: rbryett@ibm.net; trawler-world-list@samurai.com
Subject: Re: TWL: Shooting the messenger.
Clearly this thread has come unraveled, but I just gotta comment to
those who would say it is up to the population to change our culture in
order to control lawyers. In my home town of Mobile, Al, I am
bombarded constantly with ads on TV and in the paper asking if I have
mesothelioma, if I have been injured in a car wreck or off-shore, and
how much Morris Bart et al. can get me with no obligation etc, etc. Now
I have to think that there are a lot of folks out there who are either
desperate or ignorant, etc who are easy prey for this ilk. I don't see
them changing this culture. Whether this actually depicts the social
demographics of the plaintiffs or not, this argument is not a lot
different from saying that "BIG TOBACCO" needs to be cut down to size by
all of the parents whose teens are smoking, that "BIG OIL" should be
brought to heal by all of those SUV-driving mothers practicing a little
abstention, that Microsoft will knucke under if we just don't use
Windows, and I could go on and on. This issue, like most which offer
complication in our lives, is not black and white, is not of singular
responsibility, and perhaps most importantly, can't and probably should
not have its solution gestated here.
Not really fond of lawyersly yours,
Alan Yankie
Rob Harrington-Johnson wrote:
My argument is not about individual lawyers. The point that I was trying
to make is that the legal profession in this country is more than a bit
out
of hand.
Are you all sure that this is a proper thread for the Trawler World List?
Dolph McCranie
Bob & Debbie Huddleston Krogen 42
AB6NI KC6SKY "The Deborah C."
HuddlestonB_D@msn.com
By the way, has anyone who is actively cruising, and has no fixed address,
tried
to get liability insurance? Pretty hard to find. But you don't dare cruise
without it.
Russ
Russ and Donna Sherwin
MV "Four Seasons"
2000 Nordhavn 46, Hull #70
Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
Russ and Donna,
It is hard to find. First, we have a commercial mail service which gives us
an address. This does not sufffice. However, our car insurance company will
use the car as the basis for a general liability policy. I will keep that
car forever even if I store it in a farmer's field with the wheels off.
Cheers!
As long as you have some postal address you should have no problem in
arranging insurance, I have several clients cruising. Or you could use a
family memebers address.
Austin Gllbert
Colourmegone on Lake Ontario
www.boatins4U.com
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From: Bob & Debbie Huddleston huddlestonB_D@email.msn.com
To: Russ Sherwin Russ@technicalmarketing.com; trawlerworldlist
trawler-world-list@samurai.com
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 13:16
Subject: Re: TWL: Re: Shooting the messenger.
Bob & Debbie Huddleston Krogen 42
AB6NI KC6SKY "The Deborah C."
HuddlestonB_D@msn.com
By the way, has anyone who is actively cruising, and has no fixed
address,
tried
to get liability insurance? Pretty hard to find. But you don't dare
cruise
without it.
Russ
Russ and Donna Sherwin
MV "Four Seasons"
2000 Nordhavn 46, Hull #70
Sunnyvale, Ca 94086
Russ and Donna,
It is hard to find. First, we have a commercial mail service which gives
us
an address. This does not sufffice. However, our car insurance company
will
use the car as the basis for a general liability policy. I will keep that
car forever even if I store it in a farmer's field with the wheels off.
Cheers!