Date:         Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:58:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steve <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fire ruins my day...
Comments: To: Leif <lpaulsen@CMCFLEX.COM>
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Hey...i resent that.  Lets burn all the idiots and ripoffs and insurance
companies who make it necessary to hire a lawyer instead.  You have been
brainwashed by insurance companies and corporations that wish to rob, maime and
kill with impunity.  In 10 years of practice, I have only seen maybe three
frivolous law suits.  I can't believe how effectively people are brainwashed on
this issue...but with milliuons spent by lobbying and special interests, i guess
that';s what you get.


Leif wrote:

> Amen and thank God for those men and women "hose nuts" that risk their lives
> to save our lives.  In spite of my love for my vanagon, I value the safety
> of myself and family more any day.  I think we should line up some of the
> "litigation nuts" and open up the fire hoses on them.  Whew, I can get down
> off this soap box now.
>
> Leif Paulsen
> '86 Syncro "Thor"
>
> >   Eric writes, "I would start by getting a good lawyer and suing
> > the nozzle
> > nuts. They cause more damage than the fire
> > sometimes. It's a wonder they didn't try to cut the roof on a
> > door post, to
> > get in to a perfectly fine unlocked door to get to the fire."
> >  My wife is a Paramedic who runs 911 calls in Shelby County, TN.
> > surrounding
> > Memphis.  Stationed in a firehouse and making the fire scene with
> > firefighters she is exposed to all of the dangers attendant to
> > fire fighting.
> >  A burning automobile is a danger to those who are fighting the fire and
> > there is risk of injury.  Those "hose nuts" have a responsibility
> > to protect
> > the public interest while at the same time protecting their
> > personal safety.
> > They have a responsibility to attack the fire in a manner that is
> > aggressive
> > enough to ensure their personal safety.  Unfortunately, that may mean the
> > application of more water than may seem appropriate to the
> > average observer.
> > There is often more damage from water than from fire.  That is the current
> > state of the technology.  If you don't want water damage, don't
> > call the fire
> > department.  But, there will be little left to salvage if you don't.
> >
> > Rico Dagastino
> > Munford, TN.
> >