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Bob wins! Bob wins! Read all about it...
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Altman [mailto:jaltman at altlaw.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:25 PM
To: ham-law at altlaw.com
Subject: [ham-law] Rarely do I get to toot my own horn
Usually I only make occasional administrative postings about the use of the
list, BUT NOW...
I represented a client whose crank-up tower was damaged in a thunderstorm and
whose insurance company refused to pay on the grounds that:
a) the tower was not a permanent structure; or,
b) his maintenance was negligent
The insurance co. and I agreed to waive a jury and try it to the court.
Trial took two days, their expert testified my client should have replaced the
cable long ago, but that the type of cable should last 20-30 years. It was 19
years old. Nor could their structural engineer expert identify which cable was
the up cable or the down cable.
They contended the tower was not "permanent" notwithstanding the 21 tons of
concrete anchoring it. I pulled out a picture of the London Bridge (now
located in Lake Havasu, Arizona) and asked if that was permanent.
Judgment received in the mail today, we are THE WINNERS! $25,000.00 damages.
Yee-hah!
Winning is always more fun than losing.
We now return you to ordinary programming.
Jim Altman
jaltman at altlaw.com
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