NFL player sued for $1.2M for shoving a guy

[Ilmater]

Another ridiculous lawsuit:

A male flight attendant filed a lawsuit this week against Tyoka Jackson, claiming the former Rams football player knocked him across an airplane two years ago as it approached St. Louis.

After flight attendant Gary Rihn repeatedly asked Jackson to stow his carry-on bag, Jackson shoved Rihn so hard that he was knocked across the aisle and landed, feet in the air, against another passenger.

Rihn's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, asks for $250,000 in actual damages and $750,000 in punitive damages. Rihn's wife, Bonita Rihn, asks for $200,000 more, for "loss of consortium."

The suit says Jackson injured Rihn's head, shoulder, arm, knee and back and cost him over $6,300 so far on medical expenses. The suit says Rihn also suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Now, I'm willing to bet that this guy is telling the truth, and I'm pretty sure Jackson did it. But post-traumatic stress syndrome? Are you fvcking kidding me? $6,300 in medical expenses isn't that much. Sounds like he took every test they could run on him to rack up the bill. And loss of consortium? He's a male flight attendant lady, he wasn't interested in "consorting" with you in the first place. You're just a cover for his "Saturday night lifestyle," and he's using it as an excuse to not have to have "deplorable" s3x with a woman.

 

[iamwiz82]

What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

 

[cjchaps]

What does "loss of consortium" mean? Does that mean she doesn't sex him anymore?

Also why are they waiting 2 years to bring this up?

 

[MrChad]

What's with homophobic rant?

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: Ilmater
Another ridiculous lawsuit:

A male flight attendant filed a lawsuit this week against Tyoka Jackson, claiming the former Rams football player knocked him across an airplane two years ago as it approached St. Louis.

After flight attendant Gary Rihn repeatedly asked Jackson to stow his carry-on bag, Jackson shoved Rihn so hard that he was knocked across the aisle and landed, feet in the air, against another passenger.

Rihn's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, asks for $250,000 in actual damages and $750,000 in punitive damages. Rihn's wife, Bonita Rihn, asks for $200,000 more, for "loss of consortium."

The suit says Jackson injured Rihn's head, shoulder, arm, knee and back and cost him over $6,300 so far on medical expenses. The suit says Rihn also suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Now, I'm willing to bet that this guy is telling the truth, and I'm pretty sure Jackson did it. But post-traumatic stress syndrome? Are you fvcking kidding me? $6,300 in medical expenses isn't that much. Sounds like he took every test they could run on him to rack up the bill. And loss of consortium? He's a male flight attendant lady, he wasn't interested in "consorting" with you in the first place. You're just a cover for his "Saturday night lifestyle," and he's using it as an excuse to not have to have "deplorable" s3x with a woman.

and this is still a stupid law suit? If someone came to my place of work and did something like that I'd sue. And if the lawyer said "go for 1/4 mil"....

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

If the plantiff cared about justice, he'd file a criminal suit.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

If the plantiff cared about justice, he'd file a criminal suit.

And NOTHING would happen, since it's a sports personality. If a normal person did that, they'd be thrown in Federal prison. It's happened a few times since 9/11. You touch a airline worker and you go to jail.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

If the plantiff cared about justice, he'd file a criminal suit.

And NOTHING would happen, since it's a sports personality. If a normal person did that, they'd be thrown in Federal prison. It's happened a few times since 9/11. You touch a airline worker and you go to jail.

Yea, you really don't want to fvck with the flight crew these days unless you want to get up close and personal with the FBI for a while and risk the penalties.

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

If the plantiff cared about justice, he'd file a criminal suit.

And NOTHING would happen, since it's a sports personality. If a normal person did that, they'd be thrown in Federal prison. It's happened a few times since 9/11. You touch a airline worker and you go to jail.

Very true...send mr. football player to "Club Gitmo" for a while.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

Clearly there's some reasonable ground between letting him "do what he wants" and a $1.2 million lawsuit

 

[HannibalX]

I don't have a problem with this at all.

A court will decide if this man is entitled to 1.2M.

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

Clearly there's some reasonable ground between letting him "do what he wants" and a $1.2 million lawsuit

My point exactly.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's better is if we let Tyoka continue to do what he wants, awesome!

If the plantiff cared about justice, he'd file a criminal suit.

And NOTHING would happen, since it's a sports personality. If a normal person did that, they'd be thrown in Federal prison. It's happened a few times since 9/11. You touch a airline worker and you go to jail.

So because the criminal justice system has failed in the past, we completely bypass it and go into civil court, where he is going to get absolutely slaughtered just for shoving a guy.

 

[Marinski]

and of course its a Detroit Lion