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First time I met Neil, it was at a charity event. Less than a minute into the conversation, he asked me what kind of car I drove…and couldn’t wait to tell me about his, how fast it was, what he paid for it.
Douche bag

My old boss was on the Porsche racing team and a polo team with literally the model for polo. You’d have never known it
 
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Ugh.

And, look, I want to be clear that my disdain for Lawsuit, Inc. isn’t a blanket sentiment - even for that class of lawyers. I’m sure many, if not most, claims have a rational or at least reasonable basis.

My problem is that I hear about so many of them that clearly (to me, anyway) just don’t. And it befuddles me how these get anywhere with a judge, assuming they get that far.

And it starts to sometimes look like something pretty distinct from justice.

In the case I referenced, he sues the bar instead of the two guys who actually did it. And he says it’s about making sure it never happens again, blah blah blah. It’s total bullshit and anybody with half a brain knows it.

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The lawyer bringing it is the guy in the middle. I’ve met him, and he seems like exactly the person you’d think he is by this photo…and his benevolent and altruistic approach to law. He’s doing it to protect all of us regular people from the ravages of diabolical, violent bar owners, doncha know?
 
Guy in the blue tie looks like a serial killer. Bar has a responsibility to train its bouncers. A bouncer has no money. Have to follow insurance hence the bar

I don’t know what training they did or didn’t do.

But I do know that the suit’s against the bar because there’s money there….whether or not they were properly trained is incidental in any practical sense.

And the suit would be against the bar even if they were meticulously trained…on videotape…by Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott.

Because it’s about the money, not anything else.
 
I don’t know what training they did or didn’t do.

But I do know that the suit’s against the bar because there’s money there….whether or not they were properly trained is incidental in any practical sense.

And the suit would be against the bar even if they were meticulously trained…on videotape…by Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott.

Because it’s about the money, not anything else.
They beat the shit out of him and he was badly injured. That’s negligent. Proper training would have prevented that. This isn’t new. Bars and bouncers have been around forever. Fck swayze taught us

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They beat the shit out of him and he was badly injured. That’s negligent. Proper training would have prevented that. This isn’t new. Bars and bouncers have been around forever. Fck swayze taught us

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I’m hardly excusing what they did.

I’m just saying the whole thing about training is incidental. It’s a plausible legal vulnerability. I get that…why do you think we spend what we spend on safety training? It doesn’t have that much to do with actual safety. It’s about financial risk.

Let’s assume the bouncers were properly trained, with documentation. Still sue the bar?

Of course. They’d find some other rationale. Because it’s about the money - and I don’t mean for the guy that got pummeled.
 
I’m hardly excusing what they did.

I’m just saying the whole thing about training is incidental. It’s a plausible legal vulnerability. I get that…why do you think we spend what we spend on safety training? It doesn’t have that much to do with actual safety. It’s about financial risk.

Let’s assume the bouncers were properly trained, with documentation. Still sue the bar?

Of course. They’d find some other rationale. Because it’s about the money - and I don’t mean for the guy that got pummeled.
Makes a difference tho. Shows the bar cares. Bouncers used appropriate level response. Customer was instigator. Insurance companies don’t just give away money. Now they’ve got some ammo
 
Makes a difference tho. Shows the bar cares. Bouncers used appropriate level response. Customer was instigator. Insurance companies don’t just give away money. Now they’ve got some ammo
If the bouncers were able to beat the shit out of him, they didn’t need to. Teach your bouncers self-confidence.
 
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