Senator Jim Alesi's broken leg lawsuit

[Earth_First]

Senator Jim Alesi is also suing the builder of the couple's home. The lawsuit claims he was injured when he decided to look inside their house which was under construction at the time.

Perinton builder Louis DiRisio says the lawsuit infuriated him. “It was. It was very upsetting. Something that happened three years ago. We thought we put it to bed three years ago, and all of a sudden it rears its ugly head.”

The sheriff's report cites Alesi for criminal trespass. The front door of the unfinished home on Conover Crossing was locked. Alesi went around back and got in through a basement level back door. That's where he tried to climb a ladder to the first floor because the staircase hadn't been built yet. “He certainly didn't have permission from me. He didn't have permission from the Heckers. It was not a home that was for sale. It was not a model home. It was never open to the public. So in my view, it's just entering the property whether the house was locked or not but entering that property was trespassing.”

Alesi said he was checking out the "under construction" house for a friend. He fell while climbing the ladder and suffered serious leg injuries that required surgery.

Alesi claims the builder and homeowners were negligent for failing to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition. Builder DiRisio says the house was in a safe condition for construction workers.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s1936623.shtml

From the odder than odd files...

[Fuzz]

1. Amazing

[Webster Green]

2. What a dumbass.

I can't imagine him winning that case.

[lonestarnot]

3. 3 years ago? Hasn't the statute run yet?

[Earth_First]

7. Not sure...

But even at that, the rules for the common man certainly do not apply to the overlords.

[msanthrope]

10. He filed the day before the 3yr statute of limitations ran...n/t

[Sanity Claws]

4. Republican

he was a trespasser!
I hope the court throw the lawsuit out and makes him pay court costs.

[Canuckistanian]

11. Gee. Imagine my surprise.

I knew it when I clicked on the OP.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Dropped the suit

http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/2011110124026

Idiot : I am going to sue you because I got hurt doing something illegal

[Earth_First]

9. Just saw that...

Just oddly infactuating.

The whole bit.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Wait! What about tort reform, and trivial lawsuits, and personal responsibility ... and ... and ...

nevermind.

[Earth_First]

8. +1 n/t

[quakerboy]

12. Wikipedia says he has withdrawn his lawsuit

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110124/NEWS01/110124026/1002/NEWS/Alesi-withdraws-lawsuit


It also elaborates that he is a Republican. Which, stereotyping as it may be, does not shock me even one iota.

[MyUncle]

14. This Asshole Republican Should Be Recalled From Humanity.

[pacalo]

13. Someone needs to write a book about Republican hypocrites. A super-sized one.

[Zavulon]

15. Biggest asshole I can think of today.

Given the GOP crew, that's really saying something.

[progressoid]

16. What a deluxe douche.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. What I would have recommended as counsel to the owners and the developer.

Draft a Release whereby they would promise not to press criminal charges against Alesi for trespassing and he would promise not to sue for personal injury in any form.

This would preclude any mischief by Alesi like he's perpetrated in this case.