tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6944546971259817809..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-10906687146293230412008-03-12T18:36:00.000-05:002008-03-12T18:36:00.000-05:00This case is tragic but is another consequence of our prescription drug epidemic. Somehow we have become convinced that we no longer have to confront our problems but simply take a pill to not handle the problem but hide the symptoms.<BR/><BR/>As the director of Novus Medical Detox, I daily see the ravages caused by prescription drug addiction created by doctors prescribing it to their patients and then the patients either continuing to obtain it or purchasing these drugs on the internet or the street. Probably the worst of these drugs is OxyContin--legal heroin. <BR/><BR/>Pain is real. I have had to deal with it much of my life first from polio and then from two surgeries. However, there are alternatives to painkillers and they must be tried first. Let's not treat the symptoms but the cause.<BR/><BR/>Prescription drug addiction is an epidemic and we must do everything we can to stop it before it overwhelms us. Education is a must. Detox and rehab are the only solutions for people who are addicted and have decided that they must change their lives.<BR/><BR/>Steve Hayes<BR/>http://novusdetox.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07432095709356409251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-58961753433758868282008-03-10T08:00:00.000-05:002008-03-10T08:00:00.000-05:00I recently became aware of this recent blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25067873301781586342008-03-09T22:16:00.000-05:002008-03-09T22:16:00.000-05:004:21, I'm not saying you're wrong, but please specify your Judge Moores problems. "Judicial temperment" is a broad category.<BR/><BR/>I've worked with her court on a project for quite some time now. She is often sharp and short with lawyers who appear before her unprepared. But she is astonishingly cordial to caseworks, children and others, so far as I've seen.<BR/><BR/>And I doubt she'd raid the petty cash fund for a party for herself, as Payne did.<BR/><BR/>Night and day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-80762070842774689872008-03-09T16:21:00.000-05:002008-03-09T16:21:00.000-05:00I too have known Marilyn and her sister for many years. Marilyn Moores may adminstratively better than Judge Payne, but she has the worst judicial temperment of possibly anyone ever appointed to the court. She is much sharper than her sister, Candy though.<BR/><BR/>As far as Candy, let's just say having her as a state representative was pretty embarassing. Lobbyist friends of mine would come back from committee hearings and tell me about the latest Candy (then) Morris stories. They were legendary. Let's just say she wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-55037827574597618752008-03-09T16:13:00.000-05:002008-03-09T16:13:00.000-05:001:04--I've known Marilyn and her sister for many years. And her late father. All were/are odd, but I interact regularly with the Juvy Court, and it's 1000% bettr under her than under Jim Payne.<BR/><BR/>I'm painfully aware that may not be saying a lot, but I thought it needed to be pointed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91892793870994334352008-03-09T14:52:00.000-05:002008-03-09T14:52:00.000-05:00Actually while the decision in this case helps the employer, the decision could apply in other cases to help out employees. <BR/><BR/>Either way, it's the wrong decision. The judges and their clerks missed a statute that virtually everyone in private practice knows about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19005050620060353312008-03-09T13:04:00.000-05:002008-03-09T13:04:00.000-05:00Okay, Cale Bradford was a strange appointment by Governor Daniels. Marilyn Moores was another one. Gov. Daniels does not score highly when it comes to appointments to the judicial or executive branch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-73883655492732103412008-03-09T13:00:00.000-05:002008-03-09T13:00:00.000-05:00Indiana has always had a history of disliking it's workers and only taking care of business owners, so this is not a shock for anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18219371154017583672008-03-09T12:54:00.000-05:002008-03-09T12:54:00.000-05:00<B>Cale Bradford in robes is a disgrace to the good judiciary everywhere.</B><BR/><BR/>Where is there a "good judiciary" anywhere in this country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71383836977104588452008-03-09T12:53:00.000-05:002008-03-09T12:53:00.000-05:00This ruling coming from a state that gives tax money to millionaires and billionaires. I am not surprised!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26092525520323389952008-03-09T11:45:00.000-05:002008-03-09T11:45:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, the decision says very little about the theory behind the wrongful termination case. You know what they say, anon 10:45. Bad cases make bad law. The decision could be appealed, but it's my understanding the plaintiff doesn't plan to appeal.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-62004054720914543362008-03-09T11:30:00.000-05:002008-03-09T11:30:00.000-05:00And this from the same judge who, on the Marion Superior bench, saw no problem adjudicating a case on City Council redistrict lines in 2003. When his brother was on the ballot for Council. Which was promptly overturned by the very Court of Appeals on which he now sits.<BR/><BR/>It's time for appealate judges in Indiana, including the Supremes, to be confirmed by the Senate. Mitch Daniels would likely have gotten Bradford through that process, but it would've made the process more open. And we'd know more about our judges. Now it's just an inside lawyers' game.<BR/><BR/>Cale Bradford in robes is a disgrace to the good judiciary everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44014439725806243762008-03-09T10:49:00.000-05:002008-03-09T10:49:00.000-05:00Oops. I just answered my own<BR/>questions by reading it more closely. He had over a year<BR/>on the job but Nov. 11, 2005 <BR/>must have been the end of his<BR/>13 weeks unpaid leave under FMLA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43409409514522912842008-03-09T10:45:00.000-05:002008-03-09T10:45:00.000-05:00Several points:<BR/>1) Town of Griffith. You know<BR/> like Andy of Mayberry fame.<BR/> <BR/>2) Two other Court of Appeals<BR/> Judges joined in with Bradford.<BR/><BR/>3) Not sure why, but why didn't <BR/> the worker's attorney pitch<BR/> the Federal Family & Medical<BR/> Leave Act, in the lawsuit?<BR/> Is there an exemption for<BR/> governmental organizations?<BR/> Did he have less than one year <BR/> on the job? I assume that <BR/> Griffith has at least 25<BR/> employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89145205948694327692008-03-09T10:37:00.000-05:002008-03-09T10:37:00.000-05:00Can/will the decision be appealed beyond Bradford's court?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com