The Lawsuit


© Erin Wheatley

This month I am going to continue to deviate a bit from my scheduled topic to talk about something that has been bugging me as of late. Next month I will get back to our regularly scheduled programming, so bear with me.

It took me a long time to come up with a topic for today's column. Working two jobs and trying to maintain some semblance of life does not lead much time for thinking up topics for columns. But I persevere and this months' topic is a doozy.

I wanted a topic that very few have dared to touch. More out of respect to her late husband, than anything else. Well I am doing this column because I respect Owen and don't think that his death should come as a way for Bret to get his revenge on Vince. What am I talking about? Well it would have to be that supercillious bitch and her supercillious brother-in-law, Martha and Bret Hart and the lawsuit.

Yeah that lawsuit. The 100+ page lawsuit against 13 defendants for wrongful death. A monetary value has not been named yet, but suffice to say it will probably be in the hundreds of millions if not billions. Yep, that is what Owen's death means to Martha and Bret. A way for Bret to get revenge on Vince for the Montreal incident, which he still rants about everyday of his stinking, miserable life. And a way for Martha to get hords of money, which will cheapen her husbands' death. But that's okay isn't it. I mean she is a grieving widow right? She just lost her sole source of income, so she needs all that money and she needs someone to lash out at. Bullshit.

What is preventing Martha from having a job? It's not like there aren't enough family members around to help her raise her children. Plenty of single moms do that in this day and age. What makes Martha any different? Sure she just moved into a brand new house, but she hasn't even said if Vince is continuing to pay Owen's contract. Chances are, he is and she just doesn't want to say anything about it. Can't make Vince look like a good person, oh no. She still needs him to lash out at in her grief. Bullshit again.

My mother has lost her husband, my father. I know other women who have lost their husbands and other loved ones, in accidents, in sickness and yes, in work related accidents. They never lashed out anyone, least of all the company their relatives and loved ones worked for. It's stupid to excuse Martha's behavior because she is a grieving widow. Why does she feel the need to lash out? Why is it okay for her to lash out, but if someone else did it, it would be looked at as inexcusable? Because her husband died on PPV of a major wrestling company? Because he died doing what he loved? Oh wait, if you talk to Martha, he hated doing that stunt and the Blue Blazer gimmick. But from what the wrestlers, his friends say, he loved wrestling and didn't mind the Blue Blazer gimmick. He had done the stunt before, so who was to say that it wouldn't be safe this time? Martha is just trying to make Vince look evil, so she can get more money. She is a money grubbing whore, and I seem to be the only one who has the guts to say it.

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3.   Jul 20, 1999 5:03 AM
. It's stupid to sue over accidental death

But entirely correct to sue over death as a result of negligence. Which issue is what the whole damn lawsuit is about.

and "supercilious doesn' ...


-- posted by JS_Mill


2.   Jul 20, 1999 5:00 AM
This article seems absolutely off the rails. A man dies carrying out a dangerous stunt, and his family are just meant to swallow it in order to avoid "cheapening" his death? Crazy. And I don't seem ...

-- posted by JS_Mill


1.   Jul 19, 1999 2:06 PM
I just joined Suite 101 to shred the tripe I just read but figured I'd take a moment to ask the ed. of this section to take more care in what's posted...or at least encourage writers to have a grasp o ...

-- posted by Blast





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