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Oldmountaiman said:
When I was a Deputy many years ago, us and city PD were to assist the FBI in a felony arrest at a motel just outside city limits. We all had what was called Sonic ear protection, we loaded up our gear and went to the meeting place. The FBI pointed out the cabin and we took our positions and waited for the plan to go into action when the door opened a portly man stepped out on the porch with coffee in hand. He looked to be in his 50s and the description we were hold the description said mid 30s then the radio crackeld and the words were "We are at the wrong place,this is not our man. We deputy's faded into our unmarked cars and proceeded to check out the county. Needles to say are Sheriff was not happy but nothing came out in the paper about a wild goose chase and no thank you from the feds and not a trace of paperwork That was the second time I had interaction with the FBI.
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The 3M earplugs we were issued in the Military were crap. My unit purchased Surefire Sonic Defenders through the GSA catalog using Deployment funds.
They worked great when we were clearing buildings.
 
Lab4Us said:
There is a reason we must put “Hot Coffee is Hot” warning on hot coffee…
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Yep, lawyers and a old lady in NJ from Dunkin' Donuts coffee. She got 500k, in 1992. Then foam cups from stores had started to hold hot coffee, weird. The day she got "burned" by the coffee and a speed bump in DD PL, she demanded a fresh brewed super hot cup of coffee and when she finally got it, she tore out of the parking lot angry, while drinking the coffee... ok a bit of a joke but thats what her lawyers put in the lawsuit...

She was 79 in a Somerset, NJ DD... i went to that DD a few times when i had a job in that area, around the time she did her thing...
 
Without going into great detail about the DEI cast. I think Justin Hartley is the only straight white male on the entire show.

That said we're talking about a television show in which one of the episodes featured a main character who was a witch with actual magic powers. She healed the bad guy's father and then threatened to curse the entire family if they didn't let her go.

And we watch that but have a difficulties suspending our disbelief when Justin Hartley doesn't abide by gun laws anywhere he goes?
 
rcurtner said:
Many moons ago after law enforcement tried the PI thing, definitely not a glamorous job.
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In Colorado Springs most "private investigators" have a security guard license with a plain clothes and concealed firearms endorsement.

Almost every single one I met works for insurance companies looking for workman's comp violations or if they're in private practice they're hired to catch cheating spouses.
 
no life said:
Yep, lawyers and a old lady in NJ from Dunkin' Donuts coffee. She got 500k, in 1992. Then foam cups from stores had started to hold hot coffee, weird. The day she got "burned" by the coffee and a speed bump in DD PL, she demanded a fresh brewed super hot cup of coffee and when she finally got it, she tore out of the parking lot angry, while drinking the coffee... ok a bit of a joke but thats what her lawyers put in the lawsuit...

She was 79 in a Somerset, NJ DD... i went to that DD a few times when i had a job in that area, around the time she did her thing...
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Actually it was in albuquerque, New Mexico.

She got the coffee from the drive-thru and then her grandson pulled over and parked while she put cream and sugar in the coffee. The car wasn't moving at all when she spilled it into her lap.

She was wearing cotton pants that absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin. She had second and third degree burns over her upper legs and pelvis that required skin grafts.

Her bill from the hospital was almost $30,000. Her daughter lost $5,000 in wages taking care of hes.hShe had to have skin grafts and she couldn't walk right for the rest of her life.

It was anything but a frivolous lawsuit

She originally sued McDonald's for $20,000 to cover her medical expenses and her daughter's lost wages from work while taking care of her. McDonald's countered with an offer of $800.

Stella Liebeck hired a pitbull attorney from Texas who sued McDonald's for $200,000. McDonald's was found liable because they were heating their drive-through coffee to almost 200° way beyond the normal temperature that people drink coffee at
 
The Night Rider said:
In Colorado Springs most "private investigators" have a security guard license with a plain clothes and concealed firearms endorsement.

Almost every single one I met works for insurance companies looking for workman's comp violations or if they're in private practice they're hired to catch cheating spouses.
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Did not have a PI license was a Law Firm Investigator same job different title.
 
The Night Rider said:
In Colorado Springs most "private investigators" have a security guard license with a plain clothes and concealed firearms endorsement.

Almost every single one I met works for insurance companies looking for workman's comp violations or if they're in private practice they're hired to catch cheating spouses.
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Did some shadowing of errant spouses, had some bounced checks, or customers complain that I didn’t get the results they wanted. Main $$ maker was working for the L.A. City Attorney or California Attorney General. Mostly doing investigations involving law suits against the state or city. Moved on to doing high level security clearances for the alphabet agencies and Department of Energy.
 
The Night Rider said:
The car wasn't moving at all when she spilled it into her lap.
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The Night Rider said:
She was wearing cotton pants that absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin.
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Not sure how that was anyone’s fault but hers. What do we think she would have said had been served lukewarm coffee that couldn’t possibly burn her when SHE spilled it? And even back then, were there really adults that didn’t realize hot coffee spilled on yourself would potentially burn you?

I can empathize the pain and trauma of recovering from severe burns. I cannot empathize blaming others for something the aggrieved party did to themselves. I also would never see myself suing a company for something I did to myself out of negligence.

Bear in mind these are my opinions, not meant to argue right or wrong. YMMV.
 
Lab4Us said:
Not sure how that was anyone’s fault but hers. What do we think she would have said had been served lukewarm coffee that couldn’t possibly burn her when SHE spilled it? And even back then, were there really adults that didn’t realize hot coffee spilled on yourself would potentially burn you?

I can empathize the pain and trauma of recovering from severe burns. I cannot empathize blaming others for something the aggrieved party did to themselves. I also would never see myself suing a company for something I did to myself out of negligence.

Bear in mind these are my opinions, not meant to argue right or wrong. YMMV.
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You can argue all that with the judge and jury that found in her favor
 
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