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In response to "40 years ago the followup would be: of course, look who is governor, Jerry Brown! -- nm" by Peglegpete

Melvin Belli (king of torts) got a huge settlement from the muni cable car, a woman got hurt when she fell off, it made her promiscuous, the lasting..

legacy of that was establishing the principle of deep pockets, the Muni was found to be only 1% responcible but since they were the only ones with money, had to pay the judgement.

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