Is it common for an individual or group to be sued over someone's suicide? I was thinking the defense would argue along lines like, "How do you know what the reason was for someone's suicide" - do lawsuits like this succeed?
It's pretty common for psychiatrists and psychologists to be sued over this. Even when therapists show excellent professional judgment, they are likely to lose, because there is no perfect prediction of suicide and the sympathy factor is so high that juries think that someone must be held responsible. It's one reason why academics like me no longer see patients part-time. The malpractice insurance just costs too much.
More on Rita:
Pressure is now 914mb, and the pace is now 6mb/hour. That means it should pass Katrina's low pressure in three hours, and if the pace were maintained it would reach Gilbert's all-time record of 888 late tonight. (No, it won't.)
Winds are 165, gusts to 185. And it's just getting stronger, and the eye isn't signalling a replacement cycle any time soon.
In effect, we could be looking at the biggest, baddest hurricane ever seen in the Atlantic basin by the time the West Coast gets Letterman. When the name "Gilbert" is being bantered around, it's time to get waaaay the heck inland ASAP.
In effect, we could be looking at the biggest, baddest hurricane ever seen in the Atlantic basin by the time the West Coast gets Letterman. When the name "Gilbert" is being bantered around, it's time to get waaaay the heck inland ASAP.
There's a disturbance in the forc.....No wait, that's Dana's blood pressure.
Going by the satellite pictures, it has that same unusual stadium-shaped eye (with tiers) that Katrina had.
I'm pretty sure there was at least one lawsuit that came out of "Fear Factor".
I'm betting that with the Mustang or the Corvette, the sheer fact of own one provides so much satisfaction, that as long as the car doesn't explode regularly, or cost the price of a whole other car every year or so in maintenance, you're going to give it high marks.
And the Mini squeaks by on sheer adorability.
The list for durability is somewhat different than for love:
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Wikipedia + Google Maps = Placeopedia
Is it true that Rita is aimed straight at Crawford? It would be sweetest irony if it were.
I'd prefer it aim at an uninhabited atoll, frankly. I wish it on no one.
