# Tracy Morgan in critical condition after an accident **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272 "2014-06-07T12:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272/161 "2014-11-20T13:28:43Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > You’re not “analyzing” anything. You’re just impugning someone’s motives for the sake of impugning his motives. > > Based on zero evidence. None of this would’ve happened if Morgan had been a pudding advocate instead. Then he’d be above reproach! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272/162 "2014-11-20T14:00:46Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > For the record, I’ve never seen anything Tracy Morgan has done (I think). So I certainly don’t love him and am **NOT** simply responding to an attack on a favorite actor. I think what you did was creepy, regardless of the subject. > > Every fact indicates he was in a horrific accident. But based on a few seconds of video footage and your vast HR knowledge that people sometime fake injuries for money (shocking!) you decided to Just Ask Questions that maybe he was a liar and a cheat. It was tacky. Left out a critical “ **not** ” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272/163 "2014-11-20T22:09:54Z")
It would have been much better for me to wait until the trial starts. Trial threads are common on the SDMB. This trial could be epic with Walmart’s A team of lawyers and Morgan has the resources to hire good ones too. That’s assuming of course that they don’t settle out of court. Too bad Tracy didn’t reach out to John Edwards. Edwards is back practicing Personal Injury Law and he is/was one of the very best in the 80’s and 90’s. I thought 5 months was enough time to transition into discussing the upcoming legal battles and strategies the lawyers will utilize. I apologize for posting too soon. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272/164 "2014-11-20T22:15:04Z")
What tactics were you discussing? You suggested he was faking or exaggerating his injuries to get money. That’s not lawyering; that’s fraud. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272/165 "2014-11-20T22:29:39Z")
There’s a fine line between tactics and fraud. I clumsily stated what might occur. A top lawyer will emphasize the severity and permanence of the injury without crossing that line. The lawyer’s statement outside court is what set me off in the first place. In any civil damages case there’s a burden to mitigate damages. That’s what the lawyer is addressing here. He’s talking to the Walmart Lawyers \*\*and \*\*the public. The pieces are on the board and we’re seeing the initial moves. We’ll be in the middlegame quite soon. > [@](#): > > On Tuesday, as representatives for both sides in the lawsuit arrived in court for a scheduling conference, Morelli said that “the jury is still out” on whether Morgan will be able to fully recover. > > “When you have a traumatic brain injury, it takes a very long time to find out how you’re going to do and how much you’re going to recover,” Morelli said. “So that’s where he is. He’s still fighting and trying to live his life at the same time and trying to get better, and he’s just not better. We’re hoping and praying to get him back to where he was.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272/166 "2014-11-20T23:29:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It would have been much better for me to wait until the trial starts. Trial threads are common on the SDMB. This trial could be epic with Walmart’s A team of lawyers and Morgan has the resources to hire good ones too. That’s assuming of course that they don’t settle out of court. Too bad Tracy didn’t reach out to John Edwards. Edwards is back practicing Personal Injury Law and he is/was one of the very best in the 80’s and 90’s. > > I thought 5 months was enough time to transition into discussing the upcoming legal battles and strategies the lawyers will utilize. > > I apologize for posting too soon. It is enough time, but the existence of a trial would not automatically render valid and reasonable your stupid, uninformed, evidence-free, ignorant, and prejudiced statements. The outcome of the trial is unlikely to be determined primarily by the severity of Morgan’s injuries anyway, at least not in the first instance. They have to determine first who is actually responsible for his injuries, in terms of the accident itself, and then in terms of the relationship between Wal-Mart and the driver of the other vehicle. One of Morgan’s allegations is that the driver had been driving for too long when the accident occurred, and that Wal-Mart is responsible for this. Wal-Mart, in turn, is arguing that Morgan and his friends could have mitigated the harm of the accident by wearing seatbelts. All of these things will have to be considered by the jury, and will have to be taken into account in reaching any damages figure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-in-critical-condition-after-an-accident/690272.md?page=8)