#QuincyQuarryNews #WeeklyFishWrap: Low Crimes And Expensive Damages!

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Indian Summer continues to lull one into chilling before the chill of winter.

Plus, with no City Council meeting this past week Quincy Quarry is thus limited with Quarry story ops.

Fortunately, regression toward the mean happens and thus Quincy Quarry’s ever growing legions of loyal reader should thus be both patient while at the same time fearful of new as well as all but certainly expensive problems to hit the fan.

In the meanwhile, as for what of some note that did go down this week, there was some excitement.

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The excitement? 

A drive by shooting of another vehicle in West Quincy.

The driver of the targeted ride was hit by multiple rounds as well as ended up trapped in his ride when it then crashed.
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Fortunately for him, the Quincy firefighters broke out The Jaws of Life and so freed the seriously injured driver for transport to an area hospital

I gave up big bucks in private practice for this?
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Next up was Quincy Quarry News/ feature about the Town of Braintree opting to settle quickly on a eight figure damages claim.

At least as far as such things go.

How the Q does this have anything to do with the City of Quincy?

First up, the City of Quincy has been appropriately sued for its easily argued malfeasant role in the wrongful sucker punching homicide on Squantum almost five years ago.  

Specifically, the widow filled a $8 million suit against the City of Quincy as well as various grossly negligent city officials almost three years ago.

The City of Quincy legal team …
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All things considered, the amount of the claim was reasonable but the Koch Maladministration looks to have played the Delay Game for so long that the sucker punching killer could well be out of prison before the lawsuit might go to trial. 

In turn as well as needless to say, if things do go to trial a jury would all but assuredly hammer the City of Quincy with an even greater damages award.

Net/net, just these two Q-ups alone by the Koch Maladminstration that could as well as should have been settled years ago for around $20 million or thereabouts are now looking likely to perhaps end up leaving local taxpayers with having to instead cover upwards of a very painful $40 million nut.

The fool for a client?
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Before, that is, the very real potential for additional punitive damages given all manner of woeful executive decisions.

Then again, it’s not like something running (at least) twice what it should have cost and/or was promised to cost by the Koch Machine to cost is anything new for long suffering Quincy taxpayers.

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