[PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation

[John Swindler]

Check the WSJ/New York Times on the state library website, Fred.  The 
database is searchable - including such other things like the Philadelphia 
Company.

But back to Stella - and thank you, Joshua for the link.  I'd heard of the 
case but never read the background.  And as luck would have it, about a week 
ago someone sent me a listing of "Stella Awards".

But in reading the WSJ article, was struck by this comment:

Mr. Elliott, the juror, says he began to realize that the case was about 
"callous disregard for the safety of the people."

Remember the SEPTA case about ten years ago where a small boy lost a foot in 
a defective escalator on the Broad St. subway, and the SEPTA lawyers argured 
that it was the mother's fault?  And when the jury found for the family, 
SEPTA ran to the press and announced that they should not be expected to pay 
the judgment because that would mean reducing service.  (I'll have to do 
some searching to see what then happened)  Too often, there is no one to 
protect the least among us.

John


>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 
>15:51:32 -0500
>
>This is a 1994 case.   I've heard it was overturned on appeal.  Yes?
>No?
>
>On Jan 20, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Joshua Dunfield wrote:
>
> >
> > John Swindler wrote:
> >>
> >> And then there are the "Stella" awards (similar to Darwin awards)
> >> named
> >> after women who was awarded a large settlement for managing to spill
> >> McDonald's coffee on herself.  [...]
> >
> > Thanks for giving the canonical example of my earlier point about
> > sensationalized bad reporting; and if you want to read something
> > that's
> > not:
> >
> >   http://www.vanfirm.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htm
> >
> > Ignore the fact that it's a WSJ article on a law firm's website; it's
> > still a WSJ article.
> >
> > -j.
> >
>
>

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