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3rd April 2008, 01:07 PM | #1 |
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Subpoena Being Used As Intimidation Tool vs Vaccine Blogge
This could legitimately fit into several different sections, but I found this to be somewhat alarming:
http://www.overlawyered.com/2008/04/...nas-kathl.html
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3rd April 2008, 01:17 PM | #2 |
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Hope it rebounds on Shoemaker...permanently. Apart from abuse of the process, would that not also be actionable? Does one instance constitute a "vexatious litigant"?
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3rd April 2008, 03:38 PM | #3 |
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I am absolutely livid at the actions of this guy. I see he has made $500K in the last 18months alone just from vaccine litigation.Apologies to all decent attorneys/lawyers (eg nozed), but my feelings about the worst excesses of the profession is confirmed by this chap's antics.
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3rd April 2008, 03:47 PM | #4 |
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Guys like this are why Dead Lawyer jokes are so popular.
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4th April 2008, 06:17 AM | #5 |
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"Reci bobu bob a popu pop." - Tanja "Everything is physics. This does not mean that physics is everything." - Cuddles "The entire practice of homeopathy can be substituted with the advice to "take two aspirins and call me in the morning." - Linda "Homeopathy: I never knew there was so little in it." - BSM |
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4th April 2008, 09:37 AM | #6 |
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21st April 2008, 07:43 PM | #7 |
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21st April 2008, 08:16 PM | #8 |
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Yay!!
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21st April 2008, 08:19 PM | #9 |
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"Political correctness is a doctrine,...,which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." "I pointed out that his argument was wrong in every particular, but he rightfully took me to task for attacking only the weak points." Myriad http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=6853275#post6853275 |
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21st April 2008, 08:36 PM | #10 |
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Thank goodness. I hope the Court awarded costs.
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21st April 2008, 09:53 PM | #11 |
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22nd April 2008, 08:42 AM | #12 |
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More details are on the Kathleen's website, including this:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/150/
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http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/149/ More on the Sykes flogging the legal system for about a decade here: http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/144
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22nd April 2008, 02:40 PM | #13 |
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2nd May 2008, 08:05 PM | #14 |
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The case that this was based on has been dismissed:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/155 |
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19th May 2008, 01:48 PM | #15 |
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There is an amusing update:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/157 Read how Seidel and her husband have conspired to take over Wikipedia! See how they have caused Mark Geier to come under the scrutiny of FDA, his state's medical board and the company he gets the Lupron from! See also how Shoemaker still claims Kathleen is an agent of the a group because she could not have done the research alone because she is just a "mother and housewife"! Then read out the not so reverent Rev. Sykes is being questioned by her church on how fit she is to stay in the pulpit! |
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19th May 2008, 02:08 PM | #16 |
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Oh, if you hover your mouse over the links, you get some interesting editorial comments. The words "Internet Search Engines" goes to:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...term=google-fu ... the Urban Dictionary page on "Google-Fu". |
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19th May 2008, 02:11 PM | #17 |
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23rd June 2008, 10:56 PM | #19 |
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More from the Super Librarian herself:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/164/ |
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24th June 2008, 12:34 AM | #20 |
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I really wish I could break rule 10 right now but instead I'll tell a couple of lawyer jokes (no offense to NoZed )
Did you hear that they are using lawyers now instead of rats in scientific studies? They are doing this for two reasons: 1. There are some things that rats just won't do 2. Occasionally scientists become attached to rats |
24th June 2008, 07:01 AM | #21 |
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I thought everybody knew that there are only three lawyer jokes.
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24th June 2008, 07:03 AM | #22 |
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So now isn't the lawyer is open to a civil suit against him? Easy money for his victim?
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24th June 2008, 09:01 AM | #23 |
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24th June 2008, 09:05 AM | #24 |
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24th June 2008, 09:09 AM | #25 |
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Depends a bit on the state law that could be used, but there might be a potential for one.
If the sanctions covered most/all of the damage, then I doubt pursuing it would be worth the time and money involved. Best bet is probably a complaint with the state's bar association to go after his license. [here's hoping his state bar association follows up with a hammer, as well] |
24th June 2008, 09:47 AM | #26 |
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Ah, lawyer jokes.
A group of terrorists hijacked a plane full of lawyers. They called down to ground control with their list of demands and added that if their demands weren't met, they would release one lawyer every hour. How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to sue the power company for negligent failure to prevent the surge that made the bulb burn out, one to sue the electrician who wired the house, and one to sue the bulb manufacturers. |
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