So let me understand this, and I am not implying that I am well-versed about the effects of lead paint…but because Mr. Justice can’t read past a first-grade level he gets $5.7m??? Could it have been that he hung out on the corner with his buddies every day when he lived in public housing, instead of going to school (which is a major problem in Baltimore City)???
I am dumb-founded. I need to find something from my past to blame something on so I can go to court and hit the lottery! If anyone has some suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
Anyone know the graduation rate for Baltimore City High Schools? Anyone care to guess how many of those few graduates can read and write? Must be the lead paint!
Look at the bright side… The 3.4 million or so that he’ll actually get will probably be spend in a year which will help the economy. Of course then he’ll be backon the governments apron strings and we’ll be paying for him again!
Exposure to lead paint isn’t the determining factor; it’s the level of it in your blood. Also, it’s usually young children who are affected and it manifests well before age 23. I thing demographics were a factor in this nonsensical verdict. Inner city Baltimore is not only economically depressed, it’s not very diverse. Just facts people, I don’t want to hear racism.
Thanks for looking into the lead paint effects…glad the judicial system did their due-diligence. You’re correct on all counts – facts are facts! Not disputable and not racist…
Look at the “dark side”. This idiot will live better than we will for at least a year. If he can’t read his folks will probably hire some scheister lawyer to juke him out of his money. Then it will go “up their nose”. No positive economic impact from that.
There are plenty of meth addicts down here so quit with racist statement. It was probably you two fools that voted Bush in and now look at “No Child Left Behind”. Where has it gotten us? NOWHERE!!! Plenty of people stand on corners with nothing to do. Look at some of us in nice office buildings spewing racist statements on a suuposedly professional insurance website.
This has nothing to do with politics, so don’t even go there. Secondly, you are assuming race…not a word has been said about Mr. Justice’s color. So, who’s the idiot? And who’s spewing what? I bet you were exposed to lead paint when you were young, weren’t you? I can tell from your spelling! You could make a fortune!
you are the one who implied race, any adult who cant read has other issues. And he certainly didnt fall into the no child left behind category unless, of course, he just graduated from elementary school.
You must be new to insurance or just someone with no sense of personal responsibility.
Now you’re the racist… Shyster (despite your incorrect spelling) is a derogatory term for people of the Jewish faith. Good work, bonehead (a derogatory term for cave-persons).
Seems my first reply to Georgia Boy’s post was removed. I can only assume it is because I responded to Georgia Boy simply as Boy. I apologize if this was taken as offensive. In the future I will be sure to use the full name of the person to whom I am directing my post. For example: Barack Hussein Obama. Anywho…nothing racist in my first post Georgia Boy. Nothing.
Of course this outcome was a function of the venue – remember, Maryland was a slave holding state which did not leave the Union and Baltimore is the repository of many of the left behind.. When all the jurors look like the plaintiff, one may count upon a sympathy verdict (as in OJ not guilty as tried in downtown LA instead of the correct venue (WLA) – but, hey – what about the fact there was no lead in the specimen paint to begin with ?? Bad verdict and should be appealed
You know, this does sound a lot like jury justice where the facts need not apply. Lead paint hasn’t been sold in the US for private use in over 30 years. Most if not all public agencies stopped using lead paint in the early 70’s when the 1st evidence of its harmful effects emerged. I find it hard to believe that someone in the US who was born in 1984 would have been knowingly exposed to lead based paint.
And the sad thing is that this housing authority most likely doesn’t have any money it can raise through taxing authority much less insurance, so it means that there will be less services provided for the poor people who need them the most to pay for this suit. And someone considers this to be justice????
WOW… Just one other thing: Surely he wasn’t the only child raised in the public housing!!! And I’m pretty darn sure alot of those now-adults can’t read anything beyond a 5-6th grade level. Shouldn’t this have been a class action suit?
Then again, Justice’s peers were the jury. That explains the verdict. tsk tsk tsk
Having investigated hundreds of alleged lead poisoning claims (lead paint) I never cease to be amazed that only one race seems to be affected by it. Has anyone ever investigated why? Here’s one man’s theory. Poor me. I live in public housing. I have no education. I have no money. I’m an idiot. But there’s hope. If I blame it all on lead poisoning I could make some cash.
I would love to see the evidence presented at this trial. This verdict sounds like he won the lootery (robbing the government for instant wealth) as opposed to any actual form of justice. It seems the only justice in this court was the plaintiff. (Sorry, somebody had to make that joke).
What can we otherwise conclude other than the highly plaintiff oriented venue alike to quicksand. Ive been there many times and it is a loser. Anyone crazy enough to let a jury decide monetary damages is crazy, stupid or both.
Lead is a very serious Toxicity, and to tell you the truth if you never lived,
in B- more then you don’t know I have children with lead and it is really a
sad thing the children, in B More they
can’t help it because the houses their are
so old it’s not his fault that he can read
the city needs to get on their job.
dottie,
So let me understand this, and I am not implying that I am well-versed about the effects of lead paint…but because Mr. Justice can’t read past a first-grade level he gets $5.7m??? Could it have been that he hung out on the corner with his buddies every day when he lived in public housing, instead of going to school (which is a major problem in Baltimore City)???
I am dumb-founded. I need to find something from my past to blame something on so I can go to court and hit the lottery! If anyone has some suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
Anyone know the graduation rate for Baltimore City High Schools? Anyone care to guess how many of those few graduates can read and write? Must be the lead paint!
Look at the bright side… The 3.4 million or so that he’ll actually get will probably be spend in a year which will help the economy. Of course then he’ll be backon the governments apron strings and we’ll be paying for him again!
Exposure to lead paint isn’t the determining factor; it’s the level of it in your blood. Also, it’s usually young children who are affected and it manifests well before age 23. I thing demographics were a factor in this nonsensical verdict. Inner city Baltimore is not only economically depressed, it’s not very diverse. Just facts people, I don’t want to hear racism.
Exactly…
Thanks for looking into the lead paint effects…glad the judicial system did their due-diligence. You’re correct on all counts – facts are facts! Not disputable and not racist…
Look at the “dark side”. This idiot will live better than we will for at least a year. If he can’t read his folks will probably hire some scheister lawyer to juke him out of his money. Then it will go “up their nose”. No positive economic impact from that.
To Joe and Scott
There are plenty of meth addicts down here so quit with racist statement. It was probably you two fools that voted Bush in and now look at “No Child Left Behind”. Where has it gotten us? NOWHERE!!! Plenty of people stand on corners with nothing to do. Look at some of us in nice office buildings spewing racist statements on a suuposedly professional insurance website.
IDIOTS!
This has nothing to do with politics, so don’t even go there. Secondly, you are assuming race…not a word has been said about Mr. Justice’s color. So, who’s the idiot? And who’s spewing what? I bet you were exposed to lead paint when you were young, weren’t you? I can tell from your spelling! You could make a fortune!
you are the one who implied race, any adult who cant read has other issues. And he certainly didnt fall into the no child left behind category unless, of course, he just graduated from elementary school.
You must be new to insurance or just someone with no sense of personal responsibility.
McP-
Now you’re the racist… Shyster (despite your incorrect spelling) is a derogatory term for people of the Jewish faith. Good work, bonehead (a derogatory term for cave-persons).
Seems my first reply to Georgia Boy’s post was removed. I can only assume it is because I responded to Georgia Boy simply as Boy. I apologize if this was taken as offensive. In the future I will be sure to use the full name of the person to whom I am directing my post. For example: Barack Hussein Obama. Anywho…nothing racist in my first post Georgia Boy. Nothing.
Of course this outcome was a function of the venue – remember, Maryland was a slave holding state which did not leave the Union and Baltimore is the repository of many of the left behind.. When all the jurors look like the plaintiff, one may count upon a sympathy verdict (as in OJ not guilty as tried in downtown LA instead of the correct venue (WLA) – but, hey – what about the fact there was no lead in the specimen paint to begin with ?? Bad verdict and should be appealed
You know, this does sound a lot like jury justice where the facts need not apply. Lead paint hasn’t been sold in the US for private use in over 30 years. Most if not all public agencies stopped using lead paint in the early 70’s when the 1st evidence of its harmful effects emerged. I find it hard to believe that someone in the US who was born in 1984 would have been knowingly exposed to lead based paint.
And the sad thing is that this housing authority most likely doesn’t have any money it can raise through taxing authority much less insurance, so it means that there will be less services provided for the poor people who need them the most to pay for this suit. And someone considers this to be justice????
WOW… Just one other thing: Surely he wasn’t the only child raised in the public housing!!! And I’m pretty darn sure alot of those now-adults can’t read anything beyond a 5-6th grade level. Shouldn’t this have been a class action suit?
Then again, Justice’s peers were the jury. That explains the verdict. tsk tsk tsk
Having investigated hundreds of alleged lead poisoning claims (lead paint) I never cease to be amazed that only one race seems to be affected by it. Has anyone ever investigated why? Here’s one man’s theory. Poor me. I live in public housing. I have no education. I have no money. I’m an idiot. But there’s hope. If I blame it all on lead poisoning I could make some cash.
It is unreal the hate in here sometimes!
I would love to see the evidence presented at this trial. This verdict sounds like he won the lootery (robbing the government for instant wealth) as opposed to any actual form of justice. It seems the only justice in this court was the plaintiff. (Sorry, somebody had to make that joke).
What can we otherwise conclude other than the highly plaintiff oriented venue alike to quicksand. Ive been there many times and it is a loser. Anyone crazy enough to let a jury decide monetary damages is crazy, stupid or both.
Ollie
It is more than evidence. It is also how it is presented. Perhaps the insurance company lawyers should be more prepared or know how settle.
Lead is a very serious Toxicity, and to tell you the truth if you never lived,
in B- more then you don’t know I have children with lead and it is really a
sad thing the children, in B More they
can’t help it because the houses their are
so old it’s not his fault that he can read
the city needs to get on their job.
dottie,