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"40 years ago the followup would be: of course, look who is governor, Jerry Brown! -- nm"
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Peglegpete
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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..
Posted by
zeitgeist
Apr 8 '15, 15:02
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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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