Basket Cases -- Meet Jean Pierre

I've been thinking of a few segments I can do that are bloggy, but not expected and/or trite. Luckily, this article came along just in the nick of time. INTRODUCING...

BASKET CASES

(also known as "I can't fucking believe someone actually decided to go forward with this case; I hope they are massacred in court, held accountable for bringing frivolous charges, and humiliated in the headlines of major newspapers around the world.")

In this installment, you're reminded of the extremely sad case in NY where a woman drove into the Hudson River, killing herself and her three small children. Her 10 year old managed to escape and swim to safety. Articles after this tragedy spoke of her foreboding facebook status before she committed this unspeakable act: "I'm so sorry everyone forgive me please for what I'm gonna do.... This Is It!!!!" 

Apparently her estranged baby-daddy now feels entitled to 80 million bucks from the city/county, since he has the misguided notion that CPS had the responsibility to monitor the woman who drove into the water. He also alleges that the city created a dangerous condition, as the boat ramp should have had a barrier and signs warning an ascent into the water. (For the record, wasn't she PLANNING on driving into the water? Those signs would have been useless, but that's beside the point.) A few other facts not mentioned in the article: (1) the woman had a protective order against the man bringing the lawsuit; (2) the man is not the father of the surviving child; (3) the man owes over 11K worth of child support (to another woman, supposedly); (4) CPS was monitoring the family because of allegations of abuse levied at HIM; (5) she drove into the water immediately following a heated argument with him, during which he pounded on the door and she apparently confronted him about cheating on her.

This is what makes lawyers look like scum of the Earth. Some asshole apparently thinks its okay to encourage this stupid, litigious, frivolous behavior. Quite frankly, it makes me sick. I hope the judge incarcerates baby-daddy immediately for failure to pay child support, and then I hope he throws the case out and makes the man serve more time for bringing such a stupid case. His attorney, an even bigger fuckup than his client, is quoted as saying: "He's not looking for any money out of this; he feels he was wronged by the county and by the city of Newburgh."

Oh, he isn't looking for money, huh? Riddle me this then: why is he asking for 80 million dollars? He sure as SHIT ain't donating it to charity.

I'm following this case, and I'll be quite pissed off if the city decides to settle. I'm pretty sure the city would be hard-pressed to not be disgusted with some asshole trying to profit off the death of his three children.

And that's it...in a basket(case).