Being a dumb azz and not knowing how to use the equipment doesn't mean you can sue the equipment company for being an idiot.

Quote:After about an hour of deliberations Friday, a jury in Las Vegas rejected former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s lawsuit against the maker of an exercise band that Reid claimed was responsible for injuries he suffered in January 2015.

The injuries included blindness in one eye for Reid, 79, a Nevada Democrat and former party leader who asserted in his lawsuit that his injuries forced him to retire early from the Senate, where he had served for three decades.

The eight-member jury’s decision followed eight days of civil trial testimony, during which Reid never proved that the device he claims he was using when he was injured was a TheraBand made by Hygenic Corp. of Ohio.

Reid's son had disposed of the device soon after Reid was hurt.

The former senator testified that the device slipped from his grasp, causing him to fall, resulting in his injuries.

During the trial, Laurin Quiat, an attorney for TheraBand, said Reid was to blame for his own injuries because he simply misused the product.

The lawyer cited logs from the Office of Attending Physician to point out that congressional exercise advisers tried for months to teach Reid how to improve his technique while using the resistance bands at his doctors’ request, the Washington Times reported.

When he returned to the Senate later in 2015, Reid was seen with significant bruising on his face and initially wore a bandage over his right eye.

Reid said his eyesight loss affected his depth perception and reading ability. Two months after his injury, he decided not to run for re-election in 2016.

Reid was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read. His lawyer, James Wilkes II, said he respects the jury's decision.

The lawsuit had named three companies as defendants: Hygenic Intangible Property Holding Co., the Hygenic Corp. and Performance Health LLC, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Reid claimed to have incurred more than $238,000 in medical costs because of his injuries, lawyer Colin Esgro, another of Reid’s attorneys, told the newspaper.

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Think we all know it was a mob attack of some sort. Something was very odd on this one.

Hard to imagine a less-sympathetic personal-injury plaintiff.

Have any of you ever used a theraband? The maker should have sued Harry Reid for slander.

Its just an elastic strap. Think of a 6 foot long, 4 inch wide rubber band with less elasticity. What happened was he fell because he's old and he tried to blame it on his exercise equipment. Its almost as bad as suing a shoe company because you fell on a basketball court.

Morons like this were making our laws.

Reid claimed to have incurred more than $238,000 in medical costs because of his injuries, lawyer Colin Esgro, another of Reid’s attorneys, told the newspaper.[/quote]

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He does have Obamacare, right? Let them pay.

(04-05-2019 11:51 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

Being a dumb azz and not knowing how to use the equipment doesn't mean you can sue the equipment company for being an idiot.

Quote:After about an hour of deliberations Friday, a jury in Las Vegas rejected former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s lawsuit against the maker of an exercise band that Reid claimed was responsible for injuries he suffered in January 2015.

The injuries included blindness in one eye for Reid, 79, a Nevada Democrat and former party leader who asserted in his lawsuit that his injuries forced him to retire early from the Senate, where he had served for three decades.

The eight-member jury’s decision followed eight days of civil trial testimony, during which Reid never proved that the device he claims he was using when he was injured was a TheraBand made by Hygenic Corp. of Ohio.

Reid's son had disposed of the device soon after Reid was hurt.

The former senator testified that the device slipped from his grasp, causing him to fall, resulting in his injuries.

During the trial, Laurin Quiat, an attorney for TheraBand, said Reid was to blame for his own injuries because he simply misused the product.

The lawyer cited logs from the Office of Attending Physician to point out that congressional exercise advisers tried for months to teach Reid how to improve his technique while using the resistance bands at his doctors’ request, the Washington Times reported.

When he returned to the Senate later in 2015, Reid was seen with significant bruising on his face and initially wore a bandage over his right eye.

Reid said his eyesight loss affected his depth perception and reading ability. Two months after his injury, he decided not to run for re-election in 2016.

Reid was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read. His lawyer, James Wilkes II, said he respects the jury's decision.

The lawsuit had named three companies as defendants: Hygenic Intangible Property Holding Co., the Hygenic Corp. and Performance Health LLC, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Reid claimed to have incurred more than $238,000 in medical costs because of his injuries, lawyer Colin Esgro, another of Reid’s attorneys, told the newspaper.

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Show some respect for Clint Eastwood how about it. It's Dingy Harry, not Dirty Harry!

(04-06-2019 04:24 PM)JRsec Wrote:  Show some respect for Clint Eastwood how about it. It's Dingy Harry, not Dirty Harry!

Excellent point. Edited.

I use bands like this on a daily basis. They’re just big rubber bands used for stretching and mild resistance training. If the thing snapped in half I could almost see the need for a suit, but he’s a typical dem blaming someone else for his own mistakes.

(04-06-2019 04:49 PM)dfarr Wrote:  I use bands like this on a daily basis. They’re just big rubber bands used for stretching and mild resistance training. If the thing snapped in half I could almost see the need for a suit, but he’s a typical dem blaming someone else for his own mistakes.

It wouldn't have happened but that McDonald's coffee in his left hand was too hot! What a loser! I wonder which dead hooker Michael Corleone put in his bed?

his wife gets hammered and beats him.

How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

he is/was a treasonous, vile little pigfucker that has demonstrably hurt the country -- both in principle and in practice.

harry reid is one of the (I suppose) few creations of God that God may have regretted.

(04-06-2019 09:35 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

he is/was a treasonous, vile little pigfucker that has demonstrably hurt the country -- both in principle and in practice.

harry reid is one of the (I suppose) few creations of God that God may have regretted.

Come on Eagle, don't hold back, tell us what your really think of him....

(04-06-2019 09:14 AM)bullet Wrote:  Have any of you ever used a theraband? The maker should have sued Harry Reid for slander.

Its just an elastic strap. Think of a 6 foot long, 4 inch wide rubber band with less elasticity. What happened was he fell because he's old and he tried to blame it on his exercise equipment. Its almost as bad as suing a shoe company because you fell on a basketball court.

Morons like this were making our laws.

(04-06-2019 10:37 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:35 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

he is/was a treasonous, vile little pigfucker that has demonstrably hurt the country -- both in principle and in practice.

harry reid is one of the (I suppose) few creations of God that God may have regretted.

Come on Eagle, don't hold back, tell us what your really think of him....

He’s right you know.....

(04-06-2019 09:35 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.
Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

he is/was a treasonous, vile little pigfucker that has demonstrably hurt the country -- both in principle and in practice.
harry reid is one of the (I suppose) few creations of God that God may have regretted.

I don't know that God regrets. But Americans should.

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

The worst part by far is the fact we have career politicians. America needs term limits.

(04-07-2019 06:17 AM)hawghiggs Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

The worst part by far is the fact we have career politicians. America needs term limits.

term limits won't fix this. what america needs is voters that aren't drooling idiots.

(04-08-2019 08:18 AM)EagleX Wrote:  

(04-07-2019 06:17 AM)hawghiggs Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

The worst part by far is the fact we have career politicians. America needs term limits.

term limits won't fix this. what america needs is voters that aren't drooling idiots.

That's the other part of the reason Democrats want voting easier and easier. Besides making it easier to commit voter fraud, they want lazy drolling idiots to vote, who are more likely to vote for people like Harry Reid.

(04-08-2019 08:29 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-08-2019 08:18 AM)EagleX Wrote:  

(04-07-2019 06:17 AM)hawghiggs Wrote:  

(04-06-2019 09:27 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  How exactly is leaving the Senate AFTER THREE DECADES and gaining incredible wealth during that time perceived as cutting short a career.

Reid is an arseclown, and a deceptive one at that.

The worst part by far is the fact we have career politicians. America needs term limits.

term limits won't fix this. what america needs is voters that aren't drooling idiots.

That's the other part of the reason Democrats want voting easier and easier. Besides making it easier to commit voter fraud, they want lazy drolling idiots to vote, who are more likely to vote for people like Harry Reid.

also explains their open borders immigration policy.