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.
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.
Posted on December 18, 2008 11:13 PM
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.
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.
Posted on April 18, 2008 10:39 PM
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. Communist Governments haven't changed much in 90 years, you may recall the case of Zheng Xiaoyu, the former director of China's State Food and Drug Administration who was executed for being careless in running his agency. In...
Posted on November 14, 2007 03:44 PM
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!"
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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Posted on June 24, 2006 07:42 PM
June 20, 2006: A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on MySpace.com sued the social networking site for $30 million, claiming that it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators. Isn't it about time we had some serious tort reform done in this country. Shouldn't stupid girls with equally stupid mothers just suck it up that they made a mistake? What has myspace got to do with what they do...
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. [...]
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.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
