Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post

nj2nh · 03-04-2008, 09:15 AM

I am a lawyer when I am not taking care of children, working for the Bd of Ed, singing in my chorus or collecting the rent for the office building I sometimes manage.

I am sick and tired of people suing for every little thing. People have abdicated personal responsibility for just about everything. I place the blame on the lawyers and the courts without a shadow of a doubt. (Talk about placing blame!)

Case in point - the woman who sued Starbucks because her daughter got burned by their hot chocolate. The mom handed the cup to her toddler in her carseat. It had the usual top on it. The kid dumped it on him/herself. The mom said nothing to the people in Starbucks about it being for a toddler. The mom sues anyway, blaming Starbucks for serving hot Hot Chocolate. Ridiculous.

Ditto the woman who sued McD's for making coffee hot. This is why coffee cups now warn that the contents may be hot.

What's next?

All I know is that people have been using bubblers for eons. I know that people who drive the snowmobiles get hurt. You can't blame the bubblers. They are a necessary evil for dock owners. My parents have one on their dock. There are the usual signs. They are small but visible. Fortunately, our house is on Peggy's Cove in Alton Bay and doesn't get all that much snowmobile traffic.

I feel great sympathy for the poor driver who lost his life and for his family. No one expects to go out for a fun afternoon or hour and end up never returning. I can think of nothing more awful. It is simply everyone's worst nightmare. I worry every day just sending my children off to school - and I drive them!

But in this case it may simply be no one else's fault. In most cases, things just happen without rhyme or reason or fault. It just happens for good or for ill. This time it was for ill and tragically so. I think people often sue not because they wish to assess blame, but because they need an explanation and if finding someone at whom they can point a finger gives them some relief from their grief then they will sue.

It is the lawyers and the courts who should step back and simply say no.

nj2nh

03-04-2008, 09:15 AM	#25
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 533 Thanks: 81 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	I am a lawyer when I am not taking care of children, working for the Bd of Ed, singing in my chorus or collecting the rent for the office building I sometimes manage. I am sick and tired of people suing for every little thing. People have abdicated personal responsibility for just about everything. I place the blame on the lawyers and the courts without a shadow of a doubt. (Talk about placing blame!) Case in point - the woman who sued Starbucks because her daughter got burned by their hot chocolate. The mom handed the cup to her toddler in her carseat. It had the usual top on it. The kid dumped it on him/herself. The mom said nothing to the people in Starbucks about it being for a toddler. The mom sues anyway, blaming Starbucks for serving hot Hot Chocolate. Ridiculous. Ditto the woman who sued McD's for making coffee hot. This is why coffee cups now warn that the contents may be hot. What's next? All I know is that people have been using bubblers for eons. I know that people who drive the snowmobiles get hurt. You can't blame the bubblers. They are a necessary evil for dock owners. My parents have one on their dock. There are the usual signs. They are small but visible. Fortunately, our house is on Peggy's Cove in Alton Bay and doesn't get all that much snowmobile traffic. I feel great sympathy for the poor driver who lost his life and for his family. No one expects to go out for a fun afternoon or hour and end up never returning. I can think of nothing more awful. It is simply everyone's worst nightmare. I worry every day just sending my children off to school - and I drive them! But in this case it may simply be no one else's fault. In most cases, things just happen without rhyme or reason or fault. It just happens for good or for ill. This time it was for ill and tragically so. I think people often sue not because they wish to assess blame, but because they need an explanation and if finding someone at whom they can point a finger gives them some relief from their grief then they will sue. It is the lawyers and the courts who should step back and simply say no. nj2nh __________________