John Edwards. Liar,Adulterer,Thief, and Wife Beater — Page 2

OK, true confession...

I'm 45 and met a younger brother 12 yrs my junior this past Christmas. We did not grow up together as he was an "outside child". My parents have somehow managed to stay together as a married couple for as long as I've been on this planet. Dad had no political aspirations nor has he attained the personal wealth of John Edwards.

Many years ago, I asked my mom why stuck it out through what was obviously a painful and humiliating ordeal. Her response was "as a Christian woman, I'm capable of forgiving him. But I was not about to let that hussy take bread off your table; I did it for you". I'm still touched to this day by that woman selflessly putting the interests of her kid (me) before her own. And let me add that my dad is hardly someone that any woman on this board presently would seek as a hubby.

Love Pops to death, but wouldn't wish him on my worst enemy as a husband or life-partner. And yep, like the Edwards clan, we hail from the great state of NC. Every childhood friend of mine has a similar family account, across racial lines.

I write all this to say that it seems that for some women, it's not always about personal gain. Sometimes, they simply love too much.

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He is an ambulance chasing lawyer. None of his actions should be to surprising.

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Funny how everyone bashes lawyers until they one.

Edwards was a Personal Injury Lawyer. His biggest case was against the manufacturer of a pool drain that sucked and disemboweled a 5 year old girl. Despite 12 prior suits with similar claims, manufacturer continued to make and sell drain covers lacking warnings. It settled for 25 Million.

His next biggest case involved an botched c-section where the application of abdominal pressure and delay in performing c-section caused brain damage to infant and resulted in child having cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia. Verdict set record for malpractice award.

Of all of the issues I have with Edwards, his work as a plaintiffs lawyer is not one of them.

Edward's Cases.

yes because a warning on a drain cover will prevent any further instances of such events. just as warnings on mcdonald's coffee cups succeeded in informing the public that the coffee was in fact hot.

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It was a defective design, and the warning was for the owners of the pool. And, FYI, the settlement was basically what the jury awarded, without any punitive damages:

"The plastic cover, about the size and shape of a Frisbee, breaks up the force of the drain's suction. The maker, Sta-Rite Industries of Delavan, Wis., now stamps warnings on the covers and requires them to be screwed into the drain frames. But in 1987, when the drain cover in the Medfield wading pool was made, the covers bore no warnings, and the covers had only plastic prongs to be snapped into place."

December 6, 1996 - Drain cover didn't have warning label

RALEIGH - Sta-Rite Industries' chief engineer testified Thursday that the company did not put warnings on its pool drain covers until late 1987 even though it had information before then that the suction of uncovered pool drains had killed and injured children. But Gary Brooks, the engineer, said he personally did not know about previous accidents involving the drain covers. Otherwise, he said, he would have put out warnings of them...

Sta-Rite Industries bought the company that made the pool drain covers in 1984 - 10 years after a California child was killed on an uncovered drain and three years after a Henderson, N.C., boy was seriously injured. After the 1974 death, an engineer tested the force of the vortex of an open pool drain and found that even a strong, aware adult could be trapped and could drown. The Lakeys claim Sta-Rite knew all that, yet it did not move to put warnings on the drain covers until late 1987. The drain cover in the Medfield wading pool was made in February 1987.

Sta-Rite's lawyers argue that it was Medfield, and not their product, that was at fault. They say pool managers had long been instructed to affix drain covers firmly, and the company is not liable for mistakes made at the pool.

December 11, 1996 - Company papers reveal 13 accidents like Cary girl's

RALEIGH - Under pressure from lawyers for a Cary girl injured on an open swimming pool drain in 1993, the drain-cover maker revealed that it knew of at least 13 similar accidents nationwide - far more than it has previously acknowledged. The girl's lawyers immediately rewrote their claim against Sta-Rite Industries of Delavan, Wis. On Tuesday, they accused the company of "willful and wanton negligence," asking for punitive damages on top of the millions of dollars already demanded...

Lakey v. Sta-Rite Industries

consenting adults

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They deserve each other.

Such anger that the guy who didn't lie to the entire world about weapons of mass destruction to get the country into a hideous and destructive war, costing thousands of lives and wasting billions of dollars then.

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Papa, I agree with you 100%! Did you see this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/11/elizabeth-edwards-threate_n_458321.html

What right does she have to make ANY demands?

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Elizabeth Edwards' is coming off less and less sympathetic with each passing second. What a trainwreck. She should have called Arielle Hunter what she really is - an opportunistic homewrecking slut.

gmta?

I didn't even notice you posted a link. I have zero sympathy towards Elizabeth. She sounds like a nut and a total bitch! Her,John, and his slut all three need to go away.

http://www.starmagazine.com/edwards_mistress_cheated_jeff_goldblum/news/16503

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Updated On: 2/11/10 at 12:34 PM