The Litigious Society

[TehBorken]

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The Litigious Society[/font] [font face="VERDANA, HELVETICA" size="2"]   [!--BEGIN_TEXT--]Elizabeth Shelton, 21, filed a lawsuit in Houston in December against the truck driver that she accidentally rear-ended in a 2007 crash, while she was intoxicated, and in which her boyfriend was killed. Though she was convicted of manslaughter, she is now suing for $20,000 damage to her Lexus SUV and for "pain and suffering," basing her claim on the fact that the blameless driver she hit was uninsured. In all, her lawsuit names 16 defendants, including insurance companies and banks. Shelton is the daughter of a state court judge. [Houston Chronicle, 12-18-08][/font][/p]
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[P.C.]

Daughter of a judge. Hmmmm.  Who better to know that the case is ludicrous enough to win.

[49er]

reminds me of this........

  [A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung[/A]

 Pearson v. Chung is a civil case filed in [A title=2005 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005"]2005[/A] by Roy L. Pearson, Jr., a former [A title="Administrative law judge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_law_judge"]administrative law judge[/A] in the [A class=mw-redirect title="District of Columbia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia"]District of Columbia[/A] in the [A title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/A], following a dispute with a dry cleaning company over a lost pair of trousers. Pearson filed suit against Soo Chung, Jin Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung, the owners of Custom Cleaners in [A title="Washington, D.C." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C."]Washington, D.C.[/A], initially demanding $67 million for inconvenience, mental anguish and attorney's fees for representing himself, as a result of their failure, in Pearson's opinion, to live up to a "satisfaction guaranteed" sign that was displayed in the store.[SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-0][A title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung#cite_note-0"][SPAN][[/SPAN]1[SPAN]][/SPAN][/A][/SUP] The case drew international attention[SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-APJul9_1-0][A title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung#cite_note-APJul9-1"][SPAN][[/SPAN]2[SPAN]][/SPAN][/A][/SUP][SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-2][A title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung#cite_note-2"][SPAN][[/SPAN]3[SPAN]][/SPAN][/A][/SUP] when it went to trial in 2007 and has been held up as an example of [A title="Frivolous litigation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation"]frivolous litigation[/A] and the need for [A title="Tort reform in the United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform_in_the_United_States"]tort reform in the United States[/A].[SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-Olson_3-0][A title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung#cite_note-Olson-3"][SPAN][[/SPAN]4[SPAN]][/SPAN][/A][/SUP][SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-4][A title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung#cite_note-4"][SPAN][[/SPAN]5[SPAN]][/SPAN][/A][/SUP]

 

[P.C.]

Ya....I remember that one as well.  Shouldn't there be some kind of screening process regarding what is allowed to suck up the court's time ?  

[Sportsdude]

that guy ran the owners of that dry cleaning business out of the country if I remember correctly.