14th st & 1st Ave Friday night. Apparently multiple pedestrians and a citibiker run over by a massive truck. Please be careful guys — even if you have the right of way, drivers can be extremely reckless.
Location: New York City, and Philadelphia/Harrisburg.
Hey all! I got into a minor fender bender in June, and had initially texted with the guy about a potential resolution without insurance… but ultimately just told him to go through insurance.
Anyway, he seemed to take that poorly and sent a series of 12 texts in 10 minutes, spinning out. But then he stopped - until today, 2 months later, when he just texted “mother fucker watch your back!”
Now, I’ve filed a police in NyC (where I live) and planning on contacting police in Philly (where the incident occurred) and his town outside Harrisburg. Maybe that’s overkill, but he does have my address and seems unhinged.
Any advice on other steps I could take to protect myself (my insurance knows about it all)
Howdy,
My employer is switching up our insurance, and has joined some sort of business union (a “multi employer welfare arrangement”) and I’m struggling to understand what it is and/or whether it’s sketchy. I gather that it’s a grandfathered plan, and that MEWAs aren’t really employer sponsored healthcare/are allowed to cut coverage normally required under the ACÁ.
One thing they did was send us a sheet that listed a bunch of exclusions. It included a section for exclusions for “high-risk activities” and said “*like* jet skiing, paragliding” etc.
Obviously that’s not an exhaustive list. And I’ve asked for more guidance on what is high risk because it seems highly subjective.
But does anyone have experience with what that typically means? And is there anything to know about a MEWA to either make me feel better about this put in my stomach that my employer is forcing us to absorb more costs to save a buck/potentially make me feel better about this MEWA sitch generally?
Just ordered my first Surly! Kind of freaking out! It's a straggler, and I'm mostly going to use it for NYC commuting (though I'll do some gravel upstate).
Anyway, it's going to be put together and ready next week. Kind of freaking out so if someone can reassure me this big purchase was totally the right move and that I'm going to love being a part of this Surly family I would appreciate it!
Disclaimer: The World Cup subreddits are inflamed by this issue, and I’m truly just curious how law + major sports corporations interpreting their own rules interact…
After FIFA suspended U.S. player Flo Balogun’s red card punishment, the NYT/Athletic put out this article saying that (among other things), the Trump admin quickly recruited lawyers who submitted “legal materials” to US Soccer, which then submitted a “body of work” to FIFA making its case.
I think it seems like FIFA’s own disciplinary code gave it leeway to either stand by the decision (Section 9 says “Decisions by the referee on the field of play are final and may not be reviewed by FIFA judicial bodies.”) but also to suspend the punishment, as they did (Section 27 says “The judicial body may decide to fully or partially suspend the implementation of a disciplinary measure.”).
So im curious about this:
(1) Putting aside whether there was blatant corruption or relationship management between Trump/FIFA, would there normally be a way to adjudicate the red card (i.e. through the court if arbitration for sport) and what damages could even be awarded? Is there even a good case unless FIFA had blatantly ignored its own rules?
(2) Given the CAS couldn’t turn back time anyway, is the threat from all these legal materials being developed more “if you don’t do what we want we will be really annoying and embarrassing in court” or is there some other soft power component in this I’m not understanding?