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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsABBUTT "never gave up" (his commercial), had his back broken & paralyzed
then he sued the landscapers & property owners for the tree that fell on him and eventually reaped millions. Then when he went into politics his main issue was "tort reform" the bottom line being that NOBODY ELSE can reap millions, just a CAP of whatever/$250K or whatever.
And his "Conservative" agenda has been to refuse readily available federal Medicaid funds for needy children, among every other thing for people who need help.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)I got mine, too bad for you.
Hispanic Republicans are the same way when it comes to immigration.
musette_sf
(10,202 posts)of the FACTS. Anyone should be properly compensated for a grievous injury - but youre a solid gold pure-D prick if you benefited, then took actions to make sure no one ELSE gets properly compensated.
UTUSN
(70,706 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,909 posts)A murderous hypocrite.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)He is 1/3 of the trio of evil here in Texas (Abbott, Patrick and Paxton)
Grins
(7,218 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,306 posts)It is written by a person who was a paralegal at the firm Greg started at. That firm had issues and fell apart in the early 1990s.
I still have not figured out why Greg is running so scared. Greg is pushing policies that fine with the Q-nuts and the more right-wing part of the base. These same policies will hurt Greg in the general election.
There are some good details on the settlement Greg got due to a falling tree. I never got all of the details of this settlement or the accident that left Greg in a wheel chair.
Link to tweet
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/who-is-greg-abbott/
Moore was covered for $1 million or so in his homeowners policy, Riddle recalled. A million dollars didnt stretch that far if you were damaged for life, he said. But he discovered that Moore had paid a tree company that was part of a large national chain to do some work on the oak. Riddle could then assert that the repairs might have been done improperlythat more attention had been paid to caring for the trees canopy than to protecting and stabilizing the roots. Now Riddle had not one but two deep-pocketed defendants. Through what was then known as joint and several liability, a plaintiff could recover damages from multiple parties so long as some responsibility was established.
By 1986, Abbott had completed his rehab. He wasnt walking, but he was moving forward in other ways. Riddle had negotiated an impressive settlement that would support his client for the rest of his life. The estimated total of $3 million (about $8 million today) began with an initial lump-sum payment of $300,000 (about $770,000 in todays dollars), followed by another lump sum of $100,000 in 1989. Abbott would continue to get lump-sum payments every three years, with the last payment of $740,020 scheduled for November 1, 2022a nice supplement to his $153,750 annual governors salary. Additionally, in 1986 Abbott started receiving $5,000 a month (almost $13,000 today) with a built-in annual increase of 4 percent for the remainder of his lifetime. It was all tax-free.
I have never been impressed with Greg's intelligence and I am hopeful that Greg will continue to push homophobic policies that will help Beto