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In 1974 the Browns sent the best letter a team ever has

Greg from LI : 10/27/2016 9:25 am
This is actually from an old Deadspin story, but I never saw it until I found a link to it this morning. I hope whoever wrote it got a raise. So, what happened was that a lawyer who was a season ticket holder sent the Browns a stern letter complaining about other fans throwing paper airplanes around, threatening to sue if anyone in his party got one in the eye. The general counsel of the Browns replied thusly:




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Ha!  
MadPlaid : 10/27/2016 9:55 am : link
Considering this litigious world we live in and social media, I doubt he could get away with that now, sadly.
RE: Ha!  
Deej : 10/27/2016 10:00 am : link
In comment 13192828 MadPlaid said:
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Considering this litigious world we live in and social media, I doubt he could get away with that now, sadly.


As a practicing litigator, I can say that 80+% of the letters I send and receive are of the "no, fuck YOU" variety.
I just imagine the lawsuit for the 80 year old woman hit in the eye  
jcn56 : 10/27/2016 10:05 am : link
by said paper airplane having a list of damages, one of them being 'loss of sexual services'.
RE: RE: Ha!  
MadPlaid : 10/27/2016 10:09 am : link
In comment 13192833 Deej said:
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As a practicing litigator, I can say that 80+% of the letters I send and receive are of the "no, fuck YOU" variety.

Ah, okay. LOL. I stand corrected.
Deej  
MadPlaid : 10/27/2016 10:11 am : link
hold it a second, using those words? Or lawyer speak which translates to "up yours?"
The NYT letter responding to Trump's atty's lawsuit threat  
Mad Mike : 10/27/2016 10:18 am : link
was pretty good, but echoing this would have been better.
It's a Funny Response...  
Jim in Tampa : 10/27/2016 10:28 am : link
and as fans we enjoy these types of stories. But if I owned a football team I would want our lawyer(s) to give a more professional response, even if a fan sent an unreasonable letter.
RE: It's a Funny Response...  
Mad Mike : 10/27/2016 10:41 am : link
In comment 13192879 Jim in Tampa said:
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and as fans we enjoy these types of stories. But if I owned a football team I would want our lawyer(s) to give a more professional response, even if a fan sent an unreasonable letter.

Bailey has said that Modell ripped into him a bit over that letter.
Mark Cuban approves  
Rocky369 : 10/27/2016 10:43 am : link
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What do Lawyers use as birth control?  
gtt350 : 10/27/2016 11:16 am : link











their personalities
their personalities
RE: I just imagine the lawsuit for the 80 year old woman hit in the eye  
Chris in Philly : 10/27/2016 11:18 am : link
In comment 13192843 jcn56 said:
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by said paper airplane having a list of damages, one of them being 'loss of sexual services'.


Grannies don't have teeth. Nudge nudge wink wink.
This is for those BBIers who think all lawyers are assholes.  
Marty in Albany : 10/27/2016 11:27 am : link
Most lawyers in that situation would NOT have
identified themselves as a lawyer, but only as a "longtime and loyal season ticket holder, who is concerned because hooligans were engaging in dangerous activities that prevented the other patrons from enjoying the game."

I guarantee that the team's response to that type of letter would have been entirely different.

If a lawyer was going to identify himself as a lawyer, it would only be as an aside (not as a threat), and only be to suggest that if there were and injury, it could result in liability not only to the hooligans, but to team as well, and therefore the stadium's security personnel should be alerted to the situation to prevent this dangerous behavior in the future.

The asshole lawyer in the article, was concerned with his own ego, not with convincing the team that action was needed on their part.

Okay. Lawyers are not all assholes.

Now to convince BBI that lawyers are not all bastids. Hmm...
RE: RE: I just imagine the lawsuit for the 80 year old woman hit in the eye  
jcn56 : 10/27/2016 11:50 am : link
In comment 13192969 Chris in Philly said:
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In comment 13192843 jcn56 said:


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by said paper airplane having a list of damages, one of them being 'loss of sexual services'.



Grannies don't have teeth. Nudge nudge wink wink.


Hey, whomever's gums your gracing these days is none of my business!
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