What This Really Means

Last Thursday a judge ruled that the multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by the Farrow family was without standing and threw it out. The lawsuit could be refiled with a couple of major but minor changes. The deceased boys father, mother and his brother all have to be named in the civil suit. A competent attorney would have been aware of that from the start, and already worked this out in private. Not having the case kicked out and delayed once again and have the judge publicly admonish them. Doesn't do a whole lot as far as building client or public confidence. I think Javier Bailey is feeling his way through this thing, and will get his name heard locally if nothing else. I won't say nationally because it doesn't seem to be picking up national steam. The "Jenna Six" crusade will hold most marchers for a while. Jesse Jackson was in town the other day and he didn't even mention the case.

I don't think they'll get anything, but if they do it won't be nearly what they're asking. A child in Memphis was killed and his mother was awarded $100,000, and she hadn't received that yet. I wonder does the lawyer's fee change or remain the same? There has to be some discourse there, after all initially they tried to leave the father out. His child support payments didn't count. Now that he has to be included, any money rewarded would have to go towards the funeral bill. In essence what the judge has done is make this a mini class action lawsuit, making sure nobody profits from this boy's death.