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June 7, 2007
Robert Bork Cites 'Wanton' Negligence in Suing Yale Club for $1-Million
Irving Kristol once defined a neoconservative as a liberal who had been mugged by reality. By the same token, can a liberal be defined as a neoconservative who had suddenly found a need for the tort bar?
We may find that out in a Manhattan court, where Robert H. Bork — the Supreme Court nominee rejected by the U.S. Senate in 1987 — filed a $1-million lawsuit today against the Yale Club of New York City, whose negligence, he says, was to blame for injuries he suffered in a fall at the club a year ago.
Mr. Bork, who is 80, said in the lawsuit that he had suffered injuries to his left leg and his head when he tripped while stepping onto a dais at the club to address a gathering sponsored by The New Criterion, a tradition-minded monthly journal of culture. According to the Associated Press, the suit accuses the Yale Club of “wanton, willful, and reckless disregard for the safety of its guests.” The suit, which cites the “excruciating pain” he has experienced during a recovery that continues, seeks damages for pain and suffering, medical treatment, lost work time, and lost income.
Mr. Bork, a former federal judge, first drew public attention in 1973, when he fired the Watergate special prosecutor at the behest of President Richard M. Nixon. He currently holds posts at the Hudson Institute, Stanford University’s Hoover Institute, and the Ave Maria School of Law. He has written on many subjects, including the need for tort reform.
Whatever the outcome of Judge Bork’s quest for justice, his unfortunate experience at the Yale Club seems to bear out what his fellow conservatives have long complained of: When they venture into the liberal bastions of the Ivy League, they need to watch their step. —Andrew Mytelka
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Robert Bork served with distinction as the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law at the Yale law school.
— Martin Levine Jun 8, 09:56 AM #
The position of President of the Tort-Reform Hypocrites’ Hall of Fame is already taken (by Rick Santorum), but I think we can fit Bork in as Recording Secretary.
— Nancy Irving Jun 10, 03:32 AM #
A sleazy fascist like Bork never served with distinction anywhere, unless you mean distinction in a negative sense, as he trails his slime everywhere he goes.
— John Smith Jun 10, 03:59 AM #