i hate doctors. i hate lawyers. i like roller skaters.

Doctor Sues Child Roller Skater
March 1, 2007
MORRISTOWN, N.J.

-- A bicycling doctor is suing a roller-skating child neighbor

for pain and suffering, claiming the youngster caused a collision

that left the doctor with a broken collar bone.
It happened on a Chester Township street in October 2003.

Dr. Alexander Dlugi, a prominent endocrinologist,

approached Lauren Ellis, then 11, from behind, shouted "watch out"

and rang his bicycle bell.

As the girl turned around on her in-line skates,

the two collided,

and the doctor tumbled from his bike.
This week, a seven-member jury in the civil trial is hearing

the doctor's claim that the girl was negligent

and reacted unreasonably when he approached.
Dlugi's lawyer, Thomas Jardim, said the doctor's injury

did not heal properly and he had to have surgery in February 2004,

losing a significant amount of time at work and income.

Dlugi, now 54, has lost mobility in the shoulder

and is no longer able to enjoy biking and tennis

and has trouble sleeping, Jardim said.
Ellis was knocked to the ground in the collision and bruised,

but her parents have not filed a countersuit.
"It may seem an odd thing," Jardim told the Daily Record of Parsippany

of the lawsuit against the child,

"but people are responsible for their actions."
Wednesday's defense testimony featured

an accident reconstruction specialist,

who used diagrams and photographs to analyze the encounter.
The witness, John Desch, concluded that the girl was trying

to get out of the way and did nothing wrong.

Dlugi could have avoided the collision by braking

or riding around her, he said.
Jardim sought to discredit the testimony by noting that

Desch had never investigated a collision between a bicyclist and a skater

and misidentified on his diagram the actual point of the crash.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday.

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just some observations:

doctors are bad, mmkay?

first doctor was riding a bike with a bell, and that's bad, mmkay?

second doctor botched the surgery, and that's bad, mmkay?

first doctor complained to a lawyer, and that's bad, mmkay?

lawyer sued the kid, and that's bad, mmkay?

why? kids don't have money!!!

[they cover that in the really good law schools.]

FLASH!! THIS JUST IN!!

March 7, 2007

MORRISTOWN, N.J.

A New Jersey jury has sided with a rolling skating girl

in a lawsuit brought by a bike-riding doctor.

The doctor blamed the girl for their October 2003 collision

on a street near their homes in Chester Township.

He said his broken collarbone never properly healed after they collided.
The doctor, who's now 54, sought damages for pain and suffering.
But a jury rejected his claim that the girl,

who was eleven at the time of the accident, was responsible.

The jury deliberated just 15 minutes before reaching its verdict.

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some additional observations:

juries are good, mmkay?

this one spent just enough time to laugh

at this asshole doctor and his weasel lawyer,

tell some jokes about lawyers and doctors,

then choose a foreperson,

and send the note to the court attendant

saying they'd reached a verdict.

without voting.

a verdict in such short time is very embarassing to a lawyer.

it means you have totally failed to do your job;

that you haven't generated ANY doubt in the minds of ANY of the jurors.

i trust the lawyer got a huge fee in advance.