Had to run up to my attorney's office yesterday, and right before I leave, he says, Oh, Sheila, I need your opinion on something... so we go in another office and there's a saddle sitting there. Automatically, I see the latigo on the right side of the saddle that attaches to the cinch is broke, and it's a real thin leather.
He asks... do you think this is saddle is cheaply made... I said, well, ya know, regular saddle, no biggy... what? They purchased it for around 4-$500... Yep, he says. He says, okay, what do you see wrong with it? I said, well, the latigo is broke over here. He says, "Don't you think that's too flimsy?" I said, "Yeah, but what person in the right mind is going to use this saddle with a latigo like that, you can replace that for about $15."
He gets this funny look on his face. I said, why, what's the deal? He starts cracking up laughing and says that his partner has a case where a girl fell off the horse because that broke, and they're suing somebody over it. I said, "You know what, if the girl's stupid enough to leave that on a saddle and not replace it when she bought in the first place, she deserves to fall off." He says, "Okay, I'll be sure and tell my partner not to have any horse people on the jury." I told him, you know, "You get what you pay for and you'd best tell your partner to settle out of court on this one!"
I thought, GOOD LORD!
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Subject: This will blow your mind 
March 21st 2007, 7:50 am
I was tail ended not to long ago. The first thing I was told was put on a neck brace, go to the hospital and say how bad it hurts. And ta da, law suit! I said thats why our insurance keeps going up, because of dumb stuff like that.