and yes– Tort Law

Sounds like KS has some pretty strange laws regarding liability claims / payments.

FL…
if you go way back in Adams blog…Dec. ‘07
http://housley.blogs.foxnews.com/2007/12/09/candle-light/
Our daughter was killed in a motorcycle accident in April ‘05
This should explain the post from above.

K2..
no apology needed.

FYI…Did you know…well no, you probably didn’t. Under KS law…whether a settlement in or out of court.. is 50 mil…1 mill or 500k, it doesnt matter. KS Law sets the max at 250,000.00 (that is a combined total of 1 or many settlements in the same case) Doesnt matter what paper you sign, or what law you dig up, or even what a jury grants, it is the max…regardless.
Not sure i’m correct here because it really has been pushed deep inside my head and put away out of necessity… am i right to call it a Tort Law?

That story above never did say exactly what the lawyer was paid, it left that open ended, open to presumption. 99% of settlements are with a stipulation, that you never talk about them, EVER. Especially involving a large coopreration like that.
My guess is, that lawyer didnt get the remainder of that math equation. Totally presumption on my part, but i would guess that the settlement was written in 2 checks. No doubt 1/2 to her heir(caregiver)…which would have been her son, if she and her husband were divorced by then. and 1/2 in her name. The 1/2 to the heir would have been protected from rebuttal and would never have been touched by the insurance company to get $$’s back. Making those dollars still there for her, because she in turn, would be the heir to the son’s estate.

But that is just my opinion, Im not so sure the lawyer is the bad guy in the story, (God i cant believe i just said that) i think it was a poorly written story with many details left out. Which is fine, its really no ones business but theirs. But if a decent reporter is going to bother writting the story, write the whole thing! Presumption can be a lethal ememy!

Colombia offers to free rebels in hostage swap
Government seeks release of ailing ex-presidential candidate Betancourt
Americas video MORE VIDEO
President snoozes during trial
March 26: The former president of Peru doesn’t seem too concerned about the human rights charges against him. Willie Geist catches him napping in court.
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updated 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia will free hundreds of guerrilla fighters if rebel leaders release politician Ingrid Betancourt, who is in ill health after being held hostage for years in secret jungle camps, the government said.

President Alvaro Uribe signed a decree late Thursday allowing the massive release of guerrillas from jail if French-Colombian Betancourt, kidnapped during her 2002 presidential campaign and ailing from hepatitis B, is set free, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told reporters.

The decree was a bid to speed up efforts at swapping rebel-held politicians, police and soldiers for jailed guerrillas after months of haggling over conditions.
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“The immediate release of Betancourt would be enough for us to consider the humanitarian exchange underway, in that we would conditionally suspend the sentences of guerrillas who are part of the agreement,” Restrepo said.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is holding hundreds hostages for ransom and political leverage, including three American anti-drug contractors captured in 2003 and Betancourt.

The FARC, which took up arms in the 1960s, and the government have been deadlocked over conditions for exchanging dozens of such high-profile hostages for rebels held in government jails.

“The legal basis for a humanitarian exchange has been established and we have reduced the requirements as much as possible,” Restrepo said.

‘Very, very delicate’ health
Despite hard lobbying for a hostage swap by the families of kidnap victims and the French government, an agreement appeared less likely after Colombia killed the FARC’s No. 2 commander in a March 1 raid carried out in neighboring Ecuador.

Earlier on Thursday Colombian human rights ombudsman Wolmar Perez said Betancourt’s health was “very, very delicate.”

Reports received by Perez’s office say Betancourt appears malnourished and her skin is raw with infected insect bites.

He said she suffers from hepatitis B and last month was brought by the FARC to be treated at first aid stations in jungle towns controlled by the guerrillas.

“The government has joined the national and international cry that the life of Ingrid Betancourt be saved. We cannot run risks in this case and there is no more time to wait,” Restrepo said.

6 victims freed earlier this year
The rebels, who are funded mainly by cocaine smuggling and extortion, freed six kidnap victims earlier this year in deals mediated by Venezuela’s leftist president, Hugo Chavez.

But plans for a wider hostage swap have bogged down with the government refusing the FARC’s key demand that soldiers and police be pulled from a populated area in the west of the country to be used as the site of the exchange.

The government proposes the swap take place in an unpopulated area where the guerrillas would not be allowed to enter armed.
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I sure hope Betancourt is released. Can you imagine what she is going through or has she just have it in head- what is, is what will be ?- —– as does this happen.

I left you a comment on the Me and Max thread-
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342570,00.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23832071

You do want to know about the project and I am sure you will be tickled to know what we are doing– and it would be so much fun if you were in it too!! As you are now, officially part of the bloggers!!! You need to look into the email I sent to the wine site. All I need from you is one thing. Or just click on the link I put up for Amy– and read my comment on it-

I am looking forward to your son coming back too- We have all missed him. And I am sure he will have fun pictures and stories to tell!

Have a good night- and did you finally get well??

Susan

I do want you in the project– You need to email me–

my email address is in here

so then I can share with you the project and see if you would like to be a part of this– I don’t want to elaborate or someone might just figure it out–

http://www.slide.com/r/R73k12Bo4z8Hf9egC2rrV2zEYU1FXwbI?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

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Nice to meet you!

I haven’t been around for awhile lately, so I haven’t had the privilege of meeting you yet! I’ve been very busy at the support forums lately, and dealing with my narcolepsy, sleeping a lot, even while typing hehehe, so I haven’t been around.

But seriously, it’s been happening more often. A symptom of narcolepsy called Automatic Behaviors, when you can do such things as typing on the computer and fall asleep, eyes still open, start dreaming and WOW the things that I type can be quite hilarious!

My latest that was legible was “hey let’s get down tonight and dance with buckets of cement…” hahaha Funny what the brain does and thinks of during sleep! Strange dreams. hahaha

But because it’s been happening more often, just be aware. If I start talking wacky. Well, OKAY. Wackier then USUAL! hehehe And if it starts out with a lot and I do mean a lot of misspelled words, that’s a good sign that I am falling asleep.

I can even be in and out of it so quick that I can start to recognize it and apologize, but not awake enough to realize I can still edit it, by hitting the backspace or better yet get up and go to bed. lol I got back into sleep again so quick I don’t have time to react. hahaha

As often as Susan is here, I KNOW that she will be around to inform anyone if this happens to me. lol So no one will think they have entered the “Twilight Zone” hehehe Or have they???? hehehe

Hey guys, what’s the project?? Clue me in! I can see I have missed some things. lol

Any word on when Adam is heading back to the USA or if he has any other destinations in Europe?

Max: Is all of that park from London
to Southampton-or some the countryside?
I loved it! Studying in the USA soon?

K2 We were in New Zealand two years ago.
A beautiful and very friendly country. It is
hard when your children leave for a long time.
They are always your children-no matter how
old.

Susan AZ: He likes most wood tones-more dark
than light. You have seen some of the great photos
he has taken. (Sorry I do brag about my boy-both
boys actually) his brother Arik is terrific too! I am
a very lucky Mom! I will try to get over the winery
sight-with the boys gone I am doing x-tra duty & have
a hard time catching up. Next week should be better.

What project or fun are you guys including me in?
Do I want to know?

I must admit-I am getting teased by my friends for
blogging-but I am having fun.

I need to get back to some of the serious stuff you
all talk about too! I have hardly had time to watch
TV let alone the news. I think Hilary is shooting herself
in the foot & I have a hard time believing Obama can
go to church for 20 years & not believe that preacher.

Before I say anymore I better catch up on the news
a little more.

Good night everyone!

Headed over there!

xxx

EXCELLENT summation about the lawyers– I had noticed a comment in the article from a Derek who had posted a brief comment about the attorneys–

Unfortunately many people don’t realize for half of the suits out here, one doesn’t need an attorney- I have won three cases on my own without having to use an attorney– One against a creditor who claimed to be a legal group-(against the law to use a legal heading as to intimidate) -One against the State– issue about caregivers– and one against QWest– I use Cox now- And I have argued a few small ones– one with Alaskan Airlines– (same issue- not reading the small print) Poeple need to read the small print– I think they do this on purpose– how many of us need reading glasses so they print it out in small print because half the time, in a hurry, we don’t read our whole contract because we can’t see the small print) –

Thank goodness for the internet– all the statutes are on the internet and one can just compile their own argument without having to pay those legal fees!!!!!

And for a good laugh– Crown Mail sent me a check and reimbursed me for the whole mailing cost! LOL!!!!!!

FYI: posts for you over on the “Another Robert…” thread

You caught the bees too! I had asked a question about that– LOL

Susan………..Momma Housley should definitely be included in ” The Project “……..I’ve already petitioned above for her to get her own blog. Like any good mom, she’s been the pillar, the solid walls, nay……..the very foundation, that’s kept “the House” in order while her offspring is out frolicking through the Irish and British countrysides…………making videos of grown men dressed in bee suits of all things.

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Mrs. Housley–

We would love you to join in our fun!!!

Susan

was not clear if Colombian authorities meant that they had found depleted uranium, which is the residue left after the mineral is processed to make nuclear energy or nuclear weapons. In its natural state, uranium has low radioactivity and it has to be enriched through a sophisticated process to generate nuclear energy or to make nuclear weapons

I would just be sure the settlement would cover all the medical b/c of the accident …
the future medical and nursing care .. and wages lost… ( I guess??)

I watched this on CNN w/ Anderson Cooper last night…

it’s the taxpayers that will end paying for her …. since her poor husband had to divorce her and Medicaid will pick up the expenses…

I feel bad that she just lost her oldest son in Iraq… sad sad sad…

I personally think that WalMart COULD just let her family have the $477,000… (and I think that attorney could have given some of that money … given the circumstances… )

but like my husband said…
if they make an exception for her.. then the floodgates will open…

it just sucks the big ole wally….

No matter how you look at it….it is such a sad situation for that family! We just never know what the day will hold for any of us.

we think the attorney screwed up…..

I yi yi… an awful awful story..

did you see how he had to divorce her??? Yep… that’s what they tell ya to do!!
We know that all tooooo well.