Stupid lawsuits

[Snowflake]

I heard about this one on NPR a while ago, you know, the judge suing a dry cleaner for 67 million for his pair of pants?

I don't know diddly about dry cleaning, but what would make a pair of pants worth 67 million? What was with this judge, you'd think he'd know better, wouldn't you? Can anyone more legally in tune than me, explain to me why this was a legit case to press? I know it had to be more than just a lost pair of pants.

Today the dry cleaner won the case (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_us/67_million_pants).

I wonder if the judge will appeal? I can't imagine, no matter how you slice it, to me, basically uninformed, he looks ridiculous.

[blueerica]

I'm glad the dry cleaner won the case.

While I do believe that having the ability to sue is a good thing in that it keeps companies on the straight and narrow more often than not, this was patently ridiculous, and worse he's a judge and IMO, he made the whole system look pretty shoddy.

[Ghoulish Delight]

What's super-idiotic is that if he had simply gone to small-claims with it, he probably would have had a case and gotten a pair of pants out of it. Instead he decided to go the entirely irrational, no-hope-of-success, greedy-son-of-a-bitch route.

[Prudence]

I think he was an administrative law judge, which often isn't particularly judge-y (at least not the way we think of it.) And I think he's having some personal problems. And I wonder if they will get worse. (I'm taking Professional Responsibility this term, so I see violations everywhere. Sanctions!)

[Alex]

I was reading something recently that said the single largest class of people filing defamation lawsuits are judges.

I don't know if that is true and it isn't really apropos, just found it interesting.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I was reading something recently that said the single largest class of people filing defamation lawsuits are judges.Better check your facts. Ya' might get sued for defamation.

[mistyisjafo]

I've been following this case. It really has got to be the most ridiculous case I've ever heard of! How is that man a lawyer and a judge??