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An awesome story was posted over at Above The Law among other news outlets. There's a hero in Canada named Howard A. Levitt. An attorney who left a 190+K Ferrari California in a pool of sewage, missed his flight to a hearing, refused to accept the outcome that adversity had presented and found another airport. Made it to his hearing on time and won the motion.

The story I read was found here: http://abovethelaw.com/2013/07/lawyer-abandons-ferrari-to-get-to-hearing-on-time/.

In summary, this is what went down.

'There was a torrential downpour in Toronto, Canada earlier this week, but that wasn’t going to stop leading employment attorney Howard A. Levitt from getting to a hearing in Ottawa. He was on his way to the airport in his luxury Italian sports car — a 2010 Ferrari California, which retails for $192,000 — when all of his troubles began. You see, Levitt attempted to do the impossible, all for the sake of a client.'

If you’ve had the pleasure of driving or being a passenger in a Ferrari, you know that it’s a car that rides dangerously close to the ground. Of course the engine is going to stall out if you try to cross over a body of water, even one that’s not very deep — come on, it’s a Fezza, not a Land Rover.

With the water almost up to the bottom of his windows, the gallant lawyer was stuck. Add to the mix the fact that a sewage pipe had burst, and Levitt knew he was in deep s**t, literally. What did he do? While a lesser man would’ve tried to adjourn the hearing, Levitt instead decided to say “f**k it”; he’d get to the airport by some other means

By the time Levitt arrived at the airport, all flights had been canceled, but that wasn’t going to stop him. He went to another airport, where he was able to hop the last flight to Ottawa. The next morning, Levitt won his motion. He should’ve received a hero’s welcome when he returned home, but unfortunately, he’s just a lawyer who was willing to trash a very expensive car to do his job.

We salute Mr. Levitt and see this spirit represented in many of our clients every day. The real drive and determination to do whatever it takes to secure the clients interests is more than respectable, its honorable. We also love a good story about a Ferarri California getting trashed in the process :)

Thanks ATL for another awesome story.