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Dave: What part of Texas are you in, I'm in the Port Arthur area. Several years ago I was running the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for Metro (I own a charter bus company) and was run into on a Saturday . Tuesday I had three letters from lawyers wanting to represent me, by Friday I had eleven letters. One letter even started out "Dear Mr Stephens Don't trust anyone that solicits you through the mail..." I expect you to chuckle at this where most people won't. I assumed that he graduated from A & M. For the others A & M doesn't have a law degree. I had a drunk man in an unisured pickup with three other people in it, run into the back of my bus that was completely off the road and now I'm being sued because one of the drunks died. Two strippers and two guys, all married but not to each other, out at 2:30 AM. No windshield wipers in the rain and an estimated speed of over 60 mph in a 45 mph limit. No drivers license, no inspection sticker, no current registration. Houston PD didn't find the driver until six weeks later and by then he was sober. They can't sue the driver because he doesn't have anything, but my insurance is worth $5,000,000.00, yes, that's five million dollars. It has been unreal what these "blood suckers" have come up with trying to prove that it was my fault. Now let me back up a little bit. I go to a lawyers house almost every Tuesday to enjoy the trains and fellowship. Stephanie (wife) says that being with Steve and the guys puts me in a good frame of mind for the week. Almost every lawyer that I've met has been a nice guy. I still have trouble with the occupation I guess. Like Mickey Dee being sued for $4,000,000.00 for hot coffee - what not sue her son - he was driving the car and stepped on the brakes too hard. I've never heard anyone go to a resturant and ask for a cold cup of coffee. It was later toned down but look at the expense to McDonalds. We all pay for those stupid decisions. It seems like we don't have to be responsiable for anything that happens to us anymore, we can always say that it was someone elses fault. I ve been in business for over forty years and have seen some pretty bad cases get paid off because of dumb juries. They made a mistake one time and put me on a jury and then compounded it by my being elected forman - verdict, pay the womans Dr. bills and the heck with punitive and all the rest. Made two lawyers very unhappy. Have a good day and let me get off this soapbox. Bob
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