How come she didn\’t sue God for causing her fall? Oh yeah, that\’s right, god does not have deep pockets! I think we would all do the world a big favor that everytime we see these juries hand out money like it is printed in our basements that we take 10% of the award out of the juries pockets. Or better yet, make them do community service to pay off the award. Why the hell should the church provide a personal usher for this woman? Another display of the lawsuit lottery. It makes me sick. I personally hope she falls for one of those nigerian email scams and loses it all.
Isn\’t anyone responsible for their own actions anymore? It seems as though the claim should have been directly against the pastor for slander and not the church. Was not the religious experience expected?
Sure hope the church goes all out on an appeal purely for the principle of the thing. I\’m sure her fall was neither intended or expected by God. I don\’t see how is the church negligent, med pay maybe, negligence never!
I have noticed that I am begining to have knee problems….Maybe I can sue my Catholic church for all those years of getting up and down and kneeling during church. Not to mention the mental anguish of the confessional.
I loved the \”Why Not Sue God?\” comment as well as the rest but this was my favorite. I specialize in working with church insurance so it was especially heartwarming to me. :)
Someone did once try to sue the devil. The court dismissed the suit when the plaintiff couldn\’t provide an address at which the defendant could be served papers.
Negligence is defined as: Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party. I was taught to spot negligence as the function: probability of harm + gravity of harm. Their was very little probability of harm by stepping up to the altar and very little gravity of harm. Now if the floor was wet or if it broke or malfunctioned, thats another story.
I don\’t see how having an usher for every single person who steps up to a church altar is considered normal and reasonable. Certainly you will not find ushers at even the majority of churches across the country. How is negligence evident here? And what exactly are her damages from libel from the pastor. It appears the pastor merely advised that the event could be considered fraud. Its obvious she fell cause she\’s a clutz and figured she should cash in on the event because someone convinced her that negligence is a huge gray area. It just shows the smart people who work usually have a good excuse to get out of jury duty which leaves the jury pool left with a bunch of idiots.
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Wasn\’t this the church which advertised \”come as you are?\”
How come she didn\’t sue God for causing her fall? Oh yeah, that\’s right, god does not have deep pockets! I think we would all do the world a big favor that everytime we see these juries hand out money like it is printed in our basements that we take 10% of the award out of the juries pockets. Or better yet, make them do community service to pay off the award. Why the hell should the church provide a personal usher for this woman? Another display of the lawsuit lottery. It makes me sick. I personally hope she falls for one of those nigerian email scams and loses it all.
Isn\’t anyone responsible for their own actions anymore? It seems as though the claim should have been directly against the pastor for slander and not the church. Was not the religious experience expected?
Sure hope the church goes all out on an appeal purely for the principle of the thing. I\’m sure her fall was neither intended or expected by God. I don\’t see how is the church negligent, med pay maybe, negligence never!
I have noticed that I am begining to have knee problems….Maybe I can sue my Catholic church for all those years of getting up and down and kneeling during church. Not to mention the mental anguish of the confessional.
If this lady is a Christian, she should read her bible. Christians are not to sue each other, especially fellow church members!
I loved the \”Why Not Sue God?\” comment as well as the rest but this was my favorite. I specialize in working with church insurance so it was especially heartwarming to me. :)
Someone did once try to sue the devil. The court dismissed the suit when the plaintiff couldn\’t provide an address at which the defendant could be served papers.
Please tell me about Church insurance.
Negligence is defined as: Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party. I was taught to spot negligence as the function: probability of harm + gravity of harm. Their was very little probability of harm by stepping up to the altar and very little gravity of harm. Now if the floor was wet or if it broke or malfunctioned, thats another story.
I don\’t see how having an usher for every single person who steps up to a church altar is considered normal and reasonable. Certainly you will not find ushers at even the majority of churches across the country. How is negligence evident here? And what exactly are her damages from libel from the pastor. It appears the pastor merely advised that the event could be considered fraud. Its obvious she fell cause she\’s a clutz and figured she should cash in on the event because someone convinced her that negligence is a huge gray area. It just shows the smart people who work usually have a good excuse to get out of jury duty which leaves the jury pool left with a bunch of idiots.