I have some very, very dear friends who came within feet of getting killed at that show...Two in front of it, and one ready to step onto it. And while the latter one has understandably kept schtum regarding any potential legal proceedings (since he understands that discretion is the better part of professional valor), the former two were ALREADY utterly disgusted by the class-action before these two utterly-reprehensible $#!+heads decided to try to exploit it.

Not sure about a grandstand, but I do think they've had houses dropped on them before

I hope to see 'em on fark again real soon with a shiny new DAWIN tag

Fabric_Man: [images2.fanpop.com image 450x374]

/I think... That's what that is, right?

More likely it's vitiligo.

Hurn received a 75-hundred dollar check from the rememberance fund

who writes like this?

little Jeff: Hurn received a 75-hundred dollar check from the rememberance fund

who writes like this?

About 30-hundred people.

animalmagnet: If it's anything like the falsely filed claims after Hurricane Katrina, they will be sentenced to probation and restitution.

/and they probably won't make restitution

Maybe. They've been charged with forgery, perjury and attempted theft, all felonies.

xl5150: Yet another shining example of Obama's America.

Yet another shining example of the Right's rectum...

Subby's headline confused me... I thought it was that women who had been busted BEFORE filinfg false claims died in the stage collapse, and it was just Karma catching up...

theBigBigEye: bmihura: People like this also slip and fall on ice in front of businesses, then sue said businesses.

And that's one of the reasons why I never want to own a business. At least, not in this country.

The worst part? The insurance companies don't even care anymore, they just want to settle... 1990 or so, I was working at a restaurant, we had a tile floor, and I saw a man 'slip' and fall. He used exactly the same forward stutter step I used in the past when I was messing around and wanted to scare my friends, or make a joke. I went and looked at the water spot, and it was about 2 1/2" in diameter and literally up against the wall. Not only would he not fall forward in the way he did, his foot would have gone at least a little sideways, which it never did, and the little puddle actually wasn't even disturbed. You fall dforward so you can catch yourself and not inflict any 'real' damage.

I was the only one that saw it happen, and my roommate was actually the waiter in this guy's section, so the Ins. company wanted to call him. He talked to them for a few minutes and mentioned that I had witnessed the fall. I told them everything I stated here, they said 'That's nice', talked to me no further, talked to my roommate for another 5-10 minutes and settled with the jackass out of court!

And it's OUR insurance rates that rise as a result. Ridiculous...

Mikey1969: theBigBigEye: bmihura: People like this also slip and fall on ice in front of businesses, then sue said businesses.

And that's one of the reasons why I never want to own a business. At least, not in this country.

The worst part? The insurance companies don't even care anymore, they just want to settle... 1990 or so, I was working at a restaurant, we had a tile floor, and I saw a man 'slip' and fall. He used exactly the same forward stutter step I used in the past when I was messing around and wanted to scare my friends, or make a joke. I went and looked at the water spot, and it was about 2 1/2" in diameter and literally up against the wall. Not only would he not fall forward in the way he did, his foot would have gone at least a little sideways, which it never did, and the little puddle actually wasn't even disturbed. You fall dforward so you can catch yourself and not inflict any 'real' damage.

I was the only one that saw it happen, and my roommate was actually the waiter in this guy's section, so the Ins. company wanted to call him. He talked to them for a few minutes and mentioned that I had witnessed the fall. I told them everything I stated here, they said 'That's nice', talked to me no further, talked to my roommate for another 5-10 minutes and settled with the jackass out of court!

And it's OUR insurance rates that rise as a result. Ridiculous...

Huh.

Doesn't that invite more abuse to the insuranc compaa...aaah.

oh, it's to raise premiums.

Bathia_Mapes: Fabric_Man: [images2.fanpop.com image 450x374]

/I think... That's what that is, right?

More likely it's vitiligo.

I thought it was a bad fill after a 30% magic wand delete.

special20: Bathia_Mapes: Fabric_Man: [images2.fanpop.com image 450x374]

/I think... That's what that is, right?

More likely it's vitiligo.

I thought it was a bad fill after a 30% magic wand delete.

Meatzilla: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 320x240]

Attended a Sugarland concert?
Heh.
Right.
I bet they go to David Allen Coe concerts too.

I used to work with a guy who loved Loved LOVED country music - a black guy. He went to see Garth Brooks at the Georgia Dome and when the guy running the camera for the giant screens found him, the only black guy in a crowd of thousands, he zoomed in and had his black face and bald head at supersize for so long my friend got embarrassed and tried to duck the camera. Kinda ruined the show for him. Not quite as much as having a stage fall on you would ruin it, though.

Opportunistic creeps who exploit tragedy for gain deserve to be in the public stocks in addition to any other legal punishment they can get.

Fabric_Man: Was it an independent restaurant or a chain?

Chain. A Swensen's restaurant. I don't even know if they still exist...

suburbanguy: I don't know if this the same Swenson's (OH chain), but it's still around & DELICIOUS! We buy gift coins from there for Christmas every year.

http://www.swensonsdriveins.com/



Nah, it's this one. Not many left, but the one I worked at in Phoenix is still there, although that's it for Phoenix now... It is actually the location where they developed new ice cream flavors, had a special kitchen/lab in the back, rather portly gentleman would come in every few weeks for a couple of days and putter around. Decent food, good ice cream, shiatty insurance company... :-)

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