Tribute to Haruna Edwards
 
Haruna,
 
Thanks for your forwards of John Edwards’ updates.
 
http://youtube.com/johnedwards
 
Some strong potentials being attributed to your Edwards in that short video. 
 
Don’t you miss USA Today. 
 
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-06-adwatch-edwards_N.htm
 
Where is corporate America? 
 
I wish your campaign all the luck it deserves. (Amen!)
 
Little humorous brother,
Yero. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:05:42 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Treasure and appreciate in awe. John Edwards> To: [log in to unmask]> > > While at UNC, he met _Elizabeth Anania_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Edwards) , who is four years his senior. They married in the summer of > 1977 and had four children. _Wade_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Edwards) , > was born in 1979, _Cate_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Edwards) in > 1982, Emma Claire in 1998, and Jack, born in 2000. Their son Wade was killed in > a car accident when strong winds swept his Jeep off a North Carolina highway > in 1996. Edwards and his wife began the Wade Edwards Foundation in their son's > memory; the purpose of the nonprofit organization is "to reward, encourage, > and inspire young people in the pursuit of excellence." The Foundation funded > the Wade Edwards Learning Lab at Wade's high school, _Broughton High > School_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_High_School) in Raleigh, along with > scholarship competitions and essay awards. Just weeks before Wade died, he > had been honored at the White House by First Lady _Hillary Clinton_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton) for an essay he wrote on entering the > voting booth with his father._[4]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-FoxNewsWade) _[5]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-WadeFoundation) > On _November 3_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_3) , _2004_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) , Elizabeth Edwards revealed that she had been > diagnosed with _breast cancer_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer) . She > was treated via _chemotherapy_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy) > and _radiotherapy_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotherapy) ,_[6]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-2) and continued to work within the > Democratic Party and her husband's _One America Committee_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_Committee) . On _March 22_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_22) , _2007_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) , Edwards and his > wife announced that her cancer had returned; she was diagnosed with _stage IV_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_staging) _breast cancer_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer) , with newly discovered _metastases_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastasis) to the bone and possibly to her lung._[7]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-pressconference) _[8]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-3) They said that the cancer was > "no longer curable, but is completely treatable"_[9]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-4) and that they planned to continue campaigning > together with an occasional break when she requires treatment._[10]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-Elizabethhealth) _[7]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-pressconference) > Legal career> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Four_Trials.jpg) > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Four_Trials.jpg) > _Four Trials_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Trials) by John Edwards> > > After law school, he _clerked_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_clerk) for > a Federal judge and in 1978 became an associate at the _Nashville_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville) law firm of Dearborn & Ewing, doing primarily > trial work, defending a Nashville bank and other corporate clients. The > Edwards family returned to North Carolina in 1981, settling in the capital of > _Raleigh_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina) where he > joined the firm of Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove._[11]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) > In 1984 Edwards was assigned to a perceived unwinnable medical malpractice > lawsuit; the firm had only accepted it as a favor to an attorney and state > senator who did not want to keep it. Nevertheless, Edwards won a $3.7 million > verdict on behalf of his client, who suffered permanent brain and nerve damage > after a doctor prescribed a drug overdose of anti-_alcoholism_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism) drug _Antabuse_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antabuse) during alcohol aversion therapy._[12]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-findlaw) In other cases, Edwards sued the _American Red > Cross_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross) three times, alleging > transmission of _AIDS_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS) through tainted > blood products, resulting in a confidential settlement each time, and defended > a North Carolina newspaper against a libel charge._[11]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) > In 1985, Edwards represented a five-year-old child born with cerebral palsy > whose doctor did not choose to perform an immediate Caesarian delivery when a > fetal monitor showed she was in distress. Edwards won a $6.5 million verdict > for his client, but five weeks later, the presiding judge sustained the > verdict but overturned the award on grounds that it was "excessive" and that it > appeared "to have been given under the influence of passion and prejudice," > adding that in his opinion "the evidence was insufficient to support the > verdict." He offered the plaintiffs half of the jury's award, but the child's family > appealed the case and settled for $4.25 million._[11]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) Winning this case established > the North Carolina precedent of physician and hospital liability for failing > to determine if the patient understood risks of a particular procedure._[12]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-findlaw) > After this trial, Edwards gained national attention as a plaintiff's lawyer. > He filed at least twenty similar lawsuits in the years following and achieved > verdicts and settlements of more than $60 million for his clients. These > successful lawsuits were followed by similar ones across the country. When asked > about an increase in Caesarean deliveries nationwide, perhaps to avoid > similar medical malpractice lawsuits, Edwards said, "The question is, would you > rather have cases where that happens instead of having cases where you don't > intervene and a child either becomes disabled for life or dies in utero?"_[11]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) > In 1993, Edwards began his own firm in Raleigh (now known as _Kirby & Holt_ > (http://www.kirby-holt.com/) ) with a friend, David Kirby. He became known as > the top plaintiffs' attorney in North Carolina._[11]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) The biggest case of his legal > career was a 1997 product liability lawsuit against Sta-Rite, the manufacturer > of a defective pool drain cover. The case involved a three-year-old > girl_[13]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-5) who was disemboweled > by the _suction_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suction) power of the pool > drain _pump_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump) when she sat on an open pool > drain whose protective cover other children at the pool had removed, after the > swim club had failed to install the cover properly. Despite 12 prior suits > with similar claims, Sta-Rite continued to make and sell drain covers lacking > warnings. Sta-Rite protested that an additional warning would have made no > difference because the pool owners already knew the importance of keeping the > cover secured. > In his closing arguments, Edwards spoke to the jury for an hour and a half > and referenced his son, Wade, who had been killed shortly before testimony > began. Mark Dayton, editor of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, would later call it > "the most impressive legal performance I have ever seen."_[14]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-6) The jury awarded the family $25 > million, the largest personal injury award in North Carolina history. The company > settled for the $25 million while the jury was deliberating additional > _punitive damages_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punitive_damages) , rather than > risk losing an appeal. For their part in this case, Edwards and law partner > David Kirby earned the _Association of Trial Lawyers of America_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Trial_Lawyers_of_America) 's national award for > public service._[12]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-findlaw) The family said that they hired Edwards over other attorneys because he > alone had offered to accept a smaller percentage as fee unless the award was > unexpectedly high, while all of the other lawyers they spoke with said they > required the full one-third fee. The size of the jury award was unprecedented, > and Edwards did receive the standard one-third plus expenses fee typical of > contingency cases. The family was so impressed with his intelligence and > commitment_[11]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) > that they volunteered for his Senate campaign the next year. > After Edwards won a large verdict against a trucking company whose worker had > been involved in a fatal accident, the North Carolina legislature passed a > law prohibiting such awards unless the employee's actions had been > specifically sanctioned by the company._[11]_ > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards#_note-EdwardsTrialWork) > In December 2003, during his first presidential campaign, Edwards (with _John > Auchard_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Auchard) ) published _Four > Trials_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Trials) , a biographical book focusing > on cases from his legal career. The success of the Sta-Rite case and his > son's death (Edwards had hoped his son would eventually join him in private law > practice) prompted Edwards to leave the legal profession and seek public > office.> > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> 
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