r/law • u/bendubberley_ • 15h ago

Legal News The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case is admonishing jurors who are refusing to follow his instructions

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u/Front-Psychology7854 9h ago

I was in the ER with an infection in my blood and in quite a bad way, only thing I really remember is a nurse yelling at a lady saying how gratefully she should be that her concern is only a sprained ankle and points at me and goes "you don't want the attention that guy is getting, and be grateful that you don't need that many doctors and nurses." She was complaining that it was unfair that I was getting prioritised over her daughter with a sprained ankle and it was taking too long.

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u/onelongwheelie 8h ago

I was at the hospital on a backboard in a room shared with another patient. She was absolutely screaming in agonizing pain. After a few minutes, I asked through the curtain what was wrong with her - she had a broken toe. I then replied with "I have a broken neck, shut the fuck up."

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u/justahumblefart 7h ago

What was that toothache quote by dostoyevsky?

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u/bannana 9h ago

good lord, going to the ER for sprain is going to have you sitting there for 14hrs

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u/Desperate_Two867 7h ago

You got a VIP pass or something? You'll quite literally wait days in some places.

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u/Healthy-Amoeba2296 8h ago

there is a cartoon with sailors at a bar. The guy with the peg leg is complaining that his suffering demands respect. The guy next to him has a peg-head.

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u/ruat_caelum 8h ago

you definitely don't want to be the example an ER nurse is pointing to. If you weren't worried before I bet you were after.

Like of ALL these people it's me? "Am I gonna die?"

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u/MrSurly 8h ago

Who in the fuck goes to ER for a sprain?

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u/Original-Produce-302 7h ago

I did the first time I sprained my ankle. Literally did not know. Too much pain to think.

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u/grower_thrower 6h ago

You can’t be refused at a ER for inability to pay, so people without insurance or enough to pay the copay at an urgent care. Not always easy or possible for a layman to differentiate between a sprain or something more serious, and some folks would rather not risk it.

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u/TrioxinTwoFourFive 8h ago

someone who doesnt know if its broken or sprained. And its a Sunday.

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u/SoftGravityField 6h ago

😑 I hate everything lol

But on a positive note, good on that nurse for keeping it real with the mom who just… either didn’t understand the difference between your state and her daughter’s sprained ankle, or did understand and felt entitled to what she was asking for anyway.
Glad you survived!

I relate to losing memory, I don’t much of anything, really, from the three weeks I was in the hospital for septic shock (or the morning of the day I went to the ER, for that matter). It was a really strange experience.
Unfortunately, I apparently had to wait almost 3 and a half hours in the waiting room the day I went