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When Greed is Obvious

Greedy greedy people. I'm ashamed of the lawyer who talked them into this. If they thought of this themselves, I'm ashamed of them. This is a sad show of greed.  I bolded the section that is annoying.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650202910,00.html

Ogden police are sued over death in '05 chase

      OGDEN (AP) — The family of a woman killed by a driver involved in a chase has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ogden police.
      Relatives of Jessica Nelson, 21, filed the lawsuit in 2nd District Court last week.
      Ogden city police and officers Troy Burnett and Matt Jones are named in the lawsuit, which asks for a jury trial.
      The case has been assigned to a judge, but no hearing has been set.
      Nelson and Philemon Ellis, 62, were killed Dec. 13, 2005, when they were broadsided by a car driven by Eddie Raymond Bustos at the intersection of 24th Street and Grant Ave.
      Bustos, 49, is in jail awaiting a Dec. 11 trial. He's charged with automobile homicide, evading and possession of methamphetamine, all second-degree felonies, which carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.
      Prior to the crash, Ogden police had chased Bustos through the city, calling off their pursuit three blocks before Bustos' vehicle collided with Ellis's car.
      In testimony given during a Feb. 28 preliminary hearing, police said Bustos, who allegedly ran several red lights and stoplights to avoid capture, may have been traveling at speeds up to 70 mph.
Posted Oct 30 2006, 10:47 AM by Splittfinger

Comments

Desechado wrote re: When Greed is Obvious
on 10-30-2006 11:33 AM
I hope this one goes in favor of Ogden City. This is a shame that we have to put up with the fear of being sued over anything and everything. This year, a family in my neighborhood won a law suit against West Valley Police. Their father was shot by a police officer when the officer thought the man was pulling a gun from the back of his pants. As the story goes, the officer was responding to a reported violent crime and was told that there may be somebody there that was armed. As the man approached the officer, the officer told him to hold his hands in the air. The man then reached behind his back and the officer shot him. I hope they enjoy their money.
Goosedyou wrote re: When Greed is Obvious
on 10-30-2006 10:35 PM
I have varying oppinions about lawyers because, well, I've married into a family of them!  My father-in-law is a retired attorney; my brother-in-law and his wife are both lawyers; my sister-in-law is a paralegal but is preping for the LSAT and Law School; my wife is a legal secretary.  At times I make caustic remarks about how lawyers are manipulating the law and destroying society, and I can see that my wife doens't like it.  

I do understand that the majority of lawyers are good people who serve the law, and that a very few bad apples have spoiled the whole bunch.  I see a certain lawyer on tv who says it's just that easy, and I wonder to myself, "why does anyone approach this person to work on their case?"  A judge at the State Courthouse told me, "never, ever seek legal council from a person that you've seen on a billboard or on tv.  You will have better representation if you just flip through the yellow pages and choose someone at random!"  

I hope that the charges are dropped and the case dismissed against the Ogden City Police.  All of the blame in this case rests on Mr. Bustos.  The police had stopped chasing him, and he continued to break more laws in his supposed escape.  

Didn't we already discuss the corruption in the legal system?  Where is the check and balance...?
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