Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Steve Lehto" channel.

  1. Which state Supreme Court justice made this argument?
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  2.  @Hatbox948 Every four years. Thank you for your interest in the United States of America.
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  3.  @Skank_and_Gutterboy  Harley might make more money on clothing, accessories, and licensing. It’s been a “lifestyle” company for a couple of decades.
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  4.  @OptimiSkeptic  You seem like an intelligent person, so I’m going to ask you to reconsider your use of “Third World/First World”. The terminology has nothing to do with whether a country is industrialized or not. The schema is from Cold War politics in which the First World was the Western Democracies, the Second World was the Communist bloc and countries aligned with the Soviets and/or Chinese communists. The Third World was those nations that did not wish to take sides in the Cold War, whether or not those countries were democratic. The First/Second/Third world descriptors are so obsolete that many people don’t even know that the Second World was part of it or what it was! The sentences in question are about the Rule of Law. Why not just lead with that? Some countries follow the rule of law, some do not. I think you’ll find that those that do not tend to be authoritarian countries. Economic development or geopolitical alignment aren’t germane. Anyway, thanks if you read this far. I hope you’ll consider my request in the future when you want to use “Third World” or “First World” as shorthand. Sometimes slang hits perfectly, other times it muddies our thinking. The misuse of First, Third World is one of the latter.
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  5.  @mikepalmer1971  no, it’s not.
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  6.  @christopherg2347  That’s the most important thing. But even if there is nothing for which they arrest you, you can still complain and get the cop into trouble. You can literally make a federal case about an officer engaging in prohibited behavior.
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  7.  @DaZeroHero  Yeah, the sports exception starts about 2:45. Context and circumstances matter here. Did the conduct take place at a boxing gym or martial arts studio? Did the consenting individuals have a history of participating in martial arts? If yes, this would support the defense. If no, it could be part of rebutting the consent defense. Other circumstantial factors could come from other witnesses: did the participants have an argument before the fight? Was there a history of antagonism between participants? Another factor that investigators would look at is the seriousness of the bodily injuries. They might look at the conduct of the fight in terms of norms of sport. Was one participant of a purported boxing match kicking the other while he was on the ground? Is there indication that one or more participants go too far? (There have been successful prosecutions of MMA fighters for assault.)
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  8. No to the first part of your suggestion. Yes to the second part—which is what a newspaper should be doing as a matter of course. Litigation is long, expensive, and takes more work than penning a few incisive editorials. If successful, what result might be achieved? Monetary damages less than the cost of litigation? Vindication? Vindication in the court of public opinion is better payback.
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  9.  @Alaninbroomfield  OK, Ivan.
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  10.  @beastlyshotzful  You mean attorney’s fees. There’s different ways these can be awarded. They can be assessed punitively by a judge if the defense acted in some way that deserves a penalty. But they can also be awarded by a jury, especially if they are included in the plaintiff’s demand.
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  11. It’s possible. Such things have happened often enough. But it would be nice if you had actual evidence before you make an accusation.
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  12.  @georgedunkelberg5004 HEY IS THIS A CASE OF LATE STAGE CAPITALIZATION? THERES AN UPPERCASE LETTER SHORTAGE GOING ON, BUDDY.
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  13. I’m not a big fan of subscription software, but I don’t think it’s right to prohibit companies from using a subscription model.
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  14.  @christopherkidwell9817 That’s false. The fact that writing in a name on the ballot makes your vote insignificant (you are throwing away your vote) is not the same as an election worker or official literally throwing your ballot away. You’re confusing metaphorical language with literal language. Or perhaps you’re just making stuff up, which is worse.
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  15.  @regulator18E  I must have told tracey a billion times to stop with the hyperbole.
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  16. Atsa spicy meatball.
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  17.  @SylviaRustyFae  You realize that a disciplinary action against the defense attorney doesn’t have to be done on the spot? Indeed, it would be wiser to wait for the trial to conclude before entertaining such an action—then there would be no argument that it was prejudicial to the client.
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  18. Ten times the value is not a reasonable ask. Presumably, having just packed their belongings, the couple knows what they lost. It’s perfectly valid to make a list after the fact if they didn’t create an inventory at the time they packed. If there are very expensive big ticket items, they’ll need more documentation to establish worth. You can include inconvenience in the ask, but if you want a settlement you’d best keep it reasonable.
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  19.  @equallawandorder5393  What’s wrong with you? Do you have to turn everything into politics? You must be a real joy to be around.
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  20.  @anonymouse14  Liability, yes. Criminal charges, probably not. U-haul has a good mens rea defense here, and any prosecutor would think three times and then opt not to prosecute. Mens rea is intention, and it would be quite easy for the defense to prove that no one at Uhaul intended to steal. For a civil case to recover monetary damages, it’s equally clear cut that Uhaul is liable, since their negligence led to the loss of the client’s property. Any jury would award damages. Unless Uhaul is very stupid (always possible with big corporations), they would want to settle this quickly and not argue about a reasonable ask (between full value and 150% or perhaps 200% of value, depending on how high). There might be several rounds of offer/counteroffer. Probably the couple would want to settle this sooner rather than wait for the matter to come to trial. But if they are willing to wait, they might get a bigger payoff at trial. If it was me, I’d start negotiations with the company before retaining an attorney. I’d have my minimum acceptable offer in mind based on value of the lost possessions and the inconvenience of replacement. A lot of times you can get a fair settlement quicker if you DON’T retain an attorney, and you won’t be on the hook for the attorney’s contingency. Once you hire attorneys, the company won’t talk to you and everything is done between your attorney and theirs. If I was offered anything like 150% of fair value, I’d be satisfied. Less than 125%, I’d probably seek legal assistance. That said, if one is too angry and emotional, it might be better to hire an attorney from the get go, and let them handle the case.
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  21. KGO has been hitting the misappropriation of public funds angle on this story. Airfare, hotel, meals, and the “investigating” officers were paid overtime. The county supes are asking questions, so this ain’t over.
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  22. The district attorney? Police departments don’t make prosecution decisions.
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  23.  @TheSimba86  They didn’t. They began demanding a leasing agreement to permit the work back in 2013. Sorry, you lose.
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  24. How many wheels does a miscarriage of justice have?
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  25.  @HamRadio200  Look up the actual case, “bro”. The victim received serious burns from boiling hot coffee. The truth of the case has been distorted by those who want to make product liability cases look ridiculous, and you fell for it.
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  26. The Colorado State Supreme Court has ruled that rent control is unconstitutional, and the legislature has not been able to pass any rent control laws that would supersede the ruling. Therefore, the property owners do NOT need to use a loophole to raise rents. Therefore your argument has no basis. If repairs weren’t necessary and the owners wanted to raise the rent, they could just raise the rent. They don’t need justification.
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  27.  @teilanittv  Good point. But you know there’s a good crowd of lawyer-haters here that won’t have any of it. They’ll damn half of any group of professionals for being subpar, and damn the other half for being elitist. Their underlying issue is that they hate expertise.
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  28. The exchange didn’t occur before the jury, so this won’t impact the jury. And really, the jury’s opinion of the penalty won’t be formed until both sides rest and the jury retires for deliberation.
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  29. No, it’s really not BS.
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  30.  @jimgarofalo5479  Thank you for mentioning the effect of cold on batteries. I think people greatly oversimplify right-of-repair issues. I have a problem when “right of repair” interferes with my right to buy the best product that fulfills my wants and needs. I have a problem if the “right of repair” interferes with a manufacturer trying to supply me with what I want.
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  31. Are you sure about that?
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  32. ⁠ @watcherofwatchers  When this happened to you and you took the manufacturer to court, did you make an additional demand for these other costs (in terms of time and emotional pain and suffering) that you bore? Hopefully you were able to document them to provide the jury with evidence. The court system cannot really make you whole. It can only make a rough approximation. It cannot give you your time back and it can’t make you unsuffer whatever frustration you felt. Hopefully you had realistic expectations when you embarked on your lawsuit.
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  33. Try to watch the video before posting ignorant comments.
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  34. It depends on how deep you are excavating. How deep do you need to remove dirt to build a basement? The company needed to excavate deep holes to install piles capable of anchoring the turbines. This infringes in the rights holder to exercise their rights in the future. Worse, they used the material excavated to construct the foundations. That’s the part that qualifies as mining. The worst case scenario for a home builder is requesting and paying for a permit to excavate a basement. The company refused to do this. They basically told the rights holder to go to hell.
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  35. Disbarment is a pretty heavy penalty if it was unintentional, but certainly the lawyer who submitted the fraudulent document should be sanctioned.
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  36.  @thatguyrich9822 It’s your standard 1911. Technically it’s semi-auto, but one of the things it’s called is 45 automatic.
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  37.  @wojcikrc  I thought people like you liked to do your own research. Why are you asking someone else to do your work? Do you lack a sense of personal responsibility? Minh didn’t make an extraordinary claim. The default judgement and the reasons for it are well known to anyone following the case, even at a superficial level.
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  38. Roy Botty
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  39. It’s mostly dentists and accountants that buy Harleys. I think doctors and lawyers not so much.
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  40.  @Carahan  Key Party
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  41. Not everybody makes this distinction, but it’s important to distinguish between right-to-repair and ease-of-upgrades. Add-ons that can negatively affect the original equipment could void the warranty in some cases and I have nothing wrong with that. However, it’s a different matter they are unrelated to a warrantied repair.
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  42.  @jillian7636  Apparently the townspeople approved her raise, but refused everyone else? Is this one of those towns where the citizens “hate big government” and think they can get the benefits of town services without paying for them?
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  43.  @easternwoods4378  That depends on if there are jobs in this small town. Maine is kind of like the Mississippi of New England.
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  44.  @khernandez7903  There will be a critical examination of how the law applies to the case, and as Steve outlined in the video, the case will fall apart on summary judgement.
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  45.  @robertchaplin The usual reason is bad loans and investments beyond the institution’s ability to absorb losses. It can even happen that the bad loans or investments aren’t bad long term, but a market downturn causes the bank to have insufficient funds for daily operation. The SVB failure was due in large part to a short term investment in a relatively safe long term investment, T-Bonds. Short term, they were underwater and would have to liquidate at a loss to have sufficient cash on hand to operate. This in turn caused depositors to withdraw their funds en masse (a run on the bank) which compounded the liquidity crisis. The bank had insufficient cash on hand to see it through changing market conditions.
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  46. Basically.
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  47. The land was leased from private owners. The private owners didn’t own the mineral rights. So you can’t blame the tribe for that.
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  48.  @GraytechOne  And when they were notified that the needed an accommodation from the tribe’s mineral trust, they told the tribe to take a hike.
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  49. It’s a good idea to investigate and to have a watchdog agency. The redevelopment board might be completely honest, but it’s better to check.
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  50. A lot of the commenters didn’t watch the video, don’t understand the law, and prefer to base their opinions on “common sense” bereft of facts and logic. I really don’t know why they watch law related channels. Perhaps it’s a way of fueling their need to feel outraged.
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