Comments on: should they disbar TuberculEsq?

By: Alfred Finkle

Alfred Finkle — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:01:45 +0000

I think it’s not that simple when ones health is taken into account. People can do crazy and reckless things sometimes.

By: P. Bolland

P. Bolland — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:00:18 +0000

Why not claims for Negligent/Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress – I am sure some of those people on that plane have experienced diagnosed depression, panic attacks, etc – while waiting for the results of their tests. If any turn out to be infected, how about negligent/reckless assault, if someone ultimately dies from infection, wrongful death, negligent homicide,man 2?

What a little prick. He should invoke an “interests of justice” clause of his own – and resign his bar number.

By: E.McSorley

E.McSorley — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:22:56 +0000

Seems like a supercillious question. Who did he injure? His wife is TB negative and his afb smears were negative so he was deemed non-contagious. Why didn’t infectious disease experts make a big deal out of it when it was discovered on xray last January? Seems like the CDC is a day late and a dollar short here, and the media is unable to discern this. It is very unlikely he infected anyone else, and I think kicking this man when he is down is really deplorable.

By: David Giacalone

David Giacalone — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:18:34 +0000

Over at Legal Profession Blog, Bill Fritsch points out that Georgia's Rule 8.4 "is radically narrower in its scope than the parallel ABA Model Rule. Model Rule 8.4 (c) makes it a violation to "engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" and subsection (b) covers "a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects."

By: Alan Childress

Alan Childress — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:15:41 +0000

Thanks, David. I have linked to this via Legal Profession Blog at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/2007/06/bar_discipline_.html, though I am calling him Typhoid Perry Mason or, in the alternative, Typhoid Marry. –Alan

By: David Giacalone

David Giacalone — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:16:42 +0000

Thanks for the information, Molly. I just corrected the posting above. According to the article that you cited, “Andrew Speaker, 31, entered the academy in 1993 with the class of 1997, but he left before the 1995 fall semester, said academy spokeswoman Judy Campbell. She would not give a reason for his early departure. Midshipmen are permitted to leave with no penalties before their junior year.” Navy Times , “TB patient attended Naval Academy for two years,” June 1, 2007.

By: Overlawyered

Overlawyered — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:03:46 +0000

“Should they disbar TuberculEsq?”…

David Giacalone has some thoughts on now-notorious Atlanta personal injury lawyer Andrew J. Speaker, who doesn’t seem to have lived up very well to the Lakoff-prescribed billing of “public protection attorney” (Jun. 1)…….

By: molly

molly — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:40:12 +0000

Mr. Speaker is NOT a Naval Academy grad. He left after two years.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/navy_tbguy_070601w/