Not true. Even Blitz's lawyer concedes in the letter that she likely has a strong claim against Penthouse, because they invited her to an unsafe workplace. She will get paid. Maybe not by Blitz, but she will receive money.

Also, remember that this letter's sole intent was to convince her not to sue him, and go after Penthouse instead. Like any good lawyer, he is overstating his client's legal position. It costs him nothing to try to intimidate her, and if it works it's one less headache. Liability laws be what they are, especially in California, there is little chance that if she includes Blitz in the suit that he would walk away unscathed (chances are that his homeowners liability insurance company would take the case over and settle it out of court anyway in order to avoid the risk of a larger award at trial).

In short, the letter is entertaining, but will likely have no impact on her inevitable lawsuit.

Someone wrote a letter with full foreknowledge that it would traverse the internet as OHMG CHECK OUT THIS EPIC LETTER FROM DAN BILZERIANS LAWYER!!!

That letter was Made for TV from the word go.

I think it was hustler

Completely agree.


I've done my fair share of personal injury work over the course of my career as both Plaintiff and defense counsel and have never seen a letter like this from the other side or written one myself. It is not something you receive all the time as some have suggested and my initial reaction was that it was a fake letter. Without getting into any sort of deep analysis here I do not think it's a hopeless case for the woman ( although there will definitely be contrib here) against the blitz erian. The letter is awesome though I have to admit.

goats and hoes tho

You're right, it was Hustler. I was half asleep when I wrote that post but the gist is correct. I also said "liability laws be what they are" instead of "liability laws being what they are" and by the time I went to edit it it was too late . Apparently I speak ebonics when I'm tired.

Anyway, the chick is getting paid, by Blitz (his insurance company anyway) and/or Hustler. They can send all the letters they want to TMZ, he can hire every living attorney that has ever argued in front of the Supreme Court, and people in forums can talk all they want about how Blitz will blow her out of the water and that she deserved it because she's a porn star. This story still ends with her receiving one or more fairly substantial checks.

She's going to get workers comp from Hustler's insurer. I very much doubt she gets anything from Dan Bilzerian. The amount of damages she can recover for a messed up ankle or whatever isn't going to make it worth going after Bilzerian, especially when you take into account comparative negligence. (I'm assuming this happened in California not Nevada, which has a form of contributory negligence rule.)

Unredacted letter available at: http://abovethelaw.com/2014/05/the-m...ning-to-sue/2/

Pretty funny that Bilzerian hired poker player/attorney Tom Goldstein for this. (See http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...y-life-245343/)

So even my non poker mates have this guy on their on Facebook Here in ing er and . Great stuff

Ever since that chive album I know a lot of people that don't follow/like poker at all that follow him on Facebook/twitter.

Mr Bilzerian should sue her for trying to pull him down from the roof. It could had ended badly.

My reference was clearly to the case against Blitz. And he doesn't have to have his insurance company cover it; I can see him enjoying defending it on his own dime and not paying her a cent.

And if jurors would ever give this woman anything on ANY legal theory, I'd be afraid to take anything to a jury in California.

Actually, if he has insurance they would likely step in regardless of whether or not he wanted it because they are ultimately liable for any award. Most homeowner's policies require that the company be notified and be allowed to handle the case at the earliest stages.

In poker parlance, they won't allow Dan to gamble with their money.

[QUOTE=cwazy;43323412]Actually, if he has insurance they would likely step in regardless of whether or not he wanted it because they are ultimately liable for any award. QUOTE]

Ya, we've all had our insurance company call us after an accident and instruct us we MUST file and they are 'stepping in'.

lol hes brought back Thurgood Marshall from the dead? cool trick

What I was saying is he wouldn't have his insurance company involved at all, and would pay not only for his defense, but any eventual judgment.

[QUOTE=12bigworm81;43326801] In the UK this is common in car insurance and is known as subrogation. The insurer retains the right (per the fact that its their financial interest at stake) to take over the claim and deal with it as they see fit. As for the USA, I can't comment.

Extremely accomplished lawyer and academic but this may be overkill.

This could be proven wrong by a HS student. Marshall was not in front of the court at all and as a member had a successful career like many before and after him. Amazing trajectory of a life considering he was the grandson of a slave.

I guess being the lead attorney for Brown in Brown vs. Board of Education doesn't count?????

ETA: Marshall was 29-3 in cases he argued to the SCOTUS.

about 10 - 15 of my friends who have absolutely no idea about anything to do with poker and have never played it have asked me on different occasions about this guy. pretty funny. defo great for poker.

I've had a similar experience lately with non poker playing friends.

Few of them have said they want to start playing to win big money and ball like DB does lol

No question that he is good for poker.

This whole Thurgood Marshall discussion is the worst derail ever. I feel like I'm back in law school and the gunners are fighting it out. Point is, Tom Goldstein is an extremely accomplished Supreme Court litigator, which makes this whole thing funnier.

You'll get no argument from me. I just have an issue with a "the sun rises in the west" counterpoint.
A Goldstein vs. Marshall would make an interesting "celebrity barrister death match" kind of thing.

no one is discounting her argument because shes a porn star, but rather because she is a clown who is on video trying to grab him when she was about to get tossed.

Brown case alone does not in any way make Marshall the most accomplished lawyer ever to appear before the SCOTUS. I could name 5 lawyers who tried and won over 100 cases, and one who argued over 350 in front of the SCOTUS. Brown was historic but no more important then scores of other cases. In the modern era Griswold is the top dog, he argued over 100 cases and most of these cases in the 1960s and 1970s.

I did forget that Marshall was lead in Brown case and for that I sincerely thank you. Only on 2+2 can you be reading about Dan B and learn about associate justice Marshall.

My bad if I derailed...back to real life whores, parties, guns and phantom poker games.

Most homeowner's insurance policies require that you notify them and allow them to handle it, or you're in breach and the policy is null and void. They won't call you, but if you don't call them, they won't pay any claims.