As is our custom when in Rochester, NY, which is Tom Painting’s
(and dagosan’s) hometown, we celebrate with a few haiku from Tom:
I track her words
across the page
winter lonliness
nursing home
my father
the way I left him
sleepless night
snow to rain
by the sound of it
a skim of ice
above the spillway
quaking aspen
“sleepless night” – The Heron’s Nest (March 2005)
“I track her words” – Modern Haiku 36:1
“nursing home” – HPNC, hon mention 2004
“a skim of ice” – Frogpon, XXVII: 1
potluck
The newspaper in Rochester, NY, the Democrat & Chronicle,
has an article today on local folk who have sued Merck due to
plaintiffs Vioxx-caused injuries. (“About 100 Monroe [County]
residents file claims against drug’s maker,” Nov. 21, 2005). The
article actually focuses on one plaintiff, who has filed in the NY
Supreme Court, Paul Crowell . The article shows the difficult
causation issues raised in many Vioxx suits. It starts:
“Paul Crowell says he hates “sue-happy” people.But after a blood
clot and a heart attack put Crowell in a 10-day coma and crippled
his left leg, he believed he deserved some payback. “
Later, the article notes: “Crowell, a salesman for a company called Prepaid
Legal Services, had been off Vioxx for at least a couple of years before he
had his heart attack in April 2004. He also suffers from emphysema after
years of smoking. But he said he never had high blood pressure until he
started taking Vioxx.”
“If I don’t recover anything, I gave it a shot. I’m not going to pitch a fit,”
said Crowell. “But on the other hand, because of what I went through, I’m
interested in getting something. My leg is ruined for the rest of my life.”
news this morning — but, this time, it is as host of Blawg Review
doled out by Dennis Kennedy, try our prior post, Legal Profession Reform
Is Coming Much Sooner in UK Than US.
who have been slinging mud at Cong. Murtha over his suggestion that we
pull out of Iraq within 6 months. I join with his frequent-commentor,
the often-dissenting Steve, in thanking Steve Bainbridge for being will ing
to speak the truth, even when his political allies are at fault.
