Italy: Coughing judge sparks swine flu panic
Ananova [UK]
05/07/09
A coughing Italian judge cleared a panicking courtroom when he told lawyers: ‘I’ve just got back from Mexico.’ More than 30 attorneys in Rome told Judge Giovanni Barese they were boycotting the court and adjourning their cases because of fear of swine flu. One lawyer said: ‘The judge coughed a few times, I don’t know if it was from the flu or he was just clearing his throat, and then said he had just come back from Mexico. I’ve never seen so many lawyers agree on anything in court so quickly but we all decided we had to get as far away from him as possible’...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3313042.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=swine+flu
05/07/09
A coughing Italian judge cleared a panicking courtroom when he told lawyers: ‘I’ve just got back from Mexico.’ More than 30 attorneys in Rome told Judge Giovanni Barese they were boycotting the court and adjourning their cases because of fear of swine flu. One lawyer said: ‘The judge coughed a few times, I don’t know if it was from the flu or he was just clearing his throat, and then said he had just come back from Mexico. I’ve never seen so many lawyers agree on anything in court so quickly but we all decided we had to get as far away from him as possible’...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3313042.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=swine+flu
rudkla - 11. Mai, 09:06
