charli's Blog

You should be allowed to sue for gross negligence, not for any little thing. If your kid wanders off and it takes the police a week to find him, do you sue because it took longer than you thought it should? or do you sue because you wanted to find your kid alive and they found him dead? or do you sue because the cops first interrogated you and your spouse first while you thought they should be focusing on an aunt/uncle or neighbor?

This could potentially be a harsh jumping off point for frivolous lawsuits. Just think about malpractice insurance and how the cost is passed to us. Why is aspirin in the hospital 80 dollars, but 3 dollars at CVS? It's all those lawsuits.

I'm not saying lawsuits should be banned, but you know how lawyers love to make a buck and I can see every Tom, Dick, and Harry who are missing their Xbox 360's to burglaries, suing the police force for the loss since they can't prove it to their insurance company.

We are afforded full use of the court system. This is why cranky stupid people are awarded HUGE sums of money for something that SHOULD be a matter of common sense. I'm thinking the lady that sued McDonalds because there was no warning stating her coffee was hot.

These are the lawsuits that are clogging up the system already. The last thing we need to do is add more. I do agree that nothing should be exempt from being sued, I just hate that people are sue happy now since they're all looking for that magic windfall settlement.

And the legislature can choose to award much greater damages (and have done so in the past) if it is justified.

Cops are human and the agencies make mistakes and must be held accountable for negligence and wrong doing.

To ban all lawsuits will result in the "bad apples" feeling they are "above the law".

This is just a typical "knee jerk" reaction from a typical political jerk who is pandering for a few votes.

great I agree about the frivolous lawsuits. Lawyers have made a mockery of the system. Yes, we taxpayers will have to pay extra if lawsuits are filed against certain agencies, but it is worth it to force the agencies to pay more attention, and in the end, it will cost us taxpayers less as the agencies will be forced to be more diligent in their duties.

Well, it looks like we have some really bad weather moving in so I am shutting down my computer. Have a safe night.

I find this case tragic on so many levels. First, they had hits on the trailer with the hounds. The Sherriff’s office was unable to put probable cause together to enter that trailer based on the K-9 officer’s findings. Secondly, I find it atrocious that the grandfather had to endure the accusations and questioning that he did, especially during his time of grief. These actions have probably brought emotional damage to the Lunsford family that will never completely heal.
I am 100% behind Mark Lunsford. In many cases, it appears that the DA and law enforcement seek to find the quickest and easiest person to convict, not necessarily the person that is guilty of the crime. Presently, when you are questioned by law enforcement, they act as though you are guilty of the crime and it is up to you to prove your innocence.
I have personally been pulled over because I was in a vehicle of a similar color (not make and model) to one that used in the commission of a crime in Polk County that afternoon. I was in St. Petersburg when I was pulled over. My brother-in-law and I were separated and we had an officer going back and forth between us telling lies and deceptions about what the other person was saying, just trying to trick us into saying something that could incriminate us. I felt very fortunate that I had receipts from a local store from the time at which the crime took place with me or I may have ended up getting arrested that night for a crime that I did not commit.
I can only hope that one of the outcomes from Mark Lunsford’s suit is that the practice of “good

Yes, Bubba is an ass, but he serves a purpose. In this case, he has exposed Lunsford for what he really is, an ignorant piece of white trash. Lunsford is a drunk, a druggie, a fraud, and a child pornographer. Listen to the tapes of the phone calls, Lunsford is disgusting in his display of ignorance, his inability to answer simple questions was glaring, his use of swear words, major! I for one am dismayed that the authorities have not instituted a full scale investigation into Lunsford's activities. When they do we will all see what role he played in his daughter's death, which I believe was a great factor in her death. Each time he opens his mouth, it demeans the memory of Jessie.