October 1 - Pet Peeve Monday - Frivolous Lawsuits
This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY is FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS. Frivolous might be too soft of a word. STUPID and IGNORANT come to mind as better adjectives.
It was reported in the paper that a New York woman is so angry with Apple for lowing their prices on I-Phones by $200, that she filed a lawsuit seeking $1 Million in damages.
Comment: If I were Apple, I would play the Phone Nazi card on her. “No Phone For You!!!”
A man in Washington DC sued his dry cleaner for $54 Million because he lost his pants.
Comment: The only POSSIBLE justification would be if he had inadvertently left $53,999,975 in the pants by mistake. But then that would have been STUPID and IGNORANT as well. I always carry my money in my jacket.
Then there is the Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers that sued God last week. Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terrorist threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”
The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County (NE), the legislator claims, because God is everywhere.
Chambers was angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous; Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.
COMMENT: In stead of grabbing headlines, Representative Chambers, how about MAKING A LAW AGAINST FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS?
We need to develop a Court of Common Sense. Why do I know about these 3 NON-ISOLATED cases above? Because they were reported in the mainstream press.
Lawyers should be made to take an oath, like doctors, about doing “No Harm.” They should focus on how to help solve the problem (if there is one), and not try to exacerbate the issue or to grab headlines.
Maybe if Lawyers and Plaintiffs were subjected to some penalty-box consequence for bringing Frivolous Lawsuits.
It was reported in the paper that a New York woman is so angry with Apple for lowing their prices on I-Phones by $200, that she filed a lawsuit seeking $1 Million in damages.
Comment: If I were Apple, I would play the Phone Nazi card on her. “No Phone For You!!!”
A man in Washington DC sued his dry cleaner for $54 Million because he lost his pants.
Comment: The only POSSIBLE justification would be if he had inadvertently left $53,999,975 in the pants by mistake. But then that would have been STUPID and IGNORANT as well. I always carry my money in my jacket.
Then there is the Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers that sued God last week. Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terrorist threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”
The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County (NE), the legislator claims, because God is everywhere.
Chambers was angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous; Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.
COMMENT: In stead of grabbing headlines, Representative Chambers, how about MAKING A LAW AGAINST FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS?
We need to develop a Court of Common Sense. Why do I know about these 3 NON-ISOLATED cases above? Because they were reported in the mainstream press.
Lawyers should be made to take an oath, like doctors, about doing “No Harm.” They should focus on how to help solve the problem (if there is one), and not try to exacerbate the issue or to grab headlines.
Maybe if Lawyers and Plaintiffs were subjected to some penalty-box consequence for bringing Frivolous Lawsuits.
Maybe they should be banished to the Island of Misfit Toys to work out their perceived problemsI’m sure Gloria Allred could be the mayor. Then again, Ms. Allred might have a case to sue someone for that bad hair and those awful outfits, that look like stewardess' uniforms for the 1950's.
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