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ShamMol said:I didn't know what vauge provided, which means that this was not a bogus law suit. There are some law suits that are frivolous and at that point they can be AWARDED, key word, AWARDED, key worded there, legal fees. That is because you can't just declare that all types of lawsuits are frivolous, thus a judge or jury has to determine that awarding them is justified.
As I said, there was a small amount of merit to keep it in the courts. Seriously, did you read waht vauge posted-that validates what was filed in the briefs with the court that it at least had some merit. the jury didn't find in favor and didn't award lawyers fees and the system works.Calm2Chaos said:So a flight attendant saying "enny menny minny moe" is not a frivolous lawsuit?
Jonathan Hope said:Companies should to take into account what is OK to be said to a diverse population. However, in today's day and age, it is difficult to say anything without steping on some peoples toes. :doh Maybe we should work towards educating the public on what people find offensive whether it be sexual preference, racial, or religious.:twocents:
ShamMol said:As I said, there was a small amount of merit to keep it in the courts. Seriously, did you read waht vauge posted-that validates what was filed in the briefs with the court that it at least had some merit. the jury didn't find in favor and didn't award lawyers fees and the system works.
ShamMol said:You would be surprised at what people take offense at in this world. It could easily be that it was used way back when by slave owners, or by some white supremicist in a speech or in a childhood memory, etc.
ShamMol said:What we take offense at and what others do is completley different and we must always be careful not to say something that is offensive to someone, because guess what that results in, yup, a lawsuit filed by people like my boss.
ShamMol said:Vandree, if the jury did not award damages to the defense in way of lawyers fees, then there really isn't anything they can do. There must have been enough evidence for it to go to trial though...actually, that would be interesting to look into, where did you get that info, I would like to take a peek.
Alright, I have explained the process to you, explained how it works in the real world and explained that this case likely had enough merit not to award fees due to the fact it went to trial, and you still don't listen, so I am done. Keep ranting. I was calm, logical, and explained the process, but you didn't listen...in your own words, screw em.Calm2Chaos said:So that means you should sue because someone says something that is totaly unrelated to something that you personally never experienced in the forst place? I don't know about your memories and I don't care about your memories. And there is no way you should be able to sue because something I said in gest triggered a bad memory. They should be forced to pay all SW legal fee's and and other costs inccurred in dealing with this frivoluos, meritless, moneygrab of a lawsuit
It is your problem because you will be sued. Welcome to America, welcome to capitalism, welcome to the modern world. You seem to be living back..you know what, never mind, you aren't worth my time expalining it, becauase I have done that and I am done.Screw em. You have tried and succesfully made this into a PC world. Tough shi t get over it. If a person is incapable of hearing something because they might find it offensive then their whole life is ruined. You need to be put to sleep to make everyone else's life better. I will not worry about everyword that comes out of my mouth. If you find it offensive tough sh it. If I mean to be offensive thats one thing. But if you find pain in something minor thats your problem not mine.
They have jobs from what the papers said. A law clerk would not be filing the papers, that would be the job of a lowly person, not someone who is assigned to work with a judge writing opinions. :2wave:Frivolus lawsuit right from the begining. I think the lawclerk that filed the papers should have the ability to place them in the shredder. Tell them thet they refuse to process this whiney ass money grab. And that if you want money get a job and stop trying to rip people off and waste there time with these BS lawsuits
ShamMol said:Alright, I have explained the process to you, explained how it works in the real world and explained that this case likely had enough merit not to award fees due to the fact it went to trial, and you still don't listen, so I am done. Keep ranting. I was calm, logical, and explained the process, but you didn't listen...in your own words, screw em.
It is your problem because you will be sued. Welcome to America, welcome to capitalism, welcome to the modern world. You seem to be living back..you know what, never mind, you aren't worth my time expalining it, becauase I have done that and I am done.
They have jobs from what the papers said. A law clerk would not be filing the papers, that would be the job of a lowly person, not someone who is assigned to work with a judge writing opinions. :2wave:
Just going to pick out three things here. One-if it has any merit-they are not going to get their money back, so you are wrong. Stop making that claim because you really don't know what you are talking about, you are just assuming. Yes, law clerks are quite high up and the bread and butter imo of the legal system...some judges don't even write their own opinions anymore which is sad. And three....welcome to america to borrow your catchphrase where you will be sued for racist comments. This was theoretically, I didn't say definetly, I said theoretically, a racist comment. Why? Because way back when a mo was a black person. That could have seriously offended a black person who knew what it meant. I actually just read an interview with milton bradley, baseball player for the dodgers-my favorite one, and he said that he valued race over his job and over the game itself. That is how important it is to some people and until you understand that, you won't understand how deeply it can hurt them.Calm2Chaos said:Just because it goes through the process you figiure it has merit? Opinions differ mine is it was a BS moneygrab of a lawsuit. And you are of the mind that it was a true lawsuit. That a rhymn<sp> hurt someones feelings so bad that they thought you owed them money for it. Because it goes through the process does not make it have merit. It makes it a waste of time. And if you can't understand that i am not going to explain it again.
I am probably one of the least PC people out there. I am sorry your wrong and hopefully thats not your real criteria for merit.
Well maybe the lowly person could do it then.... Didn't know a law clerk was so high on the law totem pole. But whomever it is should have laughed at them and filed underc "C" for Crap Lawsuit
ShamMol said:Just going to pick out three things here. One-if it has any merit-they are not going to get their money back, so you are wrong. Stop making that claim because you really don't know what you are talking about, you are just assuming. Yes, law clerks are quite high up and the bread and butter imo of the legal system...some judges don't even write their own opinions anymore which is sad. And three....welcome to america to borrow your catchphrase where you will be sued for racist comments. This was theoretically, I didn't say definetly, I said theoretically, a racist comment. Why? Because way back when a mo was a black person. That could have seriously offended a black person who knew what it meant. I actually just read an interview with milton bradley, baseball player for the dodgers-my favorite one, and he said that he valued race over his job and over the game itself. That is how important it is to some people and until you understand that, you won't understand how deeply it can hurt them.
But the rant is done and it is time for you to now tell me that I am insane and too PC for America and what is wrong with america and all that mumbo jumbo.
dodgers.mlb.com said:"Me being an African-American is the most important thing to me, even more important than baseball. There's always race. White people never want to see race in anything. But there's race involved in baseball. That's why there's less than 9 percent African-American representation in the game. I'm one of the few African-Americans that starts here."
Dodgers.com
ShamMol said:There weren't any slaves in this country or any other?! O...M...G. You poor soul, read up on your history. It is your right to go around saying that stuff, but when you represent a company, it is their right to go ahead and sue for emotional damages. In your opinion it had no merit, in my opinion it had some, in their opinion it had all the merit in the word. Everything is how you look at it.
But I will restate my assertion earlier that we were not in the courtroom and we didn't see the evidence presented so we really don't know what happened on that airplane in its totality. Do we? No we don't.
What do you think of Milton Bradley, I would be interested to know waht you think...it is interesting to me at the very least...and I will even post part of the article here.
To these people those words held a lot of power.vandree said:Words have only the power you give them. If they are not accompanied by actions that make someone feel discriminated against, what is the big deal? They are just words.
ShamMol said:You keep saying it was a single word but we don't know the proceedings and what came out as evidence. There might havve been other things on the flight, we just don't know. That is the point I tried to get across to you on several occassions and so far it hasn't stuck.
I will read more carefully next time the words.
You think, I think, She thinks-It all matters what the jury thinks and the jury thought that the case didn't have enough merit to be decided for the plaintiffs. It had enough to go to trial because it survived pretrial. The jury, not you, decides what happens, so deal with it. If they don't award jury and legal fees, then tough, get over it.
I actually tenatively agree with you, but I was looking to your reaction about what he felt about race. How felt it was more important than baseball. See, this is one thing that I feel that many white people don't understand about minorities-that race is supremely important in almost everything. It isn't to us, but to them it is. That is what I was looking to see if you disagreed with...but I guess you will.
I agree we shouldn't theoretically have to talk differently with anyone, but I also think there are certain words taht should never be said in polite society for fear of upsetting someone...whether it be b****r or n****r or something like that. I don't think it is right to say those and thus we never should. Jeff apparently did-he shouldn't have.
Fair enough and we will leave it at that. I think we have both made our points made and we both know where each other stand quite clearly.Calm2Chaos said:Your right I don't know. But I can only make points on the facts I do know. And from what I know about these, those are my feelings. A lot of things could have happened that they kept secret for some reason. But since they have not made those facts public I will base my decision on what I know. I know the word "mo" pissed em off and they sued for money. In my opinion it was a grab for money with the information I have. Now if new information comes to light I will be happy to reaccess my opinion on the new facts.
I agree. But the question is how to eliminate those words completely from society, and that is where it becomes complicated. Because African Americans expect to be able to use the n word while limiting the use of the word amond white americans...to me that just isn't logical or feasible.I agree some words shouldn't be used in public in certain situations. But I think also that if you want to eliminate a word from the general public you should first eliminate it from your vocabulary. Lead by example, society is not a do as I say not as I do type hiearchy.
""Grace Fuller claims that she suffered two epileptic seizures because a flight attendant used the phrase "Eenie, meenie, minie, mo, pick a seat, we gotta go" to passengers boarding an open-seating flight late; Fuller and her travelling companion, both African-Americans, ascribed racist meaning to the phrase, and sued under a variety of federal and state claims. Some claims were thrown out, and a jury did what a judge should've done sooner, and bounced the rest. (Feb. 9, 2004; Jan. 22, 2004 and links therein).
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court judgment for defendants. After a full trial, and briefing for an appeal, the cost to Southwest Airlines of "Eenie Meenie Minie Moe" was surely in the six digits. But, though the law in questions permit plaintiffs to recover attorneys' fees if they are successful (surely the only reason an attorney agreed to bring this suit), defendant Southwest Airlines is going to have to swallow the cost of this ridiculous suit. The opinion creates no precedent, so if Sawyer wants to sue someone else for using a nursery rhyme, she can do so in the future. (Sawyer v. Southwest Airlines Co., No. 04-3109 (10th Cir. Aug. 10, 2005) (hat tip to P.N.)).
IT had some merit otherwise it would have been thrown out in the beginning....
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