Ok, well it’s only happened to me in NYC. I guess I otherwise live in cities with a reasonable standard of living.

You mean free dinner? Yep.

I don’t think it’s nearly as common. I either pay $5,000 for a nice one-bedroom or $2,500. It’s a no-brainer.

You know you’re a New Yorker if you’ve ever moved in with a boyfriend/girlfriend solely for the 50% reduction in rent.

No it’s real. Too fucking real. Fucking New York. This place sucks a bag of dicks and is also amazing. Very strange dichotomy. But the complaining is real as fuck.

Also, I’ve had a DNA test regarding my ethnicity. My results were that I am Italian, Scandinavian, and Ashkenazi Jewish. How do you explain that Judaism is in my blood - in my genetic construct -if it’s not an ethnicity?

It’s an ethno-religion. Are you Jewish?

Not in a civil case they won’t. You’re only afforded a lawyer (if you cannot afford one) in criminal cases.

Where did I say it did?

Are you admitted to practice in Georgia?

Yeah, this is State Court. I don’t think it’s a waste of time. Plaintiff still has to prove their damages. You can get a default judgment but you can’t say “And now I request $5 million dollars for this broken pinky finger.” You have to prove that you have $5 million in damages. The Plaintiff likely requested a jury…

I tend to think that he had no money to pay a lawyer.

Civil trials are typically bifurcated. This means that the Plaintiff must first prove liability before the case can proceed to damages. Basically, the Court doesn’t want you wasting their time arguing damages if you can’t even prove you’re entitled to them. Once liability is established (which it was here on default),…

I was confused by this too. Seems like he did have a lawyer at some point. I assume that the lawyer withdrew and then he failed to obtain new counsel or proceed Pro Se but I don’t know for sure.

What about my comment led you to believe that I was saying that it was ok that he stopped participating? My comment was solely about the fact that this was not a judgment rendered on the merits.

This was a judgment on default. Meaning the judgment was rendered against him without opposition because he stopped participating. Therefore the Judge ruled based solely on what the Brown Estate was arguing and not necessarily because it was established that he was responsible beyond a preponderance of evidence. To be…

Did you convert?

Thank you! Eastern NC is flat, Western NC is mountainous. C’mon, Ryan Murphy!

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Yeah, and you can also die of the flu, strep or an ear infection. Basically any infection you can die from if it’s not caught soon enough. SCIENCE! But those aren’t exactly newsworthy, right?