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Rubber net fence or padded wall

Mestengo wrote:Rubber net fence or padded wall

I could see a kid strangle themselves in a net fence.

Mestengo wrote: padded wall

Your living room?

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:Man thats crazy, suing should be a last resort to reach an equitable judgment, not a way to profiteer.

Only the lawyers profiteer on lawsuits. I'm okay with that.

and mediators. and jury consultants. and experts. well, "experts"

jtstang wrote:

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:Man thats crazy, suing should be a last resort to reach an equitable judgment, not a way to profiteer.

Only the lawyers profiteer on lawsuits. I'm okay with that.

Pretty sure McDonald's lady you spilled coffee over herself won her case, and then settled and got more than she deserved. Only one case out of thousands where the "plaintiff" profiteers, sure lawyers do too, but they have to do most of the work.

So much stupidity about the McDonald's Coffee case. Congratulations you've been completely hoodwinked by a massive media campaign bought and paid for by the tort reform lobby. I dare you to go back and actually read ther massive literature about this case availiable on the internet. Better yet look at the photographs taken of the lady and the admission made by McDonalds in evidence. Hate to break it to you but the people making big bucks off litigation are the lawyers representing corporate interests not the individual litigant.

Yes! Its SMU's fault that gravity sucks kids down hills.

Stallion wrote:So much stupidity about the McDonald's Coffee case. Congratulations you've been completely hoodwinked by a massive media campaign bought and paid for by the tort reform lobby. I dare you to go back and actually read ther massive literature about this case availiable on the internet. Better yet look at the photographs taken of the lady and the admission made by McDonalds in evidence. Hate to break it to you but the people making big bucks off litigation are the lawyers representing corporate interests not the individual litigant.

The person I work with has her as a client, as she has recently passed away. I can assure you shes quite well off. They all call her the celebrity client. Again I wouldnt have mentioned it, if I didnt know about or actually saw the bank acct. I couldnt agree more with you that lawyers make huge bucks, but they kinda have to with all the debt they incurred over law school. Only hot shot lawyers make anything, because typically the firm gets all the profits the lawyers make.

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:

Stallion wrote:So much stupidity about the McDonald's Coffee case. Congratulations you've been completely hoodwinked by a massive media campaign bought and paid for by the tort reform lobby. I dare you to go back and actually read ther massive literature about this case availiable on the internet. Better yet look at the photographs taken of the lady and the admission made by McDonalds in evidence. Hate to break it to you but the people making big bucks off litigation are the lawyers representing corporate interests not the individual litigant.

The person I work with has her as a client, as she has recently passed away. I can assure you shes quite well off. They all call her the celebrity client. Again I wouldnt have mentioned it, if I didnt know about or actually saw the bank acct. I couldnt agree more with you that lawyers make huge bucks, but they kinda have to with all the debt they incurred over law school. Only hot shot lawyers make anything, because typically the firm gets all the profits the lawyers make.

given that generally firms are partnerships of some kind, wouldn't a substantial portion of those profits go to the partners?

Junior wrote:

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:

Stallion wrote:So much stupidity about the McDonald's Coffee case. Congratulations you've been completely hoodwinked by a massive media campaign bought and paid for by the tort reform lobby. I dare you to go back and actually read ther massive literature about this case availiable on the internet. Better yet look at the photographs taken of the lady and the admission made by McDonalds in evidence. Hate to break it to you but the people making big bucks off litigation are the lawyers representing corporate interests not the individual litigant.

The person I work with has her as a client, as she has recently passed away. I can assure you shes quite well off. They all call her the celebrity client. Again I wouldnt have mentioned it, if I didnt know about or actually saw the bank acct. I couldnt agree more with you that lawyers make huge bucks, but they kinda have to with all the debt they incurred over law school. Only hot shot lawyers make anything, because typically the firm gets all the profits the lawyers make.

given that generally firms are partnerships of some kind, wouldn't a substantial portion of those profits go to the partners?

I imagine it would, since they are the firm. The lawyer gets either paid by their billable hours, a certain percentage (like commish) goes back to them for winning the case, etc. Im not expert in the structure of a particular law firm.It all varies for each partnership like for accounting there are billable hours but you get paid a fixed wage. For some consulting companies they are the same, or there is a degree of commission for bring in business and etc. I figure there are few in this message board that know the structure pretty well.

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:

Junior wrote:

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:
The person I work with has her as a client, as she has recently passed away. I can assure you shes quite well off. They all call her the celebrity client. Again I wouldnt have mentioned it, if I didnt know about or actually saw the bank acct. I couldnt agree more with you that lawyers make huge bucks, but they kinda have to with all the debt they incurred over law school. Only hot shot lawyers make anything, because typically the firm gets all the profits the lawyers make.

given that generally firms are partnerships of some kind, wouldn't a substantial portion of those profits go to the partners?

I imagine it would, since they are the firm. The lawyer gets either paid by their billable hours, a certain percentage (like commish) goes back to them for winning the case, etc. Im not expert in the structure of a particular law firm.It all varies for each partnership like for accounting there are billable hours but you get paid a fixed wage. For some consulting companies they are the same, or there is a degree of commission for bring in business and etc. I figure there are few in this message board that know the structure pretty well.

i'm assuming it's not all that different from an accounting firm partnership. in which case the partners are overpaid handsomely, pretty much across the board.

i'll consider my work done here.

Good point about the padding and I hope they preserve letting people sit or kids slide because it is part of the charm. As for lawsuits, I would be more worried about all the alcohol on the blvd and consequences but I don't know how to control it or even want to control it more. It just keeps growing bigger and better.

How about a new concession stand in Ford near the south end....bicycle helmet and neck brace rentals. Or, a child size body harness with bungee cord attached to a bollard at the top of the hill, that are short enough so kids can't reach the retaining wall at the bottom of the hill. Man is this a slow day.