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Comment Re:How about.... (Score 1) 193

For clarification - the McDonalds hot coffee women did get a dramatically reduced amount of money. However before you pass judgement on her case you may wish to review the facts of the case. There was/were a reason(s) ( unknown by you ) that the jury initially awarded the large sum and it was not that their parking ticket was not validated that day at the county court house. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants I will help you out with a line from the wiki . Liebeck's attorneys discovered that McDonald's required franchises to serve coffee at 180–190 F (82–88 C). At that temperature, the coffee would cause a third-degree burn in two to seven seconds. My home hot water heater was government limited ( I have to override the configuration with the vendor on the phone to get the proper instructions AND I need an updated thermostat ( I have a Rheem tankless ) to 120 degrees because any higher can cause burns. McDonalds was 60 degrees hotter. Read the wiki and then come back and say she did not deserve; all she initially wanted was the medical bills paid - for her skin grafts ( whooo, thats a fun thing to fake to collect some extra money if you are an 80 year old lady .... ).

Comment Re:How about.... (Score 1) 193

Because without punitive damages companies will - boy, oh boy are there oodles of examples - just do wrong until they get caught ... if they get caught and only have to pay some potential small fine. Punitive damages punish those who did wrong on purpose. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/01/1782803/nearly-2-million-awarded-to-blue.html This car dealer KNOWLINGLY sold a previously damages car to a young couple without disclosing it. The damage was not readily visible to a non technical car person. The car dealer refused to cover issues with the car UNDER WARRANTY THEY SOLD. Yeah, they got hit with punitive damages. And maybe, maybe they won't do it again.

Comment Re:So.. (Score 1) 574

Do you mean that Ticketmaster, who was able to tell artists and venues that they were able to sell out an event faster than ever before, has no real incentive to stop this activity ? Who cares if the public gets burned ,,, Ticketmaster earned their money in 45 minutes not the normal 2 weeks or a month.

Comment Re:It worked for Waits but it won't for Cyrus (Score 1) 574

You would be wrong here tepples. That is EXACTLY what the Miley Cyrus tour did last year. Please call the Sprint Center in Kansas City to see how well it went. Rather than the concert selling out in 15 or 45 minutes as it did the tour prior ... tickets were available for days. Wonder why ? Yep, grandmothers who bought their kids tickets had to show up. And the uncle in Hawaii who bought them for Christmas did too. But the legitimate ticket sellers told people this prior to selling tickets to the uncle in Hawaii. Just like I can't take advantage of really cool sales at Frys in Campbell California, I can't buy tickets for a concert their either. Minors do have school IDs and they are issued by a agent of the Government - a school district. .

Comment Re:I Wonder... (Score 1) 164

My God, Don't like it ... ??? DONT USE IT. It works great for me. You know you can go to "city.craigslist.org" in your URL field .... right ? Change it. See what happens. Learn, like or leave. The rest of us seem just fine with the "like" part. I live in Kansas City .. but search in LA or NewHaven or Boston ... works great. I post in Saint Louis ... works great. How about you adapt to simple instead of try to make complicated.

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