talk about not wanting to accept blame..

[waggy]

and be a total fucking asshole while doing it.


http://www.lohud.com/article/20110726/NEWS02/107260367/Diane-Schuler-s-husband-suing-state-brother-law-over-wrong-way-Taconic-crash-?odyssey=nav|head


Daniel Schuler, whose wife, Diane Schuler, killed herself and seven others in a wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway is suing the state and his brother-in-law, whose three daughters were victims.

Daniel Schuler filed a lawsuit Monday against the state in the New York Court of Claims, arguing that the highway was poorly designed and lacked proper signs.

Toxicology reports determined that Diane Schuler was drunk and high when she crashed her minivan into an SUV occupied by three men, but her husband has contested such accounts.

Daniel Schuler also filed a separate suit last week in state Supreme Court against Warren Hance, whose daughters Emma, 8, Alyson, 7, and Kate, 5, were killed, the New York Post reported today. He argues that because Hance owned the minivan that Diane was driving, he is “vicariously liable.”

Schuler’s attorney, Kevin Grennan, did not immediately respond to requests for comment today.

Diane Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, Erin, and her three nieces died in the July 26, 2009, crash, as did the three occupants of the SUV: Michael Bastardi Sr., Guy Bastardi and Daniel Longo of Yonkers.


wow.

This assholes wife gets drunk. drives down the wrong way on a street. kills herself, 3 kids etc.

So what does this asshole do? sues the father of the 3 kids because it was his van the bitch was driving when she got drunk, high and killed them.

oh boy.

 

[Cal166]

This asshole should had taken place of all the 7 victims.

 

[mattpegher]

Not only is this guy scum, but what about the lawyer that has the balls to file such BS.

 

[dud]

I was just going to post this.

I just watched the video and this guy is a piece of work. He's suing the victims family PLUS the State of NY ... for a badly designed highway? All this is mind-boggling considering that HIS wife caused the accident and had the equivalent of 10 drinks in her!

There is one person more insidious than this guy ... the lawyer representing him.

 

[PricklyPete]

The guy is clearly an asshole.

I shouldn't be laughing at any of this...but I couldn't imagine having the last name "Bastardi".

 

[Moonbeam]

The legal system demands that lawyers represent scum. That means the lawyer is performing a vital democratic function and not that he is scum himself. It's a cold day in hell when somebody doesn't think the other guy's lawyer isn't scum, especially if he wins the case. Remember, this scum bag lawyer is going to fleece this asshole of some cash and the more the better, in my opinion.

 

[zinfamous]

get his lawyer, first.

then the dirtbag plaintiff.

and not to be anti-lawyer, but this is one of those cases that illustrates, to me, that there simply are far too many lawyers around. The willingness to take up such a suit seems to reflect there being far too many lawyers for far too little quality cases.

If you aren't turning people down like this, then there just isn't enough work to go around.

Further, it seems that in the urge for schools to pump out generation after generation of lawyers, they appear to have jettisoned the ethics part of their education. I know that scummy people are scummy people....but it does appear to be getting worse. Maybe we just hear about it more. I don't know...

 

[Vette73]

Yea when I saw this i thought of Saul...

 

[xanis]

I kind of hope that this piece of shit gets killed by a drunk driver, just for some poetic justice.

 

[PottedMeat]

how do we know the lawyer isn't just trying to build up lots of hours off this guy? :awe:

 

[alien42]

looks like it gets worse...

"Report: Daniel Schuler signs deal to exhume his wife's body for film

A cash-strapped Daniel Schuler has signed a deal reportedly to have his wife's body exhumed for an HBO movie"

http://www.lohud.com/article/201007...chuler-signs-deal-exhume-his-wife-s-body-film

 

[waggy]

looks like it gets worse...

"Report: Daniel Schuler signs deal to exhume his wife's body for film

A cash-strapped Daniel Schuler has signed a deal reportedly to have his wife's body exhumed for an HBO movie"

http://www.lohud.com/article/201007...chuler-signs-deal-exhume-his-wife-s-body-film

oh yeah read that too. he is also going to show the toxicology reports on the show. he said he won't know the results until they are read.

 

[Jeeebus]

how do we know the lawyer isn't just trying to build up lots of hours off this guy? :awe:

Unfortunately, the case was likely taken on a contingency basis, meaning the plaintiff pays nothing to the lawyer unless he wins, and then the lawyer gets somewhere in the range of 20% - 30% of the judgment.

 

[D1gger]

The legal system demands that lawyers represent scum. That means the lawyer is performing a vital democratic function and not that he is scum himself. It's a cold day in hell when somebody doesn't think the other guy's lawyer isn't scum, especially if he wins the case. Remember, this scum bag lawyer is going to fleece this asshole of some cash and the more the better, in my opinion.

This is pure BS. The legal system does not demand a lawyer take on a civil lawsuit. It only demands that a person is entitled to legal representation in a criminal suit ... and even this does not mean a lawyer can't walk away from a case if he finds it reprehensible and is therefore unable to provide an adequate defence.

 

[dpodblood]

how do we know the lawyer isn't just trying to build up lots of hours off this guy? :awe:

Yeah if I was a lawyer on a case like this I would chew up tons of the clients time, and make sure he lost the case.

 

[JimKiler]

and be a total fucking asshole while doing it.


http://www.lohud.com/article/20110726/NEWS02/107260367/Diane-Schuler-s-husband-suing-state-brother-law-over-wrong-way-Taconic-crash-?odyssey=nav|head


Daniel Schuler, whose wife, Diane Schuler, killed herself and seven others in a wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway is suing the state and his brother-in-law, whose three daughters were victims.

Daniel Schuler filed a lawsuit Monday against the state in the New York Court of Claims, arguing that the highway was poorly designed and lacked proper signs.

Toxicology reports determined that Diane Schuler was drunk and high when she crashed her minivan into an SUV occupied by three men, but her husband has contested such accounts.

Daniel Schuler also filed a separate suit last week in state Supreme Court against Warren Hance, whose daughters Emma, 8, Alyson, 7, and Kate, 5, were killed, the New York Post reported today. He argues that because Hance owned the minivan that Diane was driving, he is “vicariously liable.”

Schuler’s attorney, Kevin Grennan, did not immediately respond to requests for comment today.

Diane Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, Erin, and her three nieces died in the July 26, 2009, crash, as did the three occupants of the SUV: Michael Bastardi Sr., Guy Bastardi and Daniel Longo of Yonkers.


wow.

This assholes wife gets drunk. drives down the wrong way on a street. kills herself, 3 kids etc.

So what does this asshole do? sues the father of the 3 kids because it was his van the bitch was driving when she got drunk, high and killed them.

oh boy.

I hate people like Daniel Schuler who i am guessing was drunk, high, or both just like his wife otherwise why would he have let her drive.

BTW, you title is fine.

 

[DrPizza]

The legal system demands that lawyers represent scum. That means the lawyer is performing a vital democratic function and not that he is scum himself. It's a cold day in hell when somebody doesn't think the other guy's lawyer isn't scum, especially if he wins the case. Remember, this scum bag lawyer is going to fleece this asshole of some cash and the more the better, in my opinion.

There is no law that demands lawyers take the case for lawsuits. In a Court of Law, a defendant has the Constitutional right to be represented.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Texas has passed a measure that gives judges more leeway to tossout frivolous lawsuits at the outset. The other measure that passed is something "loser pays". If you sue and lose, you pay the defendants lawyer bill. So you better have a good case or else!

 

[mattpegher]

The story up here in the NY area is that this guy is pennyless after the estate got sued by the victums in the other vehicle. So the lawyer has to be taking the case on contingency. This asshole has nothing to loose because our fucked up system will let him try to get whatever he can.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Texas has passed a measure that gives judges more leeway to tossout frivolous lawsuits at the outset. The other measure that passed is something "loser pays". If you sue and lose, you pay the defendants lawyer bill. So you better have a good case or else!

This just means that if you truly are screwed then your lack of deep pockets makes you even less likely to win on your own; this leads to only class-action suits, which in turn means that the injured parties get very little but the lawyers make big bucks.

Wow.. so instead of lawyers winning republicans make it so both businesses AND lawyers win.

Unfucking believable: I love you democracy.

 

[moks78]

Texas has passed a measure that gives judges more leeway to tossout frivolous lawsuits at the outset. The other measure that passed is something "loser pays". If you sue and lose, you pay the defendants lawyer bill. So you better have a good case or else!

Wow! They should do that too here in Kalifornia. :thumbsup:

 

[MotF Bane]

Texas has passed a measure that gives judges more leeway to tossout frivolous lawsuits at the outset. The other measure that passed is something "loser pays". If you sue and lose, you pay the defendants lawyer bill. So you better have a good case or else!

Excellent!

 

[ichy]

The legal system demands that lawyers represent scum.

Wrong. The legal system requires every CRIMINAL defendant to have a lawyer. It does not require attorneys to take every BS civil case that comes their way.

 

[MotionMan]

how do we know the lawyer isn't just trying to build up lots of hours off this guy? :awe:

He's probably on contingency.

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

and be a total fucking asshole while doing it.


http://www.lohud.com/article/20110726/NEWS02/107260367/Diane-Schuler-s-husband-suing-state-brother-law-over-wrong-way-Taconic-crash-?odyssey=nav|head


Daniel Schuler, whose wife, Diane Schuler, killed herself and seven others in a wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway is suing the state and his brother-in-law, whose three daughters were victims.

Daniel Schuler filed a lawsuit Monday against the state in the New York Court of Claims, arguing that the highway was poorly designed and lacked proper signs.

Toxicology reports determined that Diane Schuler was drunk and high when she crashed her minivan into an SUV occupied by three men, but her husband has contested such accounts.

Daniel Schuler also filed a separate suit last week in state Supreme Court against Warren Hance, whose daughters Emma, 8, Alyson, 7, and Kate, 5, were killed, the New York Post reported today. He argues that because Hance owned the minivan that Diane was driving, he is “vicariously liable.”

Schuler’s attorney, Kevin Grennan, did not immediately respond to requests for comment today.

Diane Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, Erin, and her three nieces died in the July 26, 2009, crash, as did the three occupants of the SUV: Michael Bastardi Sr., Guy Bastardi and Daniel Longo of Yonkers.


wow.

This assholes wife gets drunk. drives down the wrong way on a street. kills herself, 3 kids etc.

So what does this asshole do? sues the father of the 3 kids because it was his van the bitch was driving when she got drunk, high and killed them.

oh boy.

Though I agree that this lawsuit is in bad taste and probably baseless, one should never take the allegations stated in a civil complaint literally.

That being said, is there any reason to believe that the highway was poorly designed or lacked proper signs? Though she was drunk/high, is it possible that the design of the highway could have contributed to the accident? I am not familiar with the area.

MotionMan (civil defense attorney)