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Whose side are you on?

by peter_act
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I'm doing mu usual weekend brooding over the state of the world, and have just read a piece in the Canberra Times where it says that Qantas have just settled out of court with a woman who claimed she suffered hearing impairment because of a three year old's tantrum screaming across the aisle.

Can this be so in today's world?

Anyone who has had a two or three year old screaming in a supermarket aisle will know how difficult they are to control - at least you can show them something bright and shiny to distract them. I don't know what you would do in an airplane.

I know I have groaned inwardly when I see a woman with a baby or toddler come on board (you just know where she's going to sit, don't you?), but that's life.

Obviously the woman sued Qantas, who were blameless, because she wanted the money.
I note she didn't sue the mother!

What do you think? Did the woman have a case?
  • Profile picture of the author Jim Gillum
    Only a BS case.......hard to believe that courts in any country would accept cases like that....
    But they do.....
    Shakespeare was right when he wrote about killing all the lawyers.....
    Many things cost us much more than they should because of these ridiculous law suits..

    She should have sued herself for not covering her own ears.....:rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author Pauline60
    Absolute rubbish - how on earth could anyone's hearing actually be damaged by a toddler screaming???

    As annoying as the noise undoubtedly is it is not damaging otherwise every parent would have damaged hearing. I certainly would with four kids and I know several people with 4,5 and 6 kids who are still able to hear perfectly well.

    This is one of the daftest things I have heard. This woman is just after monet for nothing. Screaming toddlers may be annoying but they are a normal part of life.
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  • Profile picture of the author opiniones
    Don't blame the plaintiff blame the lawyers!

    Lawyers have no conscience. They will take on any case no matter what it's about.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by opiniones View Post

      Don't blame the plaintiff blame the lawyers!

      Lawyers have no conscience. They will take on any case no matter what it's about.
      Yep and they should be slapped for doing it and the woman should be slapped for thinking of it.
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      • Profile picture of the author opiniones
        Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

        Yep and they should be slapped for doing it and the woman should be slapped for thinking of it.
        Not all lawyers have a crisis of conscience.


        Classic clip for those that haven't seen it. Watch till the end as it builds up.
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    • Profile picture of the author peter_act
      This gets worse!

      In the same paper, a few pages along, there is a story about our local government bringing down a law for free range egg producers.

      To comply, egg farmers will have to have the chickens in a stress-free environment "protected from predators". Quite how the farmer is supposed to do that with free range chickens is beyond me. The local farmer has two alpacas and a dog to keep foxes away, but he tells me the most dangerous predators around here are hawks.

      How can you protect free range chickens from attack from the air, Mr. Bureaucrat? Enclose a whole field with chicken wire?

      Besides, surely a free range chicken is in a less stress free environment than caged birds.

      But wait, there's more!

      All free range eggs must now be individually cleaned using a fresh cloth for each egg
      For my farmer friend that's over 300 pieces of cloth he has to come up with.

      Surely an egg is encased in its own sanitary environment, i.e. its shell? Correct me if I'm wrong, but is there the remotest danger of picking up a disease from an egg that has not been washed? If a customer doesn't like an unwashed egg, they won't buy it, or they'll clean it when they get home.

      Already my farmer cannot use pre-used supermarket egg cartons, he has to buy new ones - (he doesn't actually comply with this equally stupid ruling)

      Maybe I'm a conspiracy freak, but I think the large egg producers have lobbied the government to get this law passed.

      My farmer sells 25-30 dozen eggs at the local Farmer's Markets, and of course he's only one seller at one market, there are dozens of them.

      This is obviously a threat to the sales of the large egg producers, who already have the egg-washing equipment, and can buy the cartons in bulk. Also their chickens are in a predator free environment (i.e. caged).

      Is there really a health risk with all this - I'm not a health professional, so please correct me if there is one.

      Please tell me I'm not paranoid about this conspiracy theory, that bureacracy has not got into the utter stupidity zone where common sense is a remote concept to them.

      Or am I just turning into a grumpy old man?
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Frankly, if the child is THAT hard to control, etc... THEY shouldn't fly! I side with the WOMAN! I would do the same if people were a bit worse, etc... HECK, the PA system hurts my ears. Try putting needles in YOUR ears and see how ***YOU*** feel!!!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    opiniones,

    That was what I consider the BEST part of a movie I LOVED! You forgot THREE pieces that WERE in the film, but ELSEWHERE!

    1. That lawyer that was dragged out had some past beefs with the judge, and had reason to believe the woman was telling the truth.
    2. The Judge got him assigned as his lawyer.

    WHY!?!?!? I mean OBVIOUSLY he would have wanted to be on the prosecution, and he could have LEGALLY done what he did! WHY would the lawyer want him to DEFEND him! It sounds STUPID, RIGHT!

    3. A lawyer that works AGAINST his clients case, like that, can be DISBARRED! That means he is left with NO CAREER!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author antiquenh
    That is so lame, every kid had tantrums every now and then so why on earth did she file a case like that?
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