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June 23, 2007
$50,000 the Easy Way
From Nyack, New York comes one of countless examples of the tyranny of political correctness. An unidentified woman looted $50,000 from a local restaurant by claiming that way back when she worked for it a chef made "lewd and unwelcome remarks."
Neither the woman nor the chef has worked for the restaurant for about six years. How the avaricious woman could prove the remarks were made, much less that the restaurant should be held responsible for them, is a mystery. But the owner chose to settle because he couldn't afford to defend himself in our kangaroo courts.
The lucky winner apparently didn't have to worry about legal costs, because she had the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in her corner. John Edwards would be delighted to see our tax dollars at work, helping looters prey on honest businesses.
On a tip from Wiggins.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 23, 2007 8:06 AM
Comments
This would make a great submission to Overlawyered.
Posted by: Bob Smith at June 23, 2007 9:33 AM
There will never be tort reform in this country because Congress is composed largely of lawyers. People who have spent their careers thinking of ways to skate around the law are now the ones writing the it. Shakespeare put it best, " first kill all the lawyers".
Posted by: Anonymous at June 23, 2007 10:09 AM
Hey, I think I got harassed back in the day, too! (He says, looking over his bank balance...)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2007 10:18 AM
This one is even more ridiculous than usual. What's to prevent some chick from claiming she was groped back in 1956? Besides, let's say she was groped by the waiter in 2000 as she alleges...why does the restaurant have to pay $50,000????? There should be some statute of limitations on nuissance sexual harrasment suits. Like, one week.
Posted by: mega at June 23, 2007 2:07 PM
Sorry, but until we go to "loser pays," nothing much is going to change. Oh, you might cap compensatory damages, and even put a ceiling on general damages, like "pain and suffering," but without the knowledge that bringing a lawsuit purely to extract an unjust reward ("extortion") could mean you end up paying all the attorney fees and court costs should you lose, our already litigious society is only going to get more so.
Posted by: jc14 at June 24, 2007 5:22 PM
