Iowa Republican Tort Reformer files dog bite case

<http://www.theiowachannel.com/politics/2352246/detail.html>

A state senator who advocated legislation that would have done away with punitive damages now is seeking punitive damages over a dog bite he suffered while campaigning last summer.

Sen. Ron Wieck, 58, a Sioux City Republican and insurance agent, filed the lawsuit Friday. He's asking the dog owner to pay for past and future medical expenses, loss of damaged clothing, and pain and suffering, including anxiety and humiliation.

"The issue is that I, as a citizen of the state of Iowa, should have a right to collect for my damages," said Wieck, who said he sued after a year of unsuccessfully trying to collect from the dog owner's insurance company.

The lawsuit alleges Wieck was bitten and injured in the groin July 18, 2002, by a coon dog that charged out of Delray Goulette's house in Pierson while Wieck was campaigning door-to-door.

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That just about sums up the Republican party. They all hate lawyers...........until they need one.

The sad part is that he probably doesn't get the irony.

Good doggie!

Don't ya just love the innate sense of most animals to be such good judges of character?

wants tort reform - but his wife is suing in a case for damages including pain and suffering. Don't remember the details but it sounds just like this case - including wanting to take advantage of the system while at the same time working to prevent other citizens from having the same course of redress.

Little Ricky and his wife had a stillborn son. They sued the Obstetrician and/or the hospital, and reached a settlement of several hundred thousand dollars, IIRC. You see, it's okay for THEM to seek legal recourse, just not US.

I love it!

Funny how these republicans can talk out both sides of their ass at the same time, 'eh?

This is a reference to one of my favourite dialog lines.

What a hypocrite. The anti-tort reform thing comes from the mega-corps that call the shots in the GOP, and the true-believers are duped by it even though it is against their best interests. Thats the amzing thing the Right has done, they get millions of Americans to vote against their own best interests based on propaganda distributed by the likes of Limbaugh.

GOOD DOG!!

Good boy! Would you like a Milk-bone? Yeesssssss!!!!!

I hope he didn't get rabies.

Wait, I guess I shouldn't assume the dog was a male. I hope he/she didn't get rabies.

Hope this poor ol' dog didn't get any terrible diseases from biting that Repuke.

Love the pun in the name, too :)

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Boy did that make my day. Maybe there IS a god after all.

but there certainly is a DOG. :)

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These scumbags preach personal responsibility until the cows come home. But scratch them (or bite their balls, either will do) and they go straight to blame. It must have been a bloodhound that bit him. It's the only dog with the patience to find this guy's sack.

legislation at the trial.

Of course, prosecution would try to have it kept from the jury.