Did I ever tell you I once caught a shark? Yep, in a small putt-putt off Cape Cod. Indeed, right off the very beach where we–my large family–all swam.<\/p>\n
My Uncle Saul wasn’t particular happy because, once the shark’s rather distinctive snout emerged from the ocean depths (at least 12 feet) and stared at me, Uncle Saul, my brother and two cousins, Uncle Saul said, “Damn kid!” or some such because he had to cut the line, and it was the line of his favorite deep sea fishing rod. The one I was using.<\/p>\n
P.S. We all ran into the house and I said, “Mom, I caught a shark!” And she said, “Yeah, right,” and refused to believe me until my cousin Bobby said, “No, really, Aunt Es–she caught a shark!”<\/p>\n
We didn’t eat it for dinner, mainly because Uncle Saul cut the line before I tried to wrangle it into the boat, yamma yamma yamma. (I’m kidding. No way was I wrangling it into the boat–although it was not bigger than the boat and I’d better confess right here: it was a sand shark. Still, it was 3 feet long. Nowadays, I read news about how the Cape Cod seas have become quite a feeding ground for sharks that are much bigger than my shark.<\/a> Maybe one of them is<\/em> my shark, grown up.)<\/p>\n However, this below is not only a shark story. It is also a lawsuit story and every once in a while I recall that Sidebar<\/strong> is supposed to be covering the legal news. But mostly I sort of forget. Because there’s so much more going on in life.)<\/p>\n Anyhow, he-e-e-re’s Kevin!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Okay, having tromped around Hadrian\u2019s Wall for a few days (I\u2019m told it was in much better shape 1900 years ago), now I\u2019m going up to Scotland to see the people\u00a0it was supposed to keep out. Now that I\u2019ve got internet access again, it turns out dumb things are still happening.<\/em><\/p>\n Courthouse News Service reported the other day<\/a> that the lawsuit filed by a free-diving photographer who was injured by a shark (see\u00a0\u201cShark-Attack Lawsuit Raises Interesting Questions, Like What Were You Doing in the Ocean to Begin With<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0(Aug. 10, 2016)) has been settled. As usual, no details have been disclosed, though it seems fair to assume that the actual\u00a0tortfeasor here didn\u2019t have to contribute at all. This is typical shark conduct.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ..she sued the “professional shark feeder” who guided her downward to shark territory. Kevin Underhill has this case nailed solid, in his Lowering the Bar. I particular like the \u201cShark-Attack Lawsuit Raises Interesting Questions, Like What Were You Doing in … Continue reading Assorted Stupidity #96<\/em><\/h2>\n
Oct 23, 2016 06:16 am | Kevin<\/em><\/h4>\n
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