Anticlimax

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 10/12/2018 at 09:42 • Filed to: None

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Well, I should make the papers. It won’t be pretty.

Some of you know the story. This is the simple version. I do battle with some legal aid lawyers who are primarily funded by the US taxpayer. They are unethical extortionists who are not restrained by the economic realities that restrain the most abusive litigation tactics. That government money comes with strings attached, not the least of which is that they are prohibited from representing illegal aliens. I reported the attorneys , repeatedly, to their overlords in DC, and got them thrown off a bunch of cases. I suspect it caused them other headaches, but I can’t be sure on that point.

Anyway, they sued me in federal court in 2013 , claiming that I was retaliating against workers who sue their employers by reporting them to ICE, which is not at all what happened. But they wanted me to stop cooperating with the feds.

Anyway, we got the case against me dismissed (twice) without a trial or even the need to produce any evidence. In the five years this has been pending, I have not answered the complaint or presented any evidence on my own behalf because the case was defective on paper.

On appeal, the Ninth Ciruit revived the case by making new law that bailed them out , and in the shadow of their travel ban battle with Trump, assumed the unproven allegations were true, blasted me in a really bad opinion. There have never been any findings of fact, but that did not stop one judge from calling me a “mafioso” and a “serial killer.”

So yesterday we were in SF all day for mediation at the historic 9th Circuit courth ouse at 7th and Mission. M y former firm’s insurance carrier paid them $1,000,000 to settle the case based on a variety of concerns. Not one penny comes from me, and it isn ’t even my insurance, so my rates will be unaffected. Under the policy, I had final say on settlement, and my attorneys (both guys I know personally and trust) advised me str ongly to let the carrier settle, which I did. It honestly seems like the other side was most upset at their inability to touch me personally with this. Even the most negative news coverage has helped me, because it makes me look good to those I defend.

But man, a big part of me wanted to fight this case, if nothing else, to expose the truth of what really happened. That truth will be lost forever now, and only the lie codified in the 9th Circuit decision will remain.

But as I tell my clients, looking for vindication in court is a fool’s errand. I always tell them to get out of litigation any time they have the opportunity to do so, and I have to take my own advice.

Come to America illegally, illegally use taxpayer funded resources to sue the legal immigrant farmer who gave you a job, get money, get the lawyers to sue your employer’s lawyers, get them to use their political connections to cut you to the front of the line for a visa, have an insurance company give you a million dollars. God bless America.

Happy Friday Oppo. I am considering canceling all of my appointments and taking Toby for a long hike in the mountains.

Tekamul > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:04

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give you you’re lawyers a million dollars

Unless something’s changed recently that I don’t know about.

The Dummy Gummy > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:05

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I am considering canceling all of my appointments and taking Toby for a long hike in the mountains.

Do it. Your health (and mental health) should always be priority.

random001 > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:06

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I understood about half of that, but I didn’t like that half one bit...

ttyymmnn > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:21

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Take the day off. You earned it. 

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:27

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450X_FTW > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:43

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Speaking of immigration and jobs, how is it athletes from another country are able to get a work visa so damn fast? It seems like there’s a quick lane for athletes, or am I just way off target? 

Tekamul > 450X_FTW 10/12/2018 at 10:53

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Mon e y expedites stuff, and a professional athlete has an iron clad employment agreement, and fixed work dates which clear up a lot of questions when it comes to immigrant labor. 

BigBlock440 > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 10:59

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assumed the unproven allegations were true, blasted me in a really bad opinion. There have never been any findings of fa ct, but that did not stop one judge from calling me a “mafioso” and a “serial killer.”

Is that some of that “judicial temperament ” I’ve been hearing about lately?

wafflesnfalafel > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 11:04

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T ake it easy sir - there are tasks that need to be done for society to function, as publicly unpopular as some are.

Lobbyists on the other hand, they can all just burn in .... :)

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 11:27

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On appeal, the Ninth Ciruit revived the case by ma king new law that bailed them out...

At least that’s not supposed to be how any of that works.

There have never been any findings of fact, but that did not stop one judge from calling me a “mafioso” and a “serial killer.”

WTF? Seems slanderous, unless they were actually foolish enough to write that into a judicial opinion. What kind of recourse is there when a judge starts throwing out BS like that?

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ImmoralMinority 10/12/2018 at 12:01

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“But as I tell my clients, looking for vindication in court is a fool’s errand.”

It’s one thing I’ve learned over the years by reading case law and some very minimal involvement with the legal system... what the legal system calls ‘justice’ and what the average person thinks is justice are two COMPLETELY different things.