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BuzzKill:
I don't recall anything about the case being low priority - and I am sure I would remember something like that. I suspect that in glancing over it you mistook something. These things do move along at a snail's pace tho. Make sure the law firm has your current email as a lot of important correspondence comes through email. Sometimes there is a need to respond to something related to various challenges from the defendant and often-times there is a dead-line for responding.  Your right about the payola to politicians, but I think many are now understanding better that this could burn them and they are distancing themselves from WWASP related persons. I'm thinking of Rommney, for example.  I also wish the case could be heard outside of Utah - but maybe this will turn out to be an advantage. Anyway - try not to get discouraged that there will be some success with this - I honestly believe that eventually this case will succeed in hold then accountable and providing a significant consequence for their many non-working choices.

sandra361:
While I don't have the original letter I do remember the gist of it. The letter said that if we wanted to we could opt out and get another lawyer and try to refile the suit with that lawyer or something. I wish I had kept it now. But I do remember it clearly stating something to the effect that court is a long uphill battle and that it will probably take years and there's many obstacles to overcome like jurisdiction and all that and if we wished we could release Turley and get a new lawyer(s). I check my email daily and I've had the same phone number and address for 8 years so there's no way I could have missed something if they sent it. (Unless they sent it snail mail and the mailman was secretly hoarding mail...I suppose that would be a valid excuse.) I think the letter also said that at this time they aren't planning on filing any amendments to the complaint; if something happens in court they'll file an amendment then but they aren't planning on doing anything on their own any time soon. Someone I talked to a couple months ago who tried to get in on the lawsuit was told basically the same thing; that they will add her name to the list and she will be added the next time they file an amendment but they couldn't say for sure if they would file and even if they did it would be a while before an amendment is filed.

The US court system is ridiculous. When the defendant in a major court case is very rich and politically connected they are pretty much guaranteed that the likelihood of someone winning a lawsuit against that person/company becomes almost nil. Even if someone does manage to win a lawsuit by the time it's done with the appeals process if the lawsuit hasn't been thrown out by the appellate/supreme court the actual damages that the defendant has to pay becomes laughable. See Exxon Valdez oil spill for a real life example of how this works: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/ ... 9329.shtml

I'm sure the lawyers at Turley are very nice people but they aren't going to work for free. At this point they've put in a ton of work and gotten absolutely nothing in return for it. If things are ever going to change it's going to take a law being by Congress and even then it will only work if the law(s) are enforced. I understand Turley's viewpoint; there is only so much you can do.

I don't want to end things on such a depressing note, so here is an adorable picture of kittens to lighten the mood: http://media.funlol.com/content/img/baby-kittens.jpg :)

BuzzKill:
I sure wish you had kept your letter. . . I've not seen one with that kind of language in it.  Oh well.

sandra361:
I just sent them an email asking for a letter about the status of the case and if they are going to be filing any more paperwork in the future. I'll let you know what they say when I hear back from them.

Ursus:
Thanks for sharing your story, Sandra! And thank goodness your parents were ultimately more in touch with those things which really matter in life, as opposed to the artificial parameters of "success" meted out by a program.

There are actually quite a few threads here that deal with Tranquility Bay specifically, in case you wanna pursue your memories a bit more. Here's a search for all posts which mention the term: Tranquility Bay. And here is an especially sad thread:


* Delving into the mind of a brainwashed program parent.
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