Any attorney on the chat? Does Idina have a case? — Page 2

I recall I time when Sammy the Sheep fell down the platform of the Ark. It was very painful for him he did loose some wool, those damn monkeys were always putting banana peels on the platform. Unfortunatly at Noahs Ark we were under contract not to sue, especially with all those crazy monkeys running around.


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The only time Idina would so in this matter would be if someone purposely tried to hurt her...as I don't think that is the case, she probably won't sue. Things like this happen. I'm sure her medical bills are being taken care of...

No case here folks; no malice intended either. This was a simple case of timing. the platform had simply left a few seconds early and it will be remedied. Idina has performed this maneuver hundreds of times (Sunday's show was the 500th performance) and nothing like it had occured. Hardly a pattern of negligence or part of a systemic failure. Give it a rest.

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america is sue happy i tell ya!! i really doubt she will sue a show she has been apart of and probably gotten really close with the last year. mistakes happen.

If it was her intention to sue them I doubt she would have been at yesterday's show joking about the whole matter.

ETA: I remember an incident in London's West End. In the show Notre Dame De Paris one character fell off a bridge because he wasn't secured enough. He did sue them, don't know if we won though.

QM

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Updated On: 1/10/05 at 09:42 AM

At the pre-Broadway run in Chicago they used to lift the tomb and one night it came crashing down with the two of them in it. They decided to leave the tomb firmly on the ground after that.

QM

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THIS IS LIVE THEATER...stuff like this happens, unfortunatley.

::sighs::

Ok, I responded to Marlothom about this via PM when it was first posted with the hope that would be the end of it but I guess not....

First, I'm not a lawyer, I work in the ent. industry but I'm attending law school so I have something to fall back on. My mother, on the other hand, is employment lawyer and we've discussed this and it actually came up last night in a conversation with several lawyers and some thoughts were thrown around about it.

Of course some of this depends on her contract and there were some questions when it came to the platform in question. But since no one was familiar with the show or exactly what happened, it was dropped and since I was by far the most unexperienced at the table, I didn't make a point to jump in until my mother outted me by mentioned I've seen the show "at least 25 times" (it's 11 and she knows it!) so I did my best to explain what I knew.

Anyway, in this case Idina is considered an employee....since this her JOB she is entitled to workers compensation because she was injured while working. This is NOT the same as suing. WC is basically a no fault act that covers medical expenses or any other costs that come about as a result of the injury (for example, if this injury prevented Idina from being able to work again she would be compensated in such a way that she would received money set forth by a schedule.

WC also protects the employer since it is exclusive, so if an employee collecting WC as a result of an injury, the employer is protected from any further action by the employee (i.e a lawsuit) relating to that particular incident..

However, she may be able to sue based on "negligence not foreseen..." but that depends on what exactly happened. So basically if someone was in charge of the platform it should have checked and rechecked to be sure no one was in danger. If it could have been prevented and Idina in no way contributed to the accident by missing a mark or something, they can be held responsible.

Hope that helps?

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Yes, Idina is for sure able to make receive worker's comp in the employment law context. And negligence would be in a tort context...but I don't foresee her going there anytime soon. She'd not only upset the people she worked with (unless there was true and obvious and unacceptable negligence), but most likely her fans and EVERYONE on this message board!

As for the LSATs, its relevant, but don't let people who tell you its determinative of how you'll do on the bar exam. I know plenty of people who sucked on the LSATs and passed the bar on the first time (exceptionally hard in CA), while others who rocked on the LSAT's had to take the bar multiple times.

Type_A_Tiff: I would have PMed you but your icon is frightening.

TIFF! The av...I'm begging you...yech. I'll custom-make you a new av if you want one, but...please. Stop the ew.