My wife is a lobbyist for a natural gas company. One of the customers is a doctor with a million dollar home. He does not pay his heat bill. He will only pay it after it has been shut off.

The company has sent him several letters to which he has responded to something to the effect of "I am a DOCTOR. The service I provide to the community is so great I should not even be charged for heat. Stop bothering me with such sillyness. "

His letter of response made the company news letter to be used for the entertainment of the employees about what a tool their customer is. We have laws about shutting off customers to protect low income people during the winter, but this guy has been shut off several times.

Not all, but some doctors are a) totally greedy beyond belief, and b) have a messiah complex.

 

my logic is not flawed. i'm not saying who's right or wrong and who's at fault or not. all i'm saying is that we were neither eye witnesses to the accident and/or in attendance of the court hearing, so we cannot and should not jump to conclusions as to who is at fault, if any. instead, it is for the judge and jury to decide. as for the child, if her judgement and reactions are not keen enough to ensure her own safety while skating on the road, then maybe she should not be skating on the road, but instead skate on the sidewalk or in a public park. heck, if she cannot be trusted to be safe on her own, then maybe she should be supervised. after all, what if it was a car that startled her instead of a bicyclist, and she reacted wrongly and ended up getting hit by a car?? you're right in saying that a 3 year old cannot be expected to behave safely around firearms, and that is why it is the parents or guardians responsibility to make sure that the firearm are hidden, out of reach, and are outright inaccessible. if children's judgement are not equal to those of adults (like you suggested), then maybe parents should not allow their kids to skate, ride bikes, etc. on the road in the first place, where it is extremely dangerous. again, i'm not saying who's right or who's wrong here, because i don't know. all i'm saying is that we should not pass judgement when we don't know all the facts and details of the incident.

 

He's lucky that he didn't get sued himself. I hope they turn around and counter sue him.

 

Didn't see th picture S2020.

Vtec. Its pretty simple.

Frivolous.

In the end justice prevailed. he should spend more time being a Dr.

 

Okay, you're right in a sense.

But honestly...what kind of idiot falls off his bike because he's trying to pass an 11 year old on rollerblades, and suffers a collarbone injury because he was either too impatient to ride behind her or just plain retarded for screaming at her and startling her?