Tort Reform from Planck's Constant Archives

Posted on May 26, 2012 03:16 PM

These lawsuits are instigated by lawyers strictly for their own benefit - certainly no consumer ever gets anything of value from them.

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Posted on December 14, 2011 11:17 PM

Toymaker Mattel Fined $2.3 Million for Violating Lead Paint Ban

What good is a settlement of 12 million dollars when there are millions of members of the class? If lawyers were limited to a few hundred dollars per hour for the actual work done, there would be no class action suits where the actual injury to each of the affected plaintiffs is negligible.

Read the Rest: Mattel Toy Settlement Only Benefits Lawyers

Posted on December 11, 2011 10:37 PM

Researchers from Greenpeace and IPEN, which campaigns against chemical pollutants, bought 500 toys and children's products in five Chinese cities in November, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong

A wide range of toys and children’s products made in China, including those sold by reputable American brands, apparently contained either lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, antimony or chromium.

Read the Rest: Chinese Toxic Toys

Posted on July 31, 2010 04:28 PM

Model Mary Segovia says that plastic surgeon Dr Jose Manus Barvaria, left her nipples “uneven” when he performed a breast implant on her last month. Ms. Segovia says she has contacted a lawyer and plans to file suit in the National Court of Justice in Mexico City.

Read the Rest: Cock-eyed Breasts and Frivolous Lawsuits

Posted on March 31, 2010 12:35 PM

westboro idiots protesting military funerals

I despise every single inbred idiot at Westboro Baptist Church. I personally wish every single member meet an untimely and horrible death by their God, hopefully a gay-themed one. But if I expect to be free to write such things about them, I must also support, as much as it pains me, their right to express their disgusting views.

Read the Rest: Westboro Scumbags Are Wrong but Legally Right

Posted on June 16, 2009 05:49 AM

Sometimes, you cause your own problems. When I was a child in the 1950s, a standard doctrine of common law was that if a person was injured in part due to his or her own negligence, that is to say, their negligence "contributed" to the accident, then they would not be entitled to collect any money damages from another party who supposedly caused the accident.

Read the Rest: Contributory Negligence

Posted on April 15, 2009 03:34 PM

My company does not provide a "letter of reference" to former employees. Generally we will confirm upon request our employee's dates of employment, salary history and job title. The reason for this is simple: America is too litigious. If we give a negative reference (even if true) we expose ourselves to legal liability if our former employee fails to get his desired job and sues us for defamation. He would most likely lose in court but because there is no downside for him in losing (other than in legal fees) and a big upside in case he wins, our legal system rewards frivolous lawsuits.

Read the Rest: Giving Letters of Reference to Former Employees

Posted on December 18, 2008 11:13 PM

Soo Chung, left, and Jin Chung, represented by their lawyer Chris Manning, standing, who are being sued by D.C. judge Roy Pearson, right, June 13, 2007. (AP/Dana Verkouteren)

After the most egregious case of frivolous litigation in American history, The Roy Pearson Chung Dry Cleaner Suit has finally been put to rest. Roy Pearson, the former administrative law judge who unsuccessfully sued his dry cleaner for $54 million over a pair of lost pants, finally lost his case before the D.C. Court of Appeals which handed down its ruling today. So unless Pearson makes this a Federal Case, this ordeal for the Chungs and the rest of us, is over.

Read the Rest: Why I Never Believed Judge Roy L Pearson

Posted on September 10, 2008 10:09 PM

Just like cockroaches that you can't get rid of. former Judge and present-day idiot, Roy Pearson is heading back to court. A three-judge appellate court panel has agreed to hear an appeal of the case next month, more than a year after a judge ruled against him.

Read the Rest: Roy Pearson Presses Suit Heads back to Court

Posted on April 18, 2008 10:39 PM

Seventh Circuit Takes Hard Look at 'Coupon' Settlements, Citing CAFA

My father told me of an uncle of his who was an engineer in 1920's Communist Russia. He had the misfortune of building a bridge which later collapsed and in punishment for which he was thrown up against a wall and summarily shot.

Read the Rest: I got Overcharged and all I got was this lousy coupon

Posted on November 14, 2007 03:44 PM

Lady Of Justice on top of the gates of Dublin

Because I am an atheist what I am about to say will astound you: The Sword of Justice has struck Judge Roy L. Pearson forcing me to admit that "There really is a God!"

Read the Rest: Final Cut for Roy Pearson Suit - He loses Job

Posted on September 19, 2007 06:34 PM

They have finally had enough, Soo Chung and her husband, Jin Nam Chung, owners of a dry cleaner who were sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants, have sold the shop involved in the dispute.

Read the Rest: Chungs Close Shop after Roy Pearson Suit

Posted on August 16, 2007 12:03 PM

Suppose the shoe bomber had instead been a female wearing exploding panties? Would women boarding airplanes be required to wear their panties on the outside?

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Posted on August 12, 2007 01:53 AM

It will probably cost the Chungs tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to try to collect from this idiot. That he can manipulate the legal system to further harass these poor business people is proof that our tort system needs to be severely overhauled

Read the Rest: Is there no end to the Roy Pearson Affair

Posted on June 15, 2007 05:59 AM

in today's not so innocent times, if a mother leaves her children in the car for two minutes while she's shopping, she is liable to lose her kids to foster care and get sued for child neglect.

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Posted on June 14, 2007 10:04 AM

Roy L. Pearson, who filed a $67 million lawsuit against the dry cleaning business that lost his pants, has lowered his demand. Now, he's asking for only $54 million, according to a May 30 court filing in D.C. Superior Court.

Read the Rest: Roy L Pearson Update

Posted on May 3, 2007 07:35 PM

Roy L Pearson, Jr. the most hated and reviled man in America, beating out even Osama Bin Laden

Read the Rest: Judge Roy L Pearson - Sometimes the Customer is dead wrong

Posted on May 2, 2007 03:33 PM

The world is filled with sick puppies. My telecom company recently received an email from a customer who complained that he was unable to connect with a mobile number in the Caribbean for two hours, leaving him so distressed that he lost interest in his wife. In his email, he did not ask for a new wife or a penis-pump or anything at all. He merely wanted to share with us his misery in not being able to complete a phone call.

Read the Rest: Roy Pearson is an Idiot

Posted on June 24, 2006 07:42 PM

A Long Island jury said yesterday that Benihana was not responsible for the death of Jerry Colaitis whose wife claimed he was done in by a sizzling shellfish projectile.

Read the Rest: Tort Reform - We need to stop these idiots from suing

Posted on May 7, 2006 07:59 PM

McDonald's Corp. faces at least three lawsuits claiming the fast-food giant misled the public after it acknowledged last Febriary its french fries contain milk and wheat ingredients.
Debra Moffatt of Lombard, Ill., seeks unspecified damages in a suit filed last February in Chicago. Her attorney, Thomas Pakenas, said his client has celiac disease, which causes gastrointestinal symptoms set off by eating gluten, a protein found in wheat. [...]