Judge sues cleaners for $65 million

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2007
    Not any more Danny.

    He still is an employee of OAH, but in a non judicial capacity. The 4 person council still is considering how to proceed.
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    So the pants weren't lost....they were returned after a week. Assuming that's the case, how many times would this guy wore the pants within that week?

    And this guy is a judge? :mad: I hope the Chungs sue his pants off.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2007
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    ... over ONE pair of pants. :eek:

    AP story

    This guy should lose his job and pay for legal fees. Of all people to make a frivolous law suit, you would think a judge would be smart enough not to.

    How about the judge who isn't throwing this out of court!!! That person is as much an asshat as this clown.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2007
    This is why we need a "loser pays" system.

    You want to sue somebody? Fine. If you win, you win. If you lose, you pay all of the other guys expenses.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2007
    PolkThug wrote: »
    The lawyer who is taking all the money from the Korean family should be kicked in the nuts repeatedly. He's the **** who is actually getting rich off of their situation.

    I hear that!!! Quid pro quo. . .at the very least, like free legal services for free dry cleaning for him and his wife til death. . . sounds like a fair deal.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited May 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I hear that!!! Quid pro quo. . .at the very least, like free legal services for free dry cleaning for him and his wife til death. . . sounds like a fair deal.

    That may be the deal.....I doubt that they have the money so support a trail attorney for a extended period of time....
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,790
    edited May 2007
    The Constitution guarantees a person's right to a competent dry cleaner.

    Da Man's gots to have his pants .... if a few Korean cleaners get run over in the process, well ..... dem's duh breaks !
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited May 2007
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    Sounds good in practice but that would probably shield large corporations/the rich from meaningful litigation merely because the "small guy" is too afraid to lose and be forced to pay. Effectively you would be making it so only the rich/powerful could afford to risk bringing suit against anyone.

    As it stands, if you have a meaningful suit against someone, you can likely find a lawyer who will work only for a percentage of the expected settlement, assuming they think your case is strong enough. With a loser pays system, even a meaningful suit is still a gamble and greatly reduces liability since people will be afraid to take that gamble.

    Hence why you would have a daily cap. Going into the lawsuit your lawyer and you should know if you have a legitimate case or not. If you don't, you don't follow through with the case.

    As it stands today, the lawyers will work for any case for a percentage of the winnings as in this case mostly because it costs them nothing but time to lose and millions on a win.
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited May 2007
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    If he gets his $65 million, he can afford to lose his job.

    not gonna happen
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited May 2007
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    The sad thing is, in a case like this the dry cleaner owners probably have a geniune case for a settlement against the judge for harrassment, however the judge's actions so far have probably drained them so much they can't afford to hire someone to sue him back.

    Oh and I was trying not to bring up that they were Korean immigrants. I just recently found out we have a forum member here who is openly racist against them (and myself since I'm half Korean). :mad:

    Lawyers will be lining up to represent the Korean family for the harrassment suit (no pun intended)...Think of all the money they WILL win..what lawyer will turn that down?
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2007
    BIZILL wrote: »
    looks like he took THEM to the 'cleaners'! hahahhahahahahhalaalallaallolololololol!:D :D:D:D:D:D:p


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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited May 2007
    I am pretty sure at some point it will be thrown out.....The poor owners of that dry cleaner most likely will be able to recoup the legal fees from that, but a civil case for harassment or defamation of character is an expensive proposition.....Believe me, I just got a settlement for 7k out of some **** for a suit that went on for five years.....There is a point where you hit diminishing returns....A lot more time and effort was spent getting this **** than what I got out of it, but the important part was he admitted guilt for defamation of my character, I guess it was worth it at the end of the day...7K i didn't have before...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2007
    Bill Ayotte wrote: »
    A lot more time and effort was spent getting this **** than what I got out of it, but the important part was he admitted guilt for defamation of my character, I guess it was worth it at the end of the day...7K i didn't have before...

    I'll defame your character and then recant if you shoot me 1/2!!!:p
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited May 2007
    This post should say "Judge takes cleaners to the cleaners".
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2007
    jdhdiggs wrote: »
    I'd support a "loser pays" system where whoever loses the court case pays the litigation costs of both parties (capped at an amount/day so everyone's not hiring Johnny Cochran for a speeding ticket)

    Likewise.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited May 2007
    The british system is a loser pay. They have far fewer lawsuits because of this approach.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited May 2007
    Shizelbs wrote: »
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2007
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52308&page=3

    Skip on down to post 90.

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