This is what happens when you don't take your medicine...
I'm in a bit of a humerous mood, so to interest my blog readers (I lovingly refer to you as Manganello's Fellows), I submit to you the following email I received from an outraged citizen who didn't approve of a position I'd taken in representing one of my clients.
Names have been changed to protect the innocent!
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From: Not one of Manganello's Fellows
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:45:07
To: esq4hire.com
Subject: Gloucester County Times Article 8-30-06...What a JOKE Manganello
Ok, what is the world coming to???? REALLY!!!! I cannot wait to hear Chris' explanation for defending an 18 year old male who was caught with a beer on his senior class trip and is suing for $1 million dollars for "emotional distress(you have got to be kidding me), economic damages resulting from his inability to play baseball(boo-hoo) and the district's alleged improper handling of the administrative process"(always easy to blame someone else, isn't it?).
Joshua Krautwald needs to take HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS and SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. He should have thought about his so called baseball career before he picked up the beer!
Not that you care, Manganello, but I've got to tell you, my dad is very disappointed that you are defending this guy. Please, tell us your defense. Can't wait to hear this load of crap.
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I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did. Mind you, I have no idea why the creator of this email cared so very deeply about this case (personality fixation developed during potty training, perhaps?), but one thing that was clear to me was that this person was very, very angry. About what I really couldn't tell - I mean, the legal matter that was referenced couldn't possibly inspire that much contempt.
So it kind of got me to wondering, why do people get so worked up over things that don't involve them when there are so many other things in life to worry about. I mean, if the lawsuit was so frivolous, you would think that a Judge or Jury would figure that out, right? So what's there to be so upset about? The truth? Or better yet, avoiding your own personal truth?
So what I did was, I wrote back to this person and explained, as much as I could without violating attorney-client priviledge, what the matter was really about. I pointed out that their facts were wrong, and that my client was a minor at the time the school sent him home from Florida, alone. I also tried to articulately explain a bit of the legal theory involved. Which is, well, a bit involved.
What I mean is that it requires a little bit of intellect and patience to understand exactly where I was coming from. Turns out, I wasted by breath. Here was the reply I received:
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From: Not one of Manganello's Fellows
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:45:07
To: esq4hire.com
Subject: REPLY/Gloucester County Times Article 8-30-06...What a JOKE Manganello
Your client is not a minor...he is an adult, correct? 18...
Your client wants to make baseball his living...there is no guarantee he will be
good enough to play professionally or even stick with it!! Look how many
people change their professions.
You are absolutely right, God help us all! We need him to with our world
filled with attorneys like you defending people who have nothing better to
do than sue for money, money, money.
We have people struggling to make ends meet and yet this kid will more than
likely win because of our screwed up system and attorneys that twist the
truth for their benefit and he will get a million bucks because HE BROKE THE
LAW????? I really don't get it.....
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So at this point, I realized that I was dealing with an idiot. Not because Idiot had a different opinion than mine, there are lots of those Idiots out there. But because Idiot continued to get the facts wrong (yes, he was a minor, dammit), and because Idiot obviously had personal issues that went far beyong Idiot's anger toward me. Like unresolved Daddy issues (see first email), and, evidently, financial issues (i.e., "struggling to make ends meet").
It's not my fault that Idiot doesn't "get" it. I'm really sorry that Idiot's been missing his therapy appointments, but again, it's not my fault. My suggestion: direct that venom toward more positive pursuits. Like getting an education.
So let this be a lesson to my fellow attorneys and other courageous crusader's of the rights of the forlorn and forgotten - watch out for the nutcases, because they are watching you.
Names have been changed to protect the innocent!
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From: Not one of Manganello's Fellows
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:45:07
To: esq4hire.com
Subject: Gloucester County Times Article 8-30-06...What a JOKE Manganello
Ok, what is the world coming to???? REALLY!!!! I cannot wait to hear Chris' explanation for defending an 18 year old male who was caught with a beer on his senior class trip and is suing for $1 million dollars for "emotional distress(you have got to be kidding me), economic damages resulting from his inability to play baseball(boo-hoo) and the district's alleged improper handling of the administrative process"(always easy to blame someone else, isn't it?).
Joshua Krautwald needs to take HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS and SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. He should have thought about his so called baseball career before he picked up the beer!
Not that you care, Manganello, but I've got to tell you, my dad is very disappointed that you are defending this guy. Please, tell us your defense. Can't wait to hear this load of crap.
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I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did. Mind you, I have no idea why the creator of this email cared so very deeply about this case (personality fixation developed during potty training, perhaps?), but one thing that was clear to me was that this person was very, very angry. About what I really couldn't tell - I mean, the legal matter that was referenced couldn't possibly inspire that much contempt.
So it kind of got me to wondering, why do people get so worked up over things that don't involve them when there are so many other things in life to worry about. I mean, if the lawsuit was so frivolous, you would think that a Judge or Jury would figure that out, right? So what's there to be so upset about? The truth? Or better yet, avoiding your own personal truth?
So what I did was, I wrote back to this person and explained, as much as I could without violating attorney-client priviledge, what the matter was really about. I pointed out that their facts were wrong, and that my client was a minor at the time the school sent him home from Florida, alone. I also tried to articulately explain a bit of the legal theory involved. Which is, well, a bit involved.
What I mean is that it requires a little bit of intellect and patience to understand exactly where I was coming from. Turns out, I wasted by breath. Here was the reply I received:
*************************************************************************************
From: Not one of Manganello's Fellows
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:45:07
To: esq4hire.com
Subject: REPLY/Gloucester County Times Article 8-30-06...What a JOKE Manganello
Your client is not a minor...he is an adult, correct? 18...
Your client wants to make baseball his living...there is no guarantee he will be
good enough to play professionally or even stick with it!! Look how many
people change their professions.
You are absolutely right, God help us all! We need him to with our world
filled with attorneys like you defending people who have nothing better to
do than sue for money, money, money.
We have people struggling to make ends meet and yet this kid will more than
likely win because of our screwed up system and attorneys that twist the
truth for their benefit and he will get a million bucks because HE BROKE THE
LAW????? I really don't get it.....
*************************************************************************************
So at this point, I realized that I was dealing with an idiot. Not because Idiot had a different opinion than mine, there are lots of those Idiots out there. But because Idiot continued to get the facts wrong (yes, he was a minor, dammit), and because Idiot obviously had personal issues that went far beyong Idiot's anger toward me. Like unresolved Daddy issues (see first email), and, evidently, financial issues (i.e., "struggling to make ends meet").
It's not my fault that Idiot doesn't "get" it. I'm really sorry that Idiot's been missing his therapy appointments, but again, it's not my fault. My suggestion: direct that venom toward more positive pursuits. Like getting an education.
So let this be a lesson to my fellow attorneys and other courageous crusader's of the rights of the forlorn and forgotten - watch out for the nutcases, because they are watching you.
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