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That's a yearly total of $704,990.44ish (we don't have numbers for January). Will we break a million in 2007? Oh the suspense.
There's only three claims being paid off this month, none of which are particularly tantalizing. Some Muni person dropped something on someone's foot, and they're getting $15,000 -- that sort of thing. The one interesting detail is the bizarre writing style employed by one of the lawyers: Victor Lipovesky, Esq, of Velan Law Firm, a Professional Corporation. God, even their name sounds incompetently pretentious. The case is the boring sort of stuff that Muni litigates every single month -- a driver accelerated, someone fell over, and in so doing believe that they have earned thousands of dollars.
According to Victor (AKA "Sticky Vicky"), "Defendants [meaning Muni, et al] failed to warn the public of the dangerous condition in that they do not engage in proper hiring ... Defendants were negligent in not properly hiring and investigating the driver's background. Defendants did not properly train the driver and did not inquire that the driver does not engage in such callous/reckless conduct."
What the hell? Where'd this guy get his degree, The Hollywood Upstairs School of Law? And what's that dig about the driver's background supposed to mean? As if an FBI check would turn up, "aha! This joker's capable of ANYTHING!"
Weird writing notwithstanding, Victor and his client made off with $12,000. Thanks for the donation, taxpayers!
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wow you are bolder than me - making fun of a named lawyer? let's hope this pretentious jerk doesn't send a threatening letter...
It would be in the public record, wouldn't it?
Could "background check" equal "DMV record"? If so, a history of moving violations could be an indication of the possibility of callous/reckless conduct while conducting a moving vehicle, no?
Oh ho ho, Happy Chandler! That would actually *make sense* and well, that wouldn't be very much like our Muni, would it?
I don't know what kind of medical insurance heaven you have been in but those of us without hundreds of dollars a month for minimal scam health insurance coverage understand full well that an injured foot could EASILY set you back 15 thousand dollars.
With emergency rooms sometimes charging $1000 an hour to the uninsured just to sit in a chair and then sort of forgetting about you for a few hours until a doctor becomes 'available', that is a quick 3 or 4 thousand before treatment even begins.
And that is for a bruised ankle....
Only in America has a medical degree become a license to steal.
We live in a country where crime has gone legit.
"thanks for the donation, taxpayers"??
How about, thanks for maiming people, MUNI.
These blog posts always seem to be insinuating -that lawyers are just getting rich by suing MUNI or that the plaintiffs are somehow to blame. Maybe if MUNI wasn't constantly hurting people they wouldn't get sued.
I agree with the poster above. $15K is bubkes when it comes to health care.
Well if that is really the attorney's name, he's not licensed to practice in California. You can look up any attorney's information on the State Bar's website: http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member.aspx
I agree that the reason that these folks are suing isn't to get rich but because they probably don't have health insurance and need to pay some medical bills.