You know, I dont care if #Abbott is in a wheel chair or not... I care that he is an asshole who doesnt care about people... And the wheel chair incodent just proves it.... Abbott became a paraplegic when an oak tree fell on him while he was running following a storm in 1984.[3][4] He had two steel rods implanted in his spine, underwent extensive rehabilitation at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, and has used a wheelchair ever since.[5][6] He sued the homeowner and won an insurance settlement worth more than US$10 million, resulting in payouts of US$14,000 a month.[7] Abbott later championed laws capping punitive damages to two times the amount of economic damages awarded plus US$750,000.[8] While the current law caps punitive damages, which are meant to punish gross negligence or bad faith, the law still allows payments for medical costs, potential lost wages, economic damages and noneconomic losses, such as pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. Matt Hirsch, a spokesman for the Abbott campaign, said the attorney general did not seek punitive damages in his lawsuit.[9] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Abbott#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_law_career
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:22:43 +0000