The law isn't always exciting. Sometimes it's down right boring. Personal injury attorneys think a real "sexy" case involves complex insurance coverage issues. Construction litigators get all hopped up over the "excitment" of injecting consumer fraud claims into the case so there's the threat of triple damages and attorneys' fees.
Some days I get asked just to babysit a document review. That's literally sitting in a room watching other people review documents. Part of the job is to make sure they don't steal them. (Yes, that really happens) And the rest of that task is to keep your ears open for whether the other side is stupid enough to let loose with a juicy bit of informtion in your presence. (Sometimes it happens. Usually this is just a waste of time) Good billables. Really boring. Mindless. But if you drink enough coffee, maybe you can stay awake long enough to hear that one worthwhile tidbit of information.
Law & Order, Boston Legal, First Monday...all those shows...they all make law seem so exciting.
Tomorrow I'm going to be taking a deposition. In Marlton. Where the heck is that??? I don't spend a lot of time in south Jersey and I don't really want to start tomorrow! (If I'm going to be that close to Atlantic City, I should be in AC gambling! Not in some bumblefuck place called Marlton working)
I'm going to be deposing the plaintiff in a property damage case. He claims that my client broke his lateral line by flushing out the sewer main with high pressure water, causing sewage to back up into his house. (By the way, if any of you actually understand what I just said, give me a call. Because I still don't understand how a lateral line could just "break off.")
The only interesting twist in this case is that the guy claims a "vandal" stuck a stick into his lateral line days before this incident and we think he attempted to perform work on his own sewer line.
Sexy enough for you?
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Actually, the man's story is VERY believable. Sewer laterals leave the house and are connected to either a sewer main(Pipes that usually run down the middle of the road) or directly to a manhole.(A manhole is an access point used when a sewer line makes a directional change) Sewer mains tend to get clogged from time to time, especially in flatland areas because they run their mains on a very minimal grade. When a main gets clogged, they bring in a big truck and send a high pressure hose with a special head on it to clean out the line. This thing could kill you, it's that strong! If not used properly, it can go up into a service lateral or drive an intense flow of water into a service. The utility company here had to redo two rooms in a persons house because it blasted all that crap in through their bathroom. Don't call on me to testify! LOL
otin, hon, you're not helping my case here!
All I got was shit backed up into the house.
That's really all I needed to know.
I think I'll stop complaining about my broken perfume stench in my house now.
GAG
Well, I guess it could be worse. I worked law enforcement for years and my attorney friends were always trying to get me to go to law school. I said, "NO, NO, NO".
I know this will not help your case but being that my brother and brother-in-law both own their own plumbing companies I would have to say that otin is correct. They both have these high pressure hoses and I have heard the same thing. They are not something to play with at all.
So I do not know what to say, other than that I am thankful this did not happen to my house.
God bless.
It all sounds very sexy.
(If you think that's boring you should try being an engineer.)
hmmm...how does one put a stiick in their lateral line, and where is one's lateral line anyway?
Girl,
You lost me on this one.
I'm just a teacher.
poop
Very very sexy work councilor. Yeah they take the most shocking stories and make them even more dramatic in those shows.
You said you were interested in the Meatless Monday MixUp if you have time stop by the party has started!
Ooh, sounds thrilling. I'm totally jealous. Maybe I'll come visit you in Marlton... did you figure out where it is? HA HA HA!
What did one ass cheek say to the other?
A: if we stick together, maybe we can stop this shit!!! LOL! bedtime!
Candice: See. It can always be worse
Gena: You're so smart!
Mrs U: Well, at least I now know his story isn't TOTALLY implausible
K: I'm working on 2 big construction cases where we represent the engineers. Doesn't strike me as sexy work at all!
Marathoner: You should have heard me at the deposition. "So, how big was this stick?" "Where did you have it stuck?" The guy cracked up and I hope it wasn't on the record when I told him to get his mind out of the gutter!
Auntie: I lost myself at some point on this one too!
Rach: Seriously? You just wanted an excuse to say poop?
NA Mom: Glad one of us thinks so!
Ms S: WAY down the turnpike. Almost to delaware
Otin: HA!
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