He's so very nice...

“Anyone that has had any actual contact with him will have nothing but positive things to say about him, from his behavior issues to his progress in treatment,” said Mr. Weigel, who added that Mr. Schmidt’s seven-person treatment team would testify on his behalf Monday. “They’ve worked very hard with Don.”

Oh...how nice...

The detail is his age: Mr. Schmidt is 37, the oldest defendant ever in California’s juvenile justice system. Just 16 when he molested and drowned a 3-year-old girl while high on methamphetamine, he has been in juvenile facilities for two decades, sometimes alongside teenagers who were not yet born when he was convicted.

Not so nice...let him rot (preferably while standing on his head in a vat of decaying fish).

Bizarro World...

A patient suit against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals may open brand name drug makers to liability for mishaps when patients take a generic product. A three-judge state appeals panel in California ruled that the originator company is responsible for product warnings and product information even when the patient is taking a generic.

“Manufacturers’ attorneys were aghast that a manufacturer could be held liable for a product the company didn’t even make,” William Fassett, pharmacist, attorney, and professor of pharmacy law at Washington State University College of Pharmacy in Spokane, WA told DT. “This is new territory.” The ruling overturns an earlier summary judgment that dismissed the suit against Wyeth and sends the case back to trial. The drug maker was sued over a neuromuscular disorder linked to long term use of generic metoclopramide (Reglan, Wyeth).

I, too, was aghast at this ruling by JUDGES...not Jurors. If there was a Jury making this asinine call, I could understand the 'us vs. the big bad corporation' mentality found in California.

Perhaps Pepsi should be paying the insurance premiums of RC Cola and vice versa.