SFist: Rude Attitude Gets SF Judge Reprimanded

cablecarsam

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:13:41 -0800

Another judge that needs reprimanding is Bruce Van Hooris is Walnut Creek. Get em all! Enough is enough

BARKERSBOOBS

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:55:28 -0800

DEMOGOGUES

tingley

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:52:32 -0800

Gah, I mean McBride, not McBridge.

tingley

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:52:16 -0800

I spent six weeks on one McBridge's juries a couple years ago. He was occasionally sarcastic and snapped at people in ways that could be described as "discourteous" a couple times, but I never thought he was out of line. I assumed it was at least partly a persona he adopted for the benefit of the jury -- so that we would understand that he, too, wasn't thrilled at the prospect of hearing about asbestos for a month and a half, but that the price we pay for justice. I do think, though, that he has a bit of a temper.