Ed .. I've been in a similar lawsuit over a house. The first house we purchased had evidence of water damage in the basement. The Seller's disclosure statement clearly had written on it that there was previous water damage but the owners have resolved the problem. We hadn't lived there 2 weeks and our basement was flooded!! I thought it was a cut and dry case .. they stated the problem was fixed .. it clearly wasn't .. it's their responsibility to fix it. Yet it took TWO YEARS in the court systems and in the end we won, but the amount wasn't enough to fix it especially after the lawyers took their cut.
So after my two legal battles .. I have lost all faith in our legal system. It's a mess and out of control. My children repeatedly told people that their father was violent towards them .. they told their attorney, they told two psychologists, they told school personnel, they told doctors, and they even had a one-on-one conversation with the JUDGE .. and nobody did anything to protect them .. even though all of those people are "mandatory reporters" meaning they MUST inform the authorities of suspected abuse. It wasn't until they saw the third psychologist that it was reported to Child Protective Services ... but they blew it off too. Even the police officer that came to one of the scenes blew it off despite noting on file that the father was intoxicated. The officer never went into the house, he briefly interviewed my son in the front yard while standing 5' from his father, my son was physically trembling and crying uncontrollably and the officer couldn't understand him .. yet the officer blew off the incident and drove away leaving my son with the violent father who was intoxicated! It's mind boggling what has happened to our system. And then there's our medical system .. don't even get me started on that!! <g> Cathy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:44 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: He who must not be named... On Mar 20, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Cathy Pountney wrote: > Even if Rainer's company has full rights to republish, long drawn > out legal > battles can take a toll on anyone. I think that they must teach that the first day of law school. I have been involved in several such cases in my days as a building inspector. In fact, in one instance I noted that the heating system was severely rusted in the firebox and should be replaced immediately. The next winter the furnace failed, and the owner sued me because I didn't catch that in my report. Now here you have a document that was given to lawyers, real estate agents, and principal parties on both sides of the transaction, where it clearly states in no uncertain terms that the furnace should be replaced, yet they were permitted to sue me for the exact opposite reason. Of course, the plaintiff was a lawyer himself, so he wouldn't be forced to spend thousands in a baseless action, but I would. This whole thing smells of personal vendetta. I wonder what the potential for income would be for computer articles that are a decade- plus old; my guess would be zero. I think that I'll steer clear of this whole train wreck. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
