Judge Sues Dry Cleaners for $65 Mil.

[Kevin]

Rule 11 is wonderful.

[MSKKG]

Oh, come on, y'all! He said they were his favorite pants.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Rule 11 is wonderful.

Quit being such a civ pro tool.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Quit being such a civ pro tool.

At this time in my life and only at this time in my life, I'll take that as a compliment.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by Kevin

At this time in my life and only at this time in my life, I'll take that as a compliment.

Oh you're in law school?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Oh you're in law school?

I hope so.. otherwise I'm doing a lot of reading and highlighting for no good reason.

Seriously, about the guy with the pants... There's apparently a D.C. law, applicable only to the D.C. Circuit where a consumer fraud statute carries a penalty of $1,200 per day. The fraud alleged is that the cleaners had a sign saying "same day service" and "satisfaction 100% guaranteed." Neither of these were honored.

The lawsuit is 'creative' to say the least.

Rule 11 comes in where the court needs to make an example out of the party being sanctioned. Here, the Plaintiff has spurned what most would say are several generous settlement offers because I guess he's really convinced he's entitled to that 65 million dollar award.

Our best bet for sanctions, I think is in this guy's apparently overbroad discovery requests and his request for damages for the rental car. The defendant's lawyers are also, I think acting a little bit unethically by contacting the media regarding pending litigation and making prejudicial comments about past settlement offers, the "found" pants, etc. That's a bit shady to me.

[UGAalum94]

The part that is so hard to believe is that he really could believe he is entitled to 65 million or that he really expects to get it.

What do you suppose he is really thinking? That he wants the business to go under so a new dry cleaner will open there?

[Tom Earp]

Man Must be a Lawyer ergo a Judge.

Must be a friggen Moroon!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

The part that is so hard to believe is that he really could believe he is entitled to 65 million or that he really expects to get it.

What do you suppose he is really thinking? That he wants the business to go under so a new dry cleaner will open there?

And how in the hell will he get 65 million out of a family owned dry cleaner? Does he think that all the dry cleaners pool their money or something? Because I think 12K was WAY too much for his whiny ass, but that's realistic to what they could have afforded.