SCOTSOW justice fails to report collision

[sgxnk]

This is a relatively minor infraction. Much less serious than when State Supreme Court Justice Bobbie Bridge got into a DUI Hit and Run not too long ago.

I just find it amusing that this justice who

"Chambers, who lives in Issaquah, is past president of the Washington State Bar Association and was a prominent trial lawyer before being elected to the Supreme Court in 2000."

is such a prominent jurist said he didn't know that the law was that he had to report the injury accident to the police. Heck, any 15 yr old kid taking driver's ed knows that. But I *do* find it credible. After all, he's a supreme court justice. Who would assume he would know the law? That's what law books are for. :)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003204596_chambers17m.html

OLYMPIA — State Supreme Court Justice Tom Chambers crashed his motorcycle last month but failed to report the accident, even though the woman riding with him was injured badly enough to need treatment at an emergency room.

State law requires drivers to report to the police any accident in which someone is injured. Failure to do so can result in a traffic citation.

Chambers, 62, confirmed the accident to The Seattle Times but said he didn't know he was required to report it to the police. He said he figured he did what was required by taking the woman to the emergency room.

The woman — Carrie Brown, 54, whom Chambers described as a longtime friend — suffered a broken collarbone and wound up with a severe bruise on her side.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Have read that a broken collarbone is one of the most painful breaks

to have. Will be interesting to see if there's a follow-up story.

I would think his insurance company would have asked right away if there had been a police report first.

[sgxnk]

2. yes

i would think this too. in fact, the typical question would be "what is the police case #?"

[bottomofthehill]

3. If you have to break something,

The collar bone is not a bad bone to pick. It is easy to break because it is a small. (thin) bone and one of the few bones that has little or no muscle or tissue over it. It is also not a weight bearing bone and not attached to a hinged joint.

Because there is little protection it is often broken and all I got was motrin for the pain the first time and tylenol 3 the second time.

It hurt but there are a lot more painful things to break

[sgxnk]

4. yes

i used to play lacrosse and collarbone breaks are common (due to downward slashing of lacrosse sticks)

and no, i did not play for the duke team :l

[MrCoffee]

5. SCOTSOW = Unwieldiest Acronym Award

Unwieldiest? What the hell kind of word is that?

[sgxnk]

6. i don't know either

he must be an antidisestablishmentariast

cheers
(feeling pretty supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (sp?) today myself)