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Doctor Holds Patient Hostage Until She Pays Her Bill
To piggyback off Difdi's comment, and while it's been said before that actions of the doctor and his staff also amount to false imprisonment, a civil claim entitling the woman to damages. Sue him and the staff and the damages given by the jury should be more than sufficient to cover the bill...
United To Require Minimum Stays Starting In October
@pianos101: Actually just for the sake of clarity, neither throwaway ticketing nor hidden-city ticketing are "illegal." They may be "prohibited" but "illegal" implies that the activity is contrary to an actual law promulgated by a government body. Here the activity is prohibited by the rules of a private carrier, so illegal is not the proper term.
Sorry, busy studying for the bar exam and in a warped mindset demanding precision...
Listen Time Warner, The 60-Year-Old English Teacher Didn't Order $1,400 Of Porn
I say call the Digital Communications Director referenced before the comments, explain the situation to him and then say that there will be several other calls immediately following that one. First a call to the BBB. Then a call to an attorney to proactively sue them, and then a call to some media outlets to get some coverage of this. Methinks thesmokinggun, abovethelaw and some legit news outlet like cnn or a local news team would do the trick. No way in hell that a jury would rule against her in a case like this. Talk about a sympathetic plaintiff...
United To Require Minimum Stays Starting In October
The arguments against hidden city ticketing still seem a bit misguided. The airlines are claiming that they need to charge extra for checked baggage because it increases weight and decreases fuel efficiency. One would think that having fewer passengers on a leg of a flight would decrease the weight and improve fuel efficiency or at the least provide sufficient seats to cover the inevitable overbooking of the flight.
Not to mention the fact that it seems a bit strange from a contracts point of view that they would penalize customers for not fully availing themselves of the benefit of the bargain. This would be akin to a pizzeria getting upset because you didn't finish the whole pie despite paying the same amount as if you had. That being said, they're a private business and can ban anyone they want from flying but still don't see the unethical nature of it. It's taking advantage of the system, just as reinstating minimum stays is taking advantage of the system. Guess that's the golden rule, the one with the gold (or in this case the leverage) gets to make the rules.
I believe the best way around this that I've seen so far is to book hidden city tickets under your middle name and regular ones under your first name or vice versa.
United To Require Minimum Stays Starting In October
Still fascinated by the hidden city ticketing...
United To Require Minimum Stays Starting In October
@scerwup: That entirely depends on if the other airlines jump on the bandwagon and decide to get the customers from all angles. If that happens I think there will be a huge increase in the use of other modes of transportation like trains and maybe even fractional ownerships in jets...
But it's truly insane and ridiculous that they would being to shoot themselves in the foot like this. The average airline consumer will take a lot of punishment and inconvenience but this will likely be the straw that breaks the camel's back!
Would You Like A Condom Ad In Your Beer?
@testsicles: Maybe you don't...maybe that's why my memories of college are so blurred and sporadic...
Would You Like A Condom Ad In Your Beer?
Beer always seemed like a waste of time to me. It doesn't get you that drunk unless you have more than 6 and even then you spend most of the night pissing it out. As they say, you don't buy beer you just rent it.
Personally, I'll stick with my scotch. You can sip at it and after you hit that 2nd double you're already smiley...and by the 3rd you're nice and loose...
RIAA Pulls Case Before It Can Be Dismissed, Then Refiles Days Later To Get Different Judge
@jimconsumer: If this were under New York law the 6 month rule would apply. Basically it says that if a case is discontinued for any reason other than lack of personal jurisdiction or dismissed on the merits that the plaintiff can refile it within 6 months. During that time you'd have to keep a hold of the evidence knowing that the case could easily be brought again. Bogus rule but it is what it is. Still a very bad idea to intentionally destroy evidence, even if the plantiffs are a bunch of douchebags like the RIAA because it only harms your defense...
Comments from Nev-in-NYC
TicketsMyWay: Sell Tickets You Don't Have, Keep Money, Threaten Customers, Profit!
funny, i just went on to their site to look for tickets figuring that either i could see a show or enjoy a little pro se legal reparte with them and it seems as if there are no tickets for sale for anything. maybe they got wise and pulled down all their tickets for sale after the extra attention?