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Blogger Subpoenaed for Criticizing Trial Lawyers

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lookin-for-a-free-ride dept.

Cutie Pi writes "Katherine Seidel, mother of an autistic child and an avid blogger has been subpoenaed for her "family's bank records, tax returns, autism-related medical and educational records, and every communication concerning all of the issues to which [she] has devoted [her] attention and energy in recent years." The lawyer in question is representing a mother who is suing Bayer for $20M with the claim that mercury in their vaccines caused her child's autism. In her blog Seidel has spoken out against lawyers trying to cash in on thimerosal lawsuits, noting that the thimerosal-autism link has been debunked in several studies. But Seidel herself has had no direct involvement in the lawsuit."

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  1. This lawyer... by dosius · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...this lawyer sounds like a Scientologist.

    *HIDES*

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  2. Man it's cold by techpawn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was Spring! What's that chilling effect in the air I feel?

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  3. Re:Logic and evidence be damned by Lazypete · · Score: 2, Funny

    We geeks need to get out of the basement and put our collective intelligence to work. Hail to that, and on soooo many other issues!
  4. Re:Silent Spring all over again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it's exactly like "Silent Spring" then.

  5. Re:Logic and evidence be damned by smooth+wombat · · Score: 3, Funny
    We geeks need to get out of the basement and put our collective intelligence to work.


    But the light is so bright!

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  6. Re:Logic and evidence be damned by josteos · · Score: 3, Funny

    We geeks need to get out of the basement and put our collective intelligence to work. I want to help, but Mommy won't unlock the door!
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  7. Well by their attorney's reasoning... by NIckGorton · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am going to sue Micro$oft and that will allow me to subpoena CowboyNeal's recored relating to any treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, psychopathology, and substance abuse. Like duh its obvious why his claptastic history would be pertinent.

  8. Borg 2008 by redstar427 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We geeks need to get out of the basement and put our collective intelligence to work. So THAT'S how the Borg got started!
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  9. Re:Silent Spring all over again by uniquename72 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's still banned though, because people fear global warming and other such nonsense. I don't usually feed trolls, but...

    lolwut?
  10. Re:Logic and evidence be damned by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right you are! I am old enough to remember the polio epidemics in the summer and being scared shitless of winding up in an iron lung. Swimming pools and libraries got closed and people were afraid to go to the ballgame. These Luddites should go live in Afghanistan or The Sudan with their like-minded brethren.

    I really don't know what my problem is. I'm not even close to being old enough to remember polio epidemics, I only know of polio via the history books I was forced to read in school. And yet, despite this, I'm still concerned that people avoiding vaccines for silly reasons could result in some of these diseases coming back or new ones coming and remaining unrestrained. It's almost as though... I was somehow able to learn from history without having to directly experience its lessons, and am able to appreciate the reasons for and benefits of the vaccination programs.

    Am I insane?

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  11. Re:DDT by SlowMovingTarget · · Score: 2, Funny

    The WTO's solution--which worked--was to airdrop cats...

    As God is my witness, I thought cats could fly.