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and i do not care how i did. they are just done.
but, here is a good laugh for you. actually, it almost made me lose myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA&eurl=
that jt... he sure has a great sense of humor.
any guess as to what the last final is?
tales of an urban gal adjusting to life with a JD and a law license. just a few of the crazy things that float through this fabulous redheaded head.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
three down, one to go.
and i do not care how i did. they are just done.
but, here is a good laugh for you. actually, it almost made me lose myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA&eurl=
that jt... he sure has a great sense of humor.
any guess as to what the last final is?
Friday, December 15, 2006
some legal cinematic entertainment for you in my absence that can only be described as torts hell.
from a civil action...
It's like this. A dead plaintiff is rarely worth more than a living severely-maimed plaintiff. However, if it's a long slow agonizing death as opposed to a quick drowning or car wreck, the value can rise considerably. A dead adult in his 20s is generally worth less than one who is middle aged. A dead woman less than a dead man. A single adult less than one who's married. Black less than white. Poor less than rich. The perfect victim is a white male professional, 40 years old, at the height of his earning power, struck down at his prime. And the most imperfect, well in the calculus of personal injury law, a dead child is worth the least of all.
and...
The odds of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So why does anyone do it? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2 percent ever reach a verdict. The whole idea of lawsuits is to settle, to compel the other side to settle. And you do that by spending more money than you should, which forces them to spend more money than they should, and whoever comes to their senses first loses. Trials are a corruption of the entire process and only fools who have something to prove end up ensnared in them. Now when I say prove, I don't mean about the case, I mean about themselves.
It's like this. A dead plaintiff is rarely worth more than a living severely-maimed plaintiff. However, if it's a long slow agonizing death as opposed to a quick drowning or car wreck, the value can rise considerably. A dead adult in his 20s is generally worth less than one who is middle aged. A dead woman less than a dead man. A single adult less than one who's married. Black less than white. Poor less than rich. The perfect victim is a white male professional, 40 years old, at the height of his earning power, struck down at his prime. And the most imperfect, well in the calculus of personal injury law, a dead child is worth the least of all.
and...
The odds of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So why does anyone do it? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2 percent ever reach a verdict. The whole idea of lawsuits is to settle, to compel the other side to settle. And you do that by spending more money than you should, which forces them to spend more money than they should, and whoever comes to their senses first loses. Trials are a corruption of the entire process and only fools who have something to prove end up ensnared in them. Now when I say prove, I don't mean about the case, I mean about themselves.
Monday, December 11, 2006
exam update.
one down; three to go.
following my professor's advice, i am not discussing it and i am at home watching cartoons, at least for a little bit of time.
following my professor's advice, i am not discussing it and i am at home watching cartoons, at least for a little bit of time.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
msu in the news.
undergrad protestors made msu look, well, not so good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwi3JxcXfWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwi3JxcXfWo
Saturday, December 02, 2006
ugh. of course.
finals approaching and i have been infested by the cold from hell.
colds suck.
at least i am doing slightly better than my section-mate with mono.
colds suck.
at least i am doing slightly better than my section-mate with mono.
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