Dispensary Corner 25 Aug 15
August 25, 2015
A court hearing in the US
became a matter of life and death
last week after one of the lawyers
managed to convince the judge
he really needed a continuance.
Attorney Marc Daffner filed an
urgent request with the Pittsburgh
magistrate hearing a case he was
involved with - because his wife
was going into labour.
The formal document read
“Defense counsel’s wife went into
labour at approximately 11.15am
today, and defense counsel will
be killed by his wife if he does not
get to the hospital immediately”.
Although there wasn’t a legal
basis for the delay, the judge and
opposing counsel agreed to the
move, meaning Daffner made it to
the birth in time.
In AN example of true inspirational
determination, a 21-year-old
quadriplegic has managed to
complete a gruelling 20km Tough
Mudder course in his wheelchair.
British student Rob Camm
(pictured below) was paralysed
from the neck down in a car
accident two years ago.
He decided to take part in the
challenge in a special off-road
wheelchair linked to a quad bike.
“I wanted to do a Tough Mudder
before the accident and still
wanted to do it now,” he said.
Although he wasn’t able to
complete some of the obstacles -
such as the monkey bars - Camm
managed to navigate most of
what the organisers described as
the UK’s “deepest, darkest mud
and soul-crushing terrain”.
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