Monkey's Magical Treehouse of Awesomeness

[MonkeyGirl18]

2 companies sued 2 companies

One settled out of court

It was over whether the defendant caused lead contamination on the plaintiffs' properties.

The defendant was a glass manufacturer who made lead glass for light bulbs.

It started in 1952 by the name of the defendant who settled and was sold to the other defendant in 1983. Lead was prominently used up through the '70's, and maybe some of the '80's. Things like leaded gas, lead paint, etc. The plaintiffs also included 5 residents, saying that they were unable to use their lawn because of the potential contamination.

Now, the defendant's business closed in 2011. The lawsuit was filed in 2013. The statute of limitation in my state is 5 years. These places were build during the time period where lead was used in a lot of stuff. The plaintiffs LIVED there during those times. They have no plans to move out, despite their fear of health risks. There's a neighboring college who has no complaints, and where there's a college, there's a sports field.

Just the fact they waited til they were out if business for 2 years sets off red flags.

They couldn't prove to us jurors that the defendant caused the lead contamination. They bring up the state of repair to machines in the building, but it looked as if the defendant did what they could do.

The plaintiff's lawyer asked 1001 questions, even at one point asking the same question multiple times despite the judge telling him to move on (this is actually the reason why I wanted to scream). They had like 20 witnesses and took like 8 hours on most of the expert witnesses.

The defendant had maybe 5 or 6 and they didn't spend a lot of time. But the plaintiff spent MORE time on cross-examination than the defendant did on questioning defence witnesses. It shouldn't have lasted this long. It was a waste of time.

The plaintiff argued with the witness, made sparky remarks, and just was unprofessional all around. Would assume that his wording is the problem when an objection arose even though that's not the problem, he didn't want to discuss it.

Lesson to be learned: the more isn't always the merrier. Sometimes less is better.

Us jurors had a hard time staying awake because of how hard it was to follow along.






The defense won.

[MonkeyGirl18]

Also, to add...

One of the plaintiff's properties was a gas station. This was during the leaded gas era. One was a landfill.

One of the plaintiff's properties made some kind of industrial drums (not the instrument but I don't remember what kind) and was said to have used lead for those.

One of the residential plaintiffs had lived in the house as a child and their parents had a garden. Now they say they can't have a garden. It would have been the same issue then, but no one got sick.

Fun fact: lead doesn't decay. Once it's in the soil, it's there to stay forever.

[galled]

Oh! I would be angry too! I wish those who create stupid lawsuits (and their lawyers) could be penalized...

[npixelz]

Sounds like a lot of fun (sarcasm)

[MonkeyGirl18]

Finally got to the timeskip in One Piece!

[npixelz]

Hip hip hooray!


BTW, have ya read/watched Noragami?

[MonkeyGirl18]

No, haven't heard of it before

[npixelz]

It's a manga (and I think an anime) about a God trying to get enough followers for his own shrine, and a girl who ends up accidentally being entangled in his world

[MonkeyGirl18]

I might check it out after I finish One Piece....



It's gonna be a while lol

[npixelz]

True dat

[MonkeyGirl18]

Playing animal crossing and T-Bone said he wanted a vacation home that'll set his soul on fire.....


Well, it looks like the inside of a volcano but even more sinister iykwim.

[npixelz]

I do not know what you mean, but it sounds cool... or, well, quite warm actually

[MonkeyGirl18]

Eternal fires, the place down under, the place you don't wanna go, lol

Basically this but this is better than mine

[npixelz]

Oh icy!

[MonkeyGirl18]

My poor hangout, how I've neglected you lol

Soo, been playing lots of splatoon 3 and I'm terrible as crap, but I'm trying.

I'm on my pc, trying to fix my internet issues. It never wants to stay connected ever since rearranging my room. So far, it's stayed connected, but I'll have to see if it sticks for the long term. It's so annoying. It almost makes me want to revert my room back to where it was even though I like my current setup. But I can't play my games without wifi on my PC.