Idle Ramblings from a less than Idle mind

[michael78651]

Well, it's like I said before. Gun dealers have to file reports with the police whenever someone buys a gun or ammunition. The police need to do a better job of investigating when someone makes multiple/large purchases in a short amount of time.

[larsdog]

Well, it's like I said before. Gun dealers have to file reports with the police whenever someone buys a gun or ammunition. The police need to do a better job of investigating when someone makes multiple/large purchases in a short amount of time.

I don't think that would do any good. If someone like the Aurora killer plans in advance, he can avoid those thresholds. If someone wants to do something spur of the moment, the report to the police from the gun dealer will come in AFTER the reports of the shooting. We need to limit clip size and control WHO can sell firearms. I can buy a rifle from a gun dealer and set up a table at a gun show and sell it to anybody. I couldn't even do that with a case of beer. It's ridiculous. I'm pro-gun, but there needs to be some responsibility and the system we have now is totally ineffective (thanks NRA).

[RazzmatazzComics]

Too soon for a money grab, don't ya think?..........

Colorado Theater Shooting Victim Sues Warner Brothers For Making Violent Films

Torrence Brown, Jr., who was in the theater but was not shot, is suing Warner Brothers for making the violent film. Brown was so offended by the violence in the film that he attended the first showing at midnight last Thursday.

TMZ reported:

One of the victims in the James Holmes mass murder spree has lawyered up and plans to file a lawsuit … because he feels the theater dropped the ball in a very fatal way.

Torrence Brown, Jr. was in Century 16 Theater when Holmes let loose. One of Brown’s best friends, A.J. Boik, was shot in the chest and died. Brown, who was not physically injured, claims to now suffer from extreme trauma.

Brown has hired attorney Donald Karpel to rep him. Karpel tells TMZ … he is targeting 3 defendants.

1. The theater. Karpel claims it was negligent for the theater to have an emergency door in the front that was not alarmed or guarded. It’s widely believed Holmes entered the theater with a ticket, propped the emergency door open from inside, went to his car and returned with guns.

2. Holmes’ doctors. Karpel says it appears Holmes was on several medications — prescribed by one or more doctors — at the time of the shooting and he believes the docs did not properly monitor Holmes.

3. Warner Bros. Karpel says “Dark Knight Rises” was particularly violent and Holmes mimicked some of the action. The attorney says theater goers were helpless because they thought the shooter was part of the movie. Karpel tells TMZ, “Somebody has to be responsible for the rampant violence that is shown today.”

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Somebody with deep pockets?

[michael78651]

I'm surprised it has taken this long. Scumball attorneys can't wait to get their millions from this tragedy.

[youpiao]

3. Warner Bros. Karpel says “Dark Knight Rises” was particularly violent and Holmes mimicked some of the action.[/b]

Uh, wasn't this midnight showing the 1st screening of the movie? How did Holmes mimic something not shown previously? And if Brown is so disgusted by the level of violence shown, why is he there to watch it?

Man, if only I was king of the world . . .



Tedski

[youpiao]

You know, I hold more respect for the public defender that will be assigned to Holmes than I do for this Krappel crap bag. Our constitution guarantees Holmes due process with competent legal representation; it doesn't confer any rights to file nuisance lawsuits for the sole purpose of financing your retirement.

Tedski

[RazzmatazzComics]

You know, I hold more respect for the public defender that will be assigned to Holmes than I do for this Krappel crap bag. Our constitution guarantees Holmes due process with competent legal representation; it doesn't confer any rights to file nuisance lawsuits for the sole purpose of financing your retirement.

Tedski

We're going to find out a lot of crap over the coming months. Like the real truth that the killer doesn't even know Batman. According to the savage killer, he dyed his hair red to be like the Joker. Everyone knows the Joker has green hair, not red. Maybe he mistook Ronald McDonald for the Joker?

Ted, You're right about the killer not being able to imitate a movie that no one had even seen yet. Also...... He planned this months before it was even released!!! It's obvious he was just looking for a huge stage to get the most attention from his evil act.

This movie is rated PG13 !!! Does that mean everyone who ever saw an R rated movie deserves a reward also?

[richd4549]

I made coffee this morning and spilled it on my lap when I went to sit at my computer. I am now contacting my lawyer to sue Mr. Coffee for making hot coffee. Not!!! What a world we live in when people can sue for their own stupidity. No wonder our health care is such shambles. I think I will now sue my doctor because he prescribed on of the medications you see the lawyer ads on TV. You know the ones that go "If you or a loved one ever drank a glass of water and drowned Call 1 800 I Sue Now.

[youpiao]

I made coffee this morning and spilled it on my lap when I went to sit at my computer. I am now contacting my lawyer to sue Mr. Coffee for making hot coffee.

There's case precedence to support you; remember the old lady who won the suit against MacDonald's for giving her hot coffee, when she ordered hot coffee?



Tedski

[RazzmatazzComics]

I made coffee this morning and spilled it on my lap when I went to sit at my computer. I am now contacting my lawyer to sue Mr. Coffee for making hot coffee.

There's case precedence to support you; remember the old lady who won the suit against MacDonald's for giving her hot coffee, when she ordered hot coffee?



Tedski

I felt the same way you and everyone else did about that initally. Then I found out the temperature setting was way off on the machine. I can't remember how high the degrees were, but it was a lot. Then I saw the actual pictures of this woman's lap. Man, it was gruesome..... Surgery, massive deep scarring, skin grafts over such a large area, etc. No normal cup of coffee could do that much damage. Just sayin'.

[noernberg]

I made coffee this morning and spilled it on my lap when I went to sit at my computer. I am now contacting my lawyer to sue Mr. Coffee for making hot coffee.

There's case precedence to support you; remember the old lady who won the suit against MacDonald's for giving her hot coffee, when she ordered hot coffee?



Tedski

Often referenced... seldom acknowledged in context. Thought you might like to know.

There is a lot of hype about the McDonalds' scalding coffee case. No one is in favor of frivolous cases of outlandish results; however, it is important to understand some points that were not reported in most of the stories about the case. McDonalds coffee was not only hot, it was scalding -- capable of almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh and muscle. Here's the whole story.

Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was in the passenger seat of her grandson's car when she was severely burned by McDonalds' coffee in February 1992. Liebeck, 79 at the time, ordered coffee that was served in a styrofoam cup at the drivethrough window of a local McDonalds.

After receiving the order, the grandson pulled his car forward and stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. (Critics of civil justice, who have pounced on this case, often charge that Liebeck was driving the car or that the vehicle was in motion when she spilled the coffee; neither is true.) Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled into her lap.

The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds refused.

During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700 claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This history documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of this hazard.

McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is generally 135 to 140 degrees.

Further, McDonalds' quality assurance manager testified that the company actively enforces a requirement that coffee be held in the pot at 185 degrees, plus or minus five degrees. He also testified that a burn hazard exists with any food substance served at 140 degrees or above, and that McDonalds coffee, at the temperature at which it was poured into styrofoam cups, was not fit for consumption because it would burn the mouth and throat. The quality assurance manager admitted that burns would occur, but testified that McDonalds had no intention of reducing the "holding temperature" of its coffee.

Plaintiffs' expert, a scholar in thermodynamics applied to human skin burns, testified that liquids, at 180 degrees, will cause a full thickness burn to human skin in two to seven seconds. Other testimony showed that as the temperature decreases toward 155 degrees, the extent of the burn relative to that temperature decreases exponentially. Thus, if Liebeck's spill had involved coffee at 155 degrees, the liquid would have cooled and given her time to avoid a serious burn.

McDonalds asserted that customers buy coffee on their way to work or home, intending to consume it there. However, the companys own research showed that customers intend to consume the coffee immediately while driving.

McDonalds also argued that consumers know coffee is hot and that its customers want it that way. The company admitted its customers were unaware that they could suffer thirddegree burns from the coffee and that a statement on the side of the cup was not a "warning" but a "reminder" since the location of the writing would not warn customers of the hazard.

The jury awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages. This amount was reduced to $160,000 because the jury found Liebeck 20 percent at fault in the spill. The jury also awarded Liebeck $2.7 million in punitive damages, which equals about two days of McDonalds' coffee sales.

Post-verdict investigation found that the temperature of coffee at the local Albuquerque McDonalds had dropped to 158 degrees fahrenheit.

The trial court subsequently reduced the punitive award to $480,000 -- or three times compensatory damages -- even though the judge called McDonalds' conduct reckless, callous and willful.

No one will ever know the final ending to this case.

The parties eventually entered into a secret settlement which has never been revealed to the public, despite the fact that this was a public case, litigated in public and subjected to extensive media reporting. Such secret settlements, after public trials, should not be condoned.
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excerpted from ATLA fact sheet. © 1995, 1996 by Consumer Attorneys of California

[RazzmatazzComics]

WARNING!! The following picture links of Stella are graphic and gruesome.

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[Deano]

You know, I hold more respect for the public defender that will be assigned to Holmes than I do for this Krappel crap bag. Our constitution guarantees Holmes due process with competent legal representation; it doesn't confer any rights to file nuisance lawsuits for the sole purpose of financing your retirement.

Tedski

We're going to find out a lot of crap over the coming months. Like the real truth that the killer doesn't even know Batman. According to the savage killer, he dyed his hair red to be like the Joker. Everyone knows the Joker has green hair, not red. Maybe he mistook Ronald McDonald for the Joker?

Ted, You're right about the killer not being able to imitate a movie that no one had even seen yet. Also...... He planned this months before it was even released!!! It's obvious he was just looking for a huge stage to get the most attention from his evil act.

This movie is rated PG13 !!! Does that mean everyone who ever saw an R rated movie deserves a reward also?

And more tax dollars are spent on senseless crap. When do we find a devine resolution ? Understanding my comment should direct society and the voters for a better means of resolution to such matters. In my opinion this will not happen only due to the system in place now for the law-makers and those that want to make a buck....................................

[RazzmatazzComics]

Police put prominent packer in punishing predicament for public protection!

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