Blood Sucking Lawyers Rip Off Children of Dead Man

[Dustdevil]

The friggin lawyer got more money than the man's kids! Absolutely shameful.

Shapespeare was right.

Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out yet, don't ask your patients to walk to the cot, you idiots!

http://www.ems1.com/airway-management/articles/818702-Wrongful-death-suit-settled-against-EMS-squad-in-W-Va/

May 13, 2010

Wrongful death suit settled against EMS squad in W.Va.

Family says medics contributed to man's death

By Lawrence Smith

The West Virginia Record

WINFIELD, W.Va. — The Putnam County Commission has settled a wrongful death filed against its EMS squad by the estate of a Winfield man with the bulk of the money going into trust for his minor children.

Following a hearing before Judge O.C. "Hobby" Spaulding on April 8, a settlement was reached in the case of Angela Wagner v. the Putnam County Commission. The Commission agreed to pay the estate of Arthur Ray Baker $85,000 to settle the suit Wagner, Baker's sister and the administratrix of his estate, filed alleging the negligence of two paramedics contributed to his death.

In her suit, Wagner alleged Baker called 911 on May 3, 2006 complaining of breathing problems. The two paramedics who arrived made him walk down two flights of stairs before putting him on a stretcher to take him to Putnam General Hospital, now CAMC Teays Valley.

Baker, 28, who was an asthmatic, died following his arrival at the hospital as a result of acute respiratory failure due to bronchial asthma. In addition to their failure to properly and timely provide treatment to Baker, Wagner alleges the paramedics "acted as if it was a bother or nuisance to them to have to respond to the emergency call."

The terms of the settlement called for Baker's two children, Zachary, 11, and Chelsea, 7, to receive $20,000 each. The money is invested in an annuity with Allstate, and payable to them when they reach 25.

Of the remaining funds, $10,000 went to Baker's mother, Phyllis Thornton, to pay for his funeral expenses, and $35,000 went to the Charleston law firm of Tabor Lindsay and Associates. Specifically, Matthew Lindsay, the estate's attorney, kept $33,267.91 while $1,732.09 went to pay for legal expenses.

According to the state Board of Risk and Insurance Management, the county's insurer, the Charleston law firm of Bailey and Wyant was paid $28,548. 29 to defend the county in the suit. BRIM also paid the law firm of Cyrus and Adkins $1,350 on March 1 for its services in mediating a settlement, and $750 to R. Stephen Jarrell on April 21 for the three hours he performed as guardian ad litem for Zachary and Chelsea.

Also, the Commission paid a $2,500 deductible to BRIM four months after Wagner's suit was filed in July 2008.

[Lone Star]

Q: Why don't sharks eat lawyers?

A: Professional courtesy.

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Q: What's the difference between an attorney and a prostitute?

A: The prostitute will quit screwing you once you're dead.

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Nothing like the greedy leeches sucking a cool 41% off the top! And people wonder why attorney's are called 'sharks'....

*Edited to correct spelling error*

Edited May 14, 2010 by Lone Star

[Kaisu]

The difference between a rooster and a lawyer...

... the rooster clucks defiant

The difference between a catfish and a lawyer...

... one's a scum sucking bottom feeder.. the other's a fish

[CBEMT]

The friggin lawyer got more money than the man's kids! Absolutely shameful.

Shapespeare was right.

Feh, that's nothing.

I read a few months back that the Station Fire lawsuits are on the verge of being settled. Families and survivors are getting somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000 for each victim.

The lawyers are getting something like $3 million each.

[Dustdevil]

Where is that money coming from? I can't imagine that The Station actually had that kind of insurance.

[CBEMT]

Where is that money coming from? I can't imagine that The Station actually had that kind of insurance.

They sued everybody. The band, obviously. The owners, but they declared bankruptcy before the ink was dry (which was a forgone conclusion given their $1 million fine for not having worker's comp insurance). The foam manufacturer for their dangerous product, the Budweiser distributor running a promotion and enticing more people to come and therefore overcrowd the venue, the local rock station that promoted it and enticed more people to come and therefore overcrowd the venue, the city for negligent fire inspection, the state for not supervising the local guy... And on and on. And of course they all settled rather than go to trial. If they had, the analysts were talking about a billion-dollar judgment.

Edited May 16, 2010 by CBEMT

[Dustdevil]

A drummer friend of mine lives up there and was actually going to that show that night, but ended up blowing it off at the last minute. Good thing!

[Kiwiology]

This is outrageous, I am deeply dissapointed ...... that I didn't finish bloody law school!