Lexus Driving, Cookie Loving Lawyer Injures Girl Scout
06-04-09, 10:10 AM
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Lexus Driving, Cookie Loving Lawyer Injures Girl Scout
I sure hope this guy loses big time:
http://abovethelaw.com/2009/06/lawye..._paul_glad.php
http://abovethelaw.com/2009/06/lawye..._paul_glad.php
Have you heard the one about the law firm partner, the Girl Scout, and his Lexus? Well, here it is, but we warn that it's not very funny.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner Paul Glad is an experienced litigator, but he's going to need to ramp up his public relations skills in the months ahead. He has been hit with a lawsuit that is the definition of a PR nightmare.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
A 7-year-old Girl Scout and her mother filed a lawsuit today against a litigation attorney who crashed his car into them outside a Burlingame grocery store, forcing doctors to amputate one of the woman's legs.
The driver, Paul Glad, 59, of San Mateo, was trying to park his Lexus near the entrance to the Mollie Stone's market on Chapin Avenue on March 8, authorities said.
Glad pulled to within a few feet of where a group of Girls Scouts was selling cookies on the sidewalk at the entrance of the store, the suit said.
Glad had good intentions. According to the San Mateo County Times, he had stopped to pick up some delicious Girl Scout cookies. But in his excitement to get his Samoa and Thin Mint fix, he neglected to shift his car into park. His Lexus then rolled into the cookie table. The car pinned Girl Scout mother, Holly Rogers, to a wall, causing her to lose her leg. Her daughter, then 6, suffered multiple leg fractures.
Did we mention that Glad had parked in a disabled spot? And that he was on prescription painkiller OxyContin on the day of the accident? Yeah... that's not the way one wants the cookie to crumble.
Glad did not comment to the mainstream media folk, but we got him on the phone last night. His response, after the jump.
The negligence lawsuit was filed on Wednesday. Here's what Glad had to say to us by phone last night:
I'm in the midst of a client's trial right now, and that's my focus. I am sorry that people were injured, but I don't know why that would be of interest to Above The Law.
A Biglaw partner getting sued by a Girl Scout -- not of interest to ATL? Glad must still be taking copious amounts of OxyContin.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner Paul Glad is an experienced litigator, but he's going to need to ramp up his public relations skills in the months ahead. He has been hit with a lawsuit that is the definition of a PR nightmare.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
A 7-year-old Girl Scout and her mother filed a lawsuit today against a litigation attorney who crashed his car into them outside a Burlingame grocery store, forcing doctors to amputate one of the woman's legs.
The driver, Paul Glad, 59, of San Mateo, was trying to park his Lexus near the entrance to the Mollie Stone's market on Chapin Avenue on March 8, authorities said.
Glad pulled to within a few feet of where a group of Girls Scouts was selling cookies on the sidewalk at the entrance of the store, the suit said.
Glad had good intentions. According to the San Mateo County Times, he had stopped to pick up some delicious Girl Scout cookies. But in his excitement to get his Samoa and Thin Mint fix, he neglected to shift his car into park. His Lexus then rolled into the cookie table. The car pinned Girl Scout mother, Holly Rogers, to a wall, causing her to lose her leg. Her daughter, then 6, suffered multiple leg fractures.
Did we mention that Glad had parked in a disabled spot? And that he was on prescription painkiller OxyContin on the day of the accident? Yeah... that's not the way one wants the cookie to crumble.
Glad did not comment to the mainstream media folk, but we got him on the phone last night. His response, after the jump.
The negligence lawsuit was filed on Wednesday. Here's what Glad had to say to us by phone last night:
I'm in the midst of a client's trial right now, and that's my focus. I am sorry that people were injured, but I don't know why that would be of interest to Above The Law.
A Biglaw partner getting sued by a Girl Scout -- not of interest to ATL? Glad must still be taking copious amounts of OxyContin.
06-04-09, 11:45 PM
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actually come to think of it... the parking system like the LS's auto park, if it hit someone while it's parking itself, can you really sue the driver? as he's not really the one controlling the vehicle....? I mean if someone jumped right in the back of it and the sensors couldn't stop it in time...?
06-05-09, 04:23 AM
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06-05-09, 06:06 AM
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It's not like the girl ran out in front of him with no warning and he couldn't possible stop. Sure, he didn't mean to do it, but it's his fault, and his alone. There's nothing cynical about it.
Last edited by tex2670; 06-05-09 at 06:41 AM.
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06-05-09, 08:47 AM
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actually come to think of it... the parking system like the LS's auto park, if it hit someone while it's parking itself, can you really sue the driver? as he's not really the one controlling the vehicle....? I mean if someone jumped right in the back of it and the sensors couldn't stop it in time...?
By law, YOU are ALWAYS RESPONSIBLE for controlling your own vehicle AT ALL TIMES, no matter what type of assistive device you have...
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