Tag Archives: law

so, sue me.

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looks like blue cross finally settled their class action lawsuit

for $14 billion, 991 million dollars, and some change

when reading through my letter of settlement

i see they used class action lawsuit math to arrive at my payment

 my $3 thousand and some dollars spent on what they considered ‘relevant purchases’

(plus all of my dollars spent with them that were considered ‘irrelevant’ )

are worth an award of exactly 5 cents.

which they noted, ‘of course is less than $10 dollars’

will be donated to free clinics of michigan (a good cause)

so perhaps the donation on my behalf

will help to purchase exactly 1/2 of 1 bandaid for someone.

“i alone, could never have produced this book. i say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.”

-dave barry

 

what to do with the time.

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yes, i know it’s not cheese, but something about this sauce is like liquid gold to me

A Florida woman filed a class action lawsuit against Kraft Heinz … claiming its Velveeta Shells & Cheese prep time is not actually “ready in 3 1/2” minutes, as advertised.

She states that the 3.5 minutes is only the amount of time the food has to go in the microwave and claims it takes more time to actually prepare the meal — don’t forget you’ve got to pour water into the cup and stir in the cheese sauce.

She doesn’t say how long it takes her, but claims the 4 steps listed in the directions — remove the lid and cheese sauce pouch, add water to the fill line and stir, microwave for 3 1/2 minutes, and then stir in the cheese sauce — don’t equate to the mac actually being READY to eat in that time frame.

She’s also looking to put together a class of customers who might also be upset about the prep time and says the damages will exceed $5 million.

“We are aware of this frivolous lawsuit and will strongly defend against the allegations in the complaint,” the company reportedly told USA Today.

 

*editorial opinion: what if she was to devote all of the time and energy and money it is taking her to create, publicize, rally people, and carryout this lawsuit, and instead, use it as the ‘extra unplanned prep time’ she feels she is wasting and it requires, when making her shells and cheese? or, make it from scratch and compare the prep time needed. just a thought… (beth)

“all we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given us”

-j.r. tolkein

 

truth or consequences.

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“where do consequences lead? depends on the escort.”

-stanislaw lem

kbj.

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Congratulations and welcome Ketanji Brown Jackson

Newest Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

We’ve been waiting for your arrival for a very long time.

 

“when sleeping women wake, mountains will move.”

-chinese proverb

 

 

 

photo credit: abc news

how?

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“how does this happen? gradually, then suddenly.”

– ernest hemingway

 

 

 

 

art credit: red diamond

justice begins.

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“if one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most – and listens to their testimony.”

-james a. baldwin

r.i.p. rbg.

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Ruth Bader delivers a sermon as camp Rabbi at the age of 15, at Che-Na-Wah camp in Minerva, N.Y. (Photo: Supreme Court of the United States)

 

 

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg photographed
on the occasion of her 20th anniversary on the bench in 2013.
Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post/Getty Images

defendant.

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after making the decision

to challenge my traffic ticket

(I’m innocent, for the record)

my scheduled hearing

has been adjourned twice.

 in today’s mail

I received the new date

for my next potential hearing.

I had to laugh

when I picked up the new envelope

(for the third time now)

and it once again clearly read:

Defendant

just above my name

with the court address In the return corner

 I have to wonder

just what major crime

my mr. rogers sweet and friendly mailman

 thinks I may have committed?

‘we find the defendants incredibly guilty.’

– mel brooks

disorientation.

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how lucky are we that the future lawyers are to be offered this experience? 

“justice is conscience, not a personal conscience,

but the conscience of the whole of humanity.

those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience

usually recognize the voice of justice.”

– aleksandr solzhenitshyn

 

 

 

 

 

 credits: national lawyers guild detroit & Michigan chapter,

interfaith council for peace and justice, university of michigan law school

                         

 

rbg.

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saw this documentary last night.

mighty powerful.

wow.

 

“it’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.”

-ruth bader ginsburg

 

 

 

 

 

credits: magnolia pictures, cnn films. storyville films