Comments for LRANY http://www.nylawsuitreform.org Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Cybex Reaches $19.5m Settlement in Product Liability Case by Phoebe Stonbely http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/02/cybex-reaches-19-5m-settlement-in-product-liability-case-tort-reform-lrany/#comment-2228 Phoebe Stonbely Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:48:55 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=2003#comment-2228 VMS, Thank you for your comment. We got the $19.5m settlement figure from Market Watch (http://bit.ly/ynpPSW) and net of insurance. Perhaps your figure does not include medical payments? VMS, Thank you for your comment. We got the $19.5m settlement figure from Market Watch (http://bit.ly/ynpPSW) and net of insurance. Perhaps your figure does not include medical payments?

]]> Comment on Cybex Reaches $19.5m Settlement in Product Liability Case by VMS http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/02/cybex-reaches-19-5m-settlement-in-product-liability-case-tort-reform-lrany/#comment-2226 VMS Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:40:18 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=2003#comment-2226 Something is wrong with your reporting. The Appellate Division reduced the award to $12,000,000 ["We therefore modify the judgment accordingly, and we grant a new trial on damages for past and future pain and suffering only unless plaintiff, within 20 days of service of a copy of the order of this Court with notice of entry, stipulates to reduce the award of damages for past pain and suffering to $3 million and for future pain and suffering to $9 million, in which event the judgment is modified accordingly."] Something is wrong with your reporting. The Appellate Division reduced the award to $12,000,000 ["We therefore modify the judgment accordingly, and we grant a new trial on damages for past and future pain and suffering only unless plaintiff, within 20 days of service of a copy of the order of this Court with notice of entry, stipulates to reduce the award of damages for past pain and suffering to $3 million and for future pain and suffering to $9 million, in which event the judgment is modified accordingly."]

]]> Comment on Cybex Reaches $19.5m Settlement in Product Liability Case by Great moments in foreseeable misuse http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/02/cybex-reaches-19-5m-settlement-in-product-liability-case-tort-reform-lrany/#comment-2223 Great moments in foreseeable misuse Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:42 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=2003#comment-2223 [...] million and a New York appellate court upheld the verdict, while reducing the sum to $44 million. [Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York; Lintoid/Seeking Alpha and more; Sporting Goods Manufacturers [...] [...] million and a New York appellate court upheld the verdict, while reducing the sum to $44 million. [Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York; Lintoid/Seeking Alpha and more; Sporting Goods Manufacturers [...]

]]> Comment on Scorned Mother Sues City For $900 Trillion by Alison Bush http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/02/scorned-mother-sues-city-for-900-trillion-tort-reform-lrany/#comment-2219 Alison Bush Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:40:19 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1948#comment-2219 Clearly Anonymous has never had a relative who is seriously mentally ill, or they are seriously mentally ill themselves!! A parent who thinks the FBI are out to get her children and who contacts her doctor because she believes her children are darker because of radiation has serious problems!!! Her children should be in in foster care and as children need protection from her! As a mother who raised her daughters on her own, I would be the first to protect children's rights. But seriously if children are being raised by a mother who is that mentally ill, we need to step in! If she loved her children she would be seaking the help she needs. New york tax payers should not be footing the bill for such crazyness!!! Clearly Anonymous has never had a relative who is seriously mentally ill, or they are seriously mentally ill themselves!! A parent who thinks the FBI are out to get her children and who contacts her doctor because she believes her children are darker because of radiation has serious problems!!! Her children should be in in foster care and as children need protection from her! As a mother who raised her daughters on her own, I would be the first to protect children’s rights. But seriously if children are being raised by a mother who is that mentally ill, we need to step in! If she loved her children she would be seaking the help she needs. New york tax payers should not be footing the bill for such crazyness!!!

]]> Comment on Scorned Mother Sues City For $900 Trillion by ANONYMOUS http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/02/scorned-mother-sues-city-for-900-trillion-tort-reform-lrany/#comment-2218 ANONYMOUS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:51:36 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1948#comment-2218 I support this lawsuit. It is not about the money. Clearly this woman was trying to make a point and she made it. Do not mess with a woman's children. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I am a man but if I sat on the Jury I would immediately give her an award for damages - probably a figure closer to $250,000 - but certainly damages in her favor. The state has to learn to stay away from manipulating people and hurting families and this lawsuit is one of many to follow, I hope, to send that message, LOUD AND CLEAR to the state. I support this lawsuit. It is not about the money. Clearly this woman was trying to make a point and she made it. Do not mess with a woman’s children. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I am a man but if I sat on the Jury I would immediately give her an award for damages – probably a figure closer to $250,000 – but certainly damages in her favor. The state has to learn to stay away from manipulating people and hurting families and this lawsuit is one of many to follow, I hope, to send that message, LOUD AND CLEAR to the state.

]]> Comment on Town, Police Face Lawsuit for Enraged Steroid User’s Death by Alison Stonbely http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/01/town-police-face-lawsuit-for-enraged-steroid-user%e2%80%99s-death-tort-reform-lrany/#comment-2203 Alison Stonbely Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:15:06 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1859#comment-2203 People need to take responsibility for their actions, or those of their relatives! I can not even imagine the grief Chad Brother's mother must feel at losing her son. But at the end of the day, her son made choices in his pursuit of the perfect body. Steroids are not light weight medication! Their use un prescribed, is not illegal without reason! "Roid Rage" is not a new! Obviously parents can only influence adult children in their decisions. But the innocent people at the gym needed protection of the police when her son went wild! Tax payers should not have to foot the Bill of legal cases that result from peoples bad choices! People need to take responsibility for their actions, or those of their relatives! I can not even imagine the grief Chad Brother’s mother must feel at losing her son. But at the end of the day, her son made choices in his pursuit of the perfect body. Steroids are not light weight medication! Their use un prescribed, is not illegal without reason! “Roid Rage” is not a new!

Obviously parents can only influence adult children in their decisions. But the innocent people at the gym needed protection of the police when her son went wild! Tax payers should not have to foot the Bill of legal cases that result from peoples bad choices!

]]> Comment on Overreaction Has Arrived; Common Sense, Out the Door by Alison Stonbely http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/01/overreaction-has-arrived-common-sense-out-the-door/#comment-2196 Alison Stonbely Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:58:21 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1739#comment-2196 I totally agree with this article, because it makes perfect sense! Litigation is important when people are injured because of negligence; but unfortunately is used all too often by lazy or irresponsible people as a way to make a quick buck! That hurts us all,from the childcare worker who is paranoid of being sued for caring for young children as best they can, to the rest of us that are footing the bill for this craziness! As a European who has lived in this country for more than 26 years, the ammount of litigation that occurs in the USA still blows my mind! Sometimes an accident is just an accident! I totally agree with this article, because it makes perfect sense! Litigation is important when people are injured because of negligence; but unfortunately is used all too often by lazy or irresponsible people as a way to make a quick buck!

That hurts us all,from the childcare worker who is paranoid of being sued for caring for young children as best they can, to the rest of us that are footing the bill for this craziness!

As a European who has lived in this country for more than 26 years, the ammount of litigation that occurs in the USA still blows my mind!

Sometimes an accident is just an accident!

]]> Comment on Why Does a Medicine in New York Cost 6000% More than in Pennsylvania? by Alison Stonbely http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2012/01/why-does-a-medicine-in-new-york-cost-6000-more-than-in-pennsylvania-lrany-tort-reform/#comment-2195 Alison Stonbely Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:33:46 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1807#comment-2195 This is unbelievable!!! A medicine is just a medicine!It should not be possible to change price according to state.Allowing the cost to increase in different states could cost lives! People should not have to pay more because of the cost and fear of litigation!!N.Y. needs to address this issue! This is unbelievable!!! A medicine is just a medicine!It should not be possible to change price according to state.Allowing the cost to increase in different states could cost lives! People should not have to pay more because of the cost and fear of litigation!!N.Y. needs to address this issue!

]]> Comment on Q & A with LRANY’s Tom Stebbins on Scaffold Law Reform by Joseph DeMarie http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2011/12/q-a-with-lranys-tom-stebbins-on-scaffold-law-reform/#comment-2180 Joseph DeMarie Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:57:30 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1660#comment-2180 I believe it is time for the law to permit the employee's comparative fault to apply. Most of these cases involve employee's whose own acts have caused the injury, and the grave injury provisions adversly affect the owner's rights of recovery over. I believe it is time for the law to permit the employee’s comparative fault to apply. Most of these cases involve employee’s whose own acts have caused the injury, and the grave injury provisions adversly affect the owner’s rights of recovery over.

]]> Comment on Brooklyn Man Bitten by “Lawsuit Loan Shark” by Chris http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/2011/12/brooklyn-man-bitten-by-lawsuit-loan-shark-lrany/#comment-2151 Chris Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:23:51 +0000 http://www.nylawsuitreform.org/?p=1511#comment-2151 Wow this is like something you see in a movie... but i feel like the 116,000 is nothing compared to what he settled for. Wow this is like something you see in a movie… but i feel like the 116,000 is nothing compared to what he settled for.

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