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 Fracture (2007)
IMDB rating: 6.80
Plot: Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who’s soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it’s an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum’s weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy’s a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in predictable ways.
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Directors: Hoblit Gregory
Actors: Hopkins Anthony,Gosling Ryan,Strathairn David,Burke Billy,Curtis Cliff,Gunton Bob,Josh Stamberg,Berkeley Xander,Cervantes Gary,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
this is pretty messed up too me. somebody please explain this.?
3 days ago i was in my weight lifting class, and i was benching without someone to spot me. and this guy came up to me and put all of his weight down on my bar, causing it to come straight down on my collar bone, which fractured my collar bone, but before the pain hit, i jumped up, knocked the dude out cold really quick, then my coach took me to the hospital to get it checked out. now today when i return, i have 4 days of suspension from school, and kicked off the martial arts team, and the dude has none. was that right? is it me, or did he really do something wrong too?
sue him, sue the school, and sue the state for 100 million dollars
pennfan2010 | Feb 04, 2010
Well…you did hit him. But even though you retaliated…he should have been suspended too. Unless you want to really fight over this…there isn’t much you can do. I would let it be known to your coach first how everything went down and see if they think you are valuable enough to reinstate.
Grandma of 2 | Feb 04, 2010
That’s what happens when you fight regardless if you consider it self defense or not. There is no such thing as right and wrong or fair and unfair. WELCOME TO REAL LIFE! This is it! I keep telling you guys don’t fight. It’s not worth it. It has nothing to do with what I think or agree with but everything with what happens to you if you do.
But here is something to get even for you. Call the police on the dude who put his weight on your bar while you were lifting. Insist on filing a police report and if you can get a restraining order against him. Whine and tell the police that he could have caused a lot more damage had you dropped the bar on your chest in the wrong place (heart damage, lung damage). Don’t try to be ‘though’ about this.
LIONDANCER | Feb 04, 2010
First I agree that he should have been suspended as well. However, you did open yourself up to his idiocy by not training with a spotter. My advice is live, and learn.
JimG | Feb 04, 2010
You should have report him instead of striking him.
Paul G | Feb 04, 2010
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! up until the suspension part. He should have been suspended and yelled at by your coach…and principal…and his mother…and your mother…and a lot of other people. That is totally messed up. You really should see what you can do legally. Sorry that happened.
kung pow | Feb 04, 2010
Dude!! That guy was as wrong as two boys F!@#ing in the barn! The truth is though you either need to let it go and deal with it as a lesson learned; or pursue it from every legal and administrative angle possible. If you choose to pursue it, Get witness statements, Get your billing statements and any adverse administrative paperwork possible the school gave you in order. Then have your parents take up the issue with the head of the school. Get an attorney and sue the piss out of that punk and his parents.
Also place charges on the little punk. Then see what happens. Worst case scenario you will have gotten the boot from school, knocked the crap out of a punk and made both he and his parents lives hell. You will also be a thorn in the side of the dumb ass school officials who made the bad decision. You just can’t pay for that kind of satisfaction! By the way be more alert next time so you can knock the punk out before he gets the jump on you. This advice may not be the most political correct, but if more people had more of a back bone you wouldn’t be in this situation. That is the problem with America now days. Everyone seems to want to do the politically correct thing. Thats how we end up with the Fort Hood Shooting, The passage of the Nigeria bomber and Obama "the clown" as President. Political Correctness never works!
Good luck!
Andy Curtiss | Feb 04, 2010
technically he assaulted you first.. any unwanted threatened or carried out physical or verbal violent act against another to inflict harm.. i can assault you technically by throwing a french fry at you.. and he definately harmed you.. but it is almost like in most cases only the second punch or retaliating punch is seen by those that matter..even though your collar bone is broke, you need witness statements saying he did what he did, or else they could (probably not but could) say your collar bone broke under different circumstances and that he did not hurt you by laying on the bar.. they also could try to say you weren’t following gym rules by working out without a spotter and that is why they suspended you.. you have to cover yourself with witness statements, doctors statements and bills, and then sue for assault.. even if it doesn’t take the suspension away he can get in legal trouble and you can get pain/suffering and your medical bills paid for.
he should’ve gotten suspended but didn’t , but that doesn’t mean he has to go unpunished.
chris b | Feb 04, 2010
Since he attacked you first and you only retaliated in defense, it wasn’t right for the school not to suspend the other student, he should have been suspended and expelled, you can sue him for injuries you acquired, Also, you can sue the school for not suspending him, and if they took you to a hospital where your insurance doesn’t cover you can sue the school for that too.
murphy p | Feb 04, 2010
LionDancer and a few others have some great advice,
you both should have been suspended, and you should file charges against him for assault. you can also sue him for pain, suffering, and soforth. just because it was in school doesnt mean you cant get the police involved.
Shihan J | Feb 04, 2010
I’d say just hire a lawyer to visit the principal’s office with you. You won’t even need to sue unless the damage is bad and costs you. In that case, yeah, go for it. The lawyer should be scary enough for the school to back off, though.
Freight Smiley | Feb 04, 2010
I would go to the school board and fight that…providing you are telling all the facts. That sounds like a messed up situation to me and you should stand your ground. Good luck.
nwohioguy | Feb 04, 2010
What you did can easily be perceived as excessive use of force: when you hit the other guy, it wasn’t in self defense, since it couldn’t actually prevent your injury, but as a retaliatory action. It wasn’t necessary for you to do it.
On the other hand, what the other guy did could easily be explained away as a honest mistake/accident. So, while what you did IS more or less justified, it isn’t seen that way from a legal/formal standpoint.
Perhaps you could ask for an inquiry on the matter, or issue a statement, or pursue other legal options.
Joezer | Feb 04, 2010