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Dan Davis represented a construction company in a case against a provider of hoisting services that resulted from an incident during the construction of the Texas A & M University Reed Arena. His client was engaged to erect huge steel trusses for the superstructure of the Arena on the Texas A & M University campus in College Station, Texas.

In October 1996, during the course of erecting a 160-foot long, approximately 170,000-pound truss structure, a crane lifting the structure dropped its end. The client, with one of their cranes and operators, along with a crane and operator leased from the defendant, was conducting this operation. The defendant's operator dropped his load from 80-feet in the air, causing enormous destruction to the structure below.

As a result, many parties on the project sued for damages sustained to the structure. The client was able to settle most of those claims with insurance dollars from the various parties. However, the defendant continually and steadfastly refused responsibility for the destruction of the client's crane and property sustained in the incident. The defendant engaged engineering consultants who theorized that the malfeasance was the result of poor planning on the client's behalf, rather than the operator's misconduct. It was claimed that the client had miscalculated the weight of the equipment involved, resulting in a lift that was doomed to fail. In trial, the defendant sought to justify the conduct of their operator.

After approximately two weeks of testimony, the case was submitted on theories of negligence, breach of contract, and breach of warranty of good and workmanlike performance under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA.) The jury responded with a 100% negligence finding against the defendant, finding that they failed to perform in a good and workmanlike fashion and did so knowingly. A verdict was rendered in favor of Dan Davis' client for $650,000 in property damages and lost profits, and $600,000 in attorneys' fees. The jury also awarded additional damages of $5,000,000.

https://www.djdlaw.com/practice/success.html

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21 hours ago, msucolt45 said:

aggy with their non-relevant dozen year head start to the SEC, wants to talk “been there done that,” to the newly assigned Horns and OU.

Hook’em!!!

They are SEC-splaining to us teasippers. Because they know ALL about winning. 😂

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On 5/31/2024 at 4:43 PM, General Specific said:

LO FUCKING L if some of you think aggy ever shuts the fuck up!

They never shut up but it would be fun knowing we ruined their season shortly after it started. They'd have all fall to think about it.  

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I went into the Surly Horns office today and just sat at my old desk. They called security and escorted me out. All those insufferably  young Surly bros were chanting, "bye bye, old, bye bye." It was really, really painful. We walked right by @immamac who pretended not to know me. Now, @Dennis Taylor, are you finally happy? Does this make you finally happy? 

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24 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

Some doofus flying their freak flag and declaring Texas A&M the "darkhorse" is a longstanding turdition. Herbie, Desmond Howard, whoever that moronic podcast guy is, blah blah blah.

Now, they'll parade it around and work themselves up into a frenzy at the top of the first drop. Klick klack kickety klack...........

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The Aggies are going to be incredibly hyped up. The players will be raging, the fans will be frothing, their cadets will be shoveling shit into the Longhorn band, the Ags will have been crying for two weeks about the 12 kids that died when their bonfire collapsed, making sure that everyone knows they believe they deserve a win. 

And Texas will win by two scores. 

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4 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

Some doofus flying their freak flag and declaring Texas A&M the "darkhorse" is a longstanding turdition. Herbie, Desmond Howard, whoever that moronic podcast guy is, blah blah blah.

Now, they'll parade it around and work themselves up into a frenzy at the top of the first drop. Klick klack kickety klack...........

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2 hours ago, statsman said:

The Aggies are going to be incredibly hyped up. The players will be raging, the fans will be frothing, their cadets will be shoveling shit into the Longhorn band, the Ags will have been crying for two weeks about the 12 kids that died when their bonfire collapsed, making sure that everyone knows they believe they deserve a win. 

And Texas will win by two scores. 

A&M will be lucky to be 5-6 when they face us.  The roller coaster will have taken its toll, although earlier than usual.

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5 hours ago, Longboard Horn said:

Texas gonna win by 3 scores minimum. 

I noticed my book had lines up for select games next season

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I'm not a huge fan of betting games months in the future, but this one is tempting. As a comparison, they have us  -16.5 at arky a couple of weeks earlier. 

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13 hours ago, Vertigo said:

Finebaum's reaction.. lol. That needs to be a gif for all eternity.

One of the best links to open ever. That should survive as a gif/meme long after nobody remembers who Finebaum even is. I laughed twice in the pause.

9 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

Shit

I was hoping for the smaller SEC logo patch on the collar like Florida and LSU.

In that light, it appears that we make it blend into the jersey a little better by not making the letters so white like they are on the Aggie jersey. Or maybe it's just that the contrast with the colors is different.

According to the Aggies, it's a magic patch that makes you SEC good the second it gets sewn on. We now can lay claim to all of the SEC success in the past as though we were part of it.

I've forgotten yet again who on this site quipped that the Aggies shouild wear an SEC uniform with an A&M patch. The person usually shows up to identify himself. He should. I still laugh at the line.

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2 hours ago, South Austin said:

In my unscientific memory recall, Paul Finebaum has for the most part had that same attitude towards aggy since they joined the SEC.  He may be a shill for the SEC, but he also gets aggy.

At some point, when someone keeps assuring you they’re potty trained and then shits on your shoes, yet again, you realize they’re completely detached from reality. 
 

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4 minutes ago, Deej said:

"I think Texas is severely overrated because of what they did in the Big12 last year."

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Stoopid sip.  Gauntlet.  Week to week grind.  No weeks off.  Week in week out.  Rude awakening.  Just means more.  

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"I think Texas is severely overrated because of what they did in the Big12 last year."
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And that somehow magically makes aggy better in spite of changing coaches and losing tons of players to the portal. Failing in the SEC is better than winning the Big 12 you stupid sip.
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1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

Somebody remind me how many games aggy has won in Omaha. Was it 2, total?

How can anyone even know that? That is like asking for eyewitnesses to their lone national championship. Or people who have survived an aggy wooden construction project.

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1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

Somebody remind me how many games aggy has won in Omaha. Was it 2, total?

I believe they have won 4 games total in 7 appearances.  Which gives them a - checks notes - a sterling .0222 winning percentage in Omaha.  Sterling, I say.

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