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HercDriver130 04-16-2008 04:23 AM

what a BS lawsuit. Some scum sucking lawyer trying to make a buck of course I am sure the liberal democratic trial lawyers association is all over this stuff.

stinsonjr 04-16-2008 04:39 AM

All lawyers aren't scum. APC has Vagabond, and she is not scum. Perhaps the statement should read, "All lawyers except Vagabond are scum" - that I could agree with whole-heartedly.

Class action lawsuits are a scam. The biggest class action firm, Millberg Weiss, imploded because most of the senior partners have plead guilty to paying plaintiffs extra to initiate lawsuits - basically bribing people to join the class. These partners will be doing time. Another major class action attorney, Dickie Scruggs in Mississippi, is going to be doing hard time for his involvement in trying to bribe a judge to help him screw over another attorney.

Class action suits only benefit the attorneys - the actual "victims" get little to nothing. They should be outlawed, or at least highly regulated.

HercDriver130 04-16-2008 06:54 AM

LOL...okay we can give vagabond a pass.... as for Scruggs interestingly enough I have met Mr. Scruggs.... and he is the consummate scum sucking lawyer albeit a very good one.... Also being very familiar with the case.... money says he does 18 months or less in a federal white color institution ...no HARD time for some one of his ilk.

ewrbasedpilot 04-16-2008 07:03 AM


Originally Posted by HercDriver130 (Post 365440)
....... federal white color institution ..........

Is that a white COLLAR institution????:D

fr8av8r_66 04-16-2008 07:28 AM


Originally Posted by ewrbasedpilot (Post 365449)
Is that a white COLLAR institution????:D

Michael Bolton: We get caught laundering money, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE @$$ prison. :eek:
Samir: I don't want to go to ANY prison! :(

stinsonjr 04-16-2008 07:54 AM


Originally Posted by HercDriver130 (Post 365440)
LOL...okay we can give vagabond a pass.... as for Scruggs interestingly enough I have met Mr. Scruggs.... and he is the consummate scum sucking lawyer albeit a very good one.... Also being very familiar with the case.... money says he does 18 months or less in a federal white color institution ...no HARD time for some one of his ilk.

I am amazed that the government will step in to all manners of things, but they have yet to hold congressional hearings (to my knowledge) about Class Action suits.

How much money have these things drained out of the economy? Would be interested in hearing from Vagabond as to whether Class Action suits have ever served a legitimate purpose, or if they have always been primarily for the benefit of attorneys.

HercDriver130 04-16-2008 08:16 AM

yes...collar..... :)

carl p 04-16-2008 10:00 AM


Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 365033)
I would imagine that if a person bought a ticket with a credit card (most of people probably do), they could electronically figure out the day of flight and which tails were flown using the maintenance logs. Of course, as it already has been said, SWA might not have to prove anything -- they'll probably settle this out of court.

New question. Isn't the PIC responsible if he/she flies an airplane that isn't air worthy? I only bring this up because of sutuations that I know of at other carriers. On one such instance, an airplane was missing a required fire bottle and the FAA went after all of the pilots that had flown the aircraft.

Just curious if the pilots could not possibly be wrapped up into this. This is going to spell trouble for ALL airlines, not just SWA.

-Fatty


MX releases the aircraft to operations. So if the Airworthiness Releases were signed by MX (which they were) it's on MX.

kalyx522 04-16-2008 06:01 PM

so let me get this straight.. in essence these people are suing because they MAY have gotten hurt, and so they should be compensated irregardless of the FACT that they did NOT get hurt in any way????????!!!!!!!!
:eek::confused:

navigatro 04-16-2008 06:04 PM

I know someone who has severe peanut allergies. Therefore, I am going to file a class action lawsuit against ALL airlines, because the thought of what could possibly happen if he eats a peanut on a plane, has caused me great emotional distress.


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