Jose wrote:
Was he =awarded= anything ridiculous?

Read some of the links on the site I posted and you decide. But
unless, before the dry cleaner lost the pants, he used them to beat
the judge there is no way this claim is worth $54mil.

The links seem to be long on opinion and short on facts, and the trial
is not over yet. No matter. Everyone is being silly in this case;
the pity is it costs real people real money.

Suing is still a gamble, not on whether you win or lose, but on
whether you can intimidate the other party into folding. A loser
pays system would not address the intimidation part, since the
(significantly) richer party can afford the loss but may well choose
to proceed anyway, hoping to chicken the other party out.

Not much of a gamble at all in this case. Filing fees for a civil action in
DC are $120.00. He is his own lawyer. The only people out any real money is
the defendant.

The one plus is that the judge who filed the suit is probably not going to
keep his job. He is up for re-appointment soon.


OF course the claim above is not worth $54 million. I don't think
anybody, including the claimant, believes it is.

Jose

Then he lied in court documents and should be prosecuted.