I think Chess has been living under a rock.....the number of frivolous lawsuits is huge!!! Here are couple of interesting numbers:
"In the United States today, there are more lawsuits, involving more dollars in punitive damages, than in any other five countries combined. "
"There were roughly 50,000 lawsuits filed by prison inmates across America in 1993. In some states, nearly half of all civil suits are filed by prisoners. Writing in the March issue of The American Legion magazine, Steve Salerno notes that "the flurry of prison lawsuits has far-reaching side effects." He argues that "the bogus actions crowd out other types of claims, forcing people with legitimate complaints to wait many extra months for their day in court." The cost incurred by the states to defend against these spurious suits, an average of $50,000 a piece in some states, "has a direct bearing on the number of new cases that are plea-bargained or shelved entirely because the legwork to pursue them is not considered cost-effective."
Who do you think is paying for these 50K a pop inmate lawsuits?...someone needs to do a little research before spouting off on something they don't understand......
Check out these lawsuits:
"Three Yemeni men claiming to have ownership of Mars have sued NASA because of the Pathfinder landing. ?We inherited the planet from our ancestors 3,000 years ago,? say the men. ?Sojourner and Pathfinder... began exploring it without informing us or seeking our approval.? It's true, I sold this guy property on Jupiter. I only got a few thousand dollars because of the Methane gas problem and that fact that you'd die if you ever tried to move there. However, the contract is perfectly enforceable.
In Orlando, a lawsuit was filed against a rental car company by the estate of a woman who was killed in a car crash by an Irish drunk driver. The suit alleges that the rental car company should be liable for the woman?s death because the company ?either knew or should have known about the unique cultural and ethnic customs in Ireland which involve the regular consumption of alcohol at pubs as a major component to Irish social life.? The moral here... Do not rent to the Irish... Thank God I'm Italian.
A Los Angeles lawyer and self avowed ?deadhead? sued a fellow lawyer in his office for intentional infliction of emotional distress for joking about the death of Grateful Dead band leader Jerry Garcia. How could anyone afford law school after spending half their savings on pot?
Q: How do you know when deadheads have been staying with you?
A: They're still there.
Q: How do you know when they're gonna leave?
A: The phone bill comes.
Q: What do deadheads say when they run out of dope?
A: What is this awful music?
An Ohio man is suing for half a million dollars because he got hurt when he unexpectedly got a plain M&M amongst his peanut M&Ms. He claims he bit his lip and cut right through the skin and had to be treated at the hospital. He is suing both M&M and the Family Dollar Store in Cleveland where he bought the bag for failing to inspect the candy and then selling what he calls defective and mislabeled merchandise. Obviously, this guy is related to the lady who had no idea her coffee would be served hot.
An Israeli man took his wife of two years to divorce court because she named her poodle after her ex-husband. He demanded the court order his wife to stop calling the dog by his name.
Canadian tourist Edward Skwarek has sued the Starbucks coffee chain for $1.5 million alleging that a highly personal part of his anatomy was crushed when it got caught between the toilet seat and bowl at a Manhattan Starbucks outlet. Skwarek was reportedly in a seated position on the commode. When he turned to retrieve the toilet paper, the seat shifted. His wife Sherrie is also demanding $500,000 as compensation for depravation of his husbandly services. Can I sue the local bar if nobody picks me up tonight?
An Ohio inmate sued for being denied possession of soap on a rope. Considering what they do to you when you drop the soap in prison, I don't think you should be requesting it.
A lady who got a bad hair cut sued the hair dresser for assault and battery. The hair dresser said, ``I was shocked by the severity of the lawsuit. I didn't cut off an arm or a leg, I just gave a bad haircut.''
An Arizona inmate sued when he was not invited to a pizza party that prison employees held for a guard leaving his job. You know, there were a lot of high school parties I was never invited to. Heather, I think you owe me some money. $100,000 should cover it. Don't worry, putting your kid through college just isn't that important.
A prison inmate sued the state of Colorado because he said, ``Everyone knows an inmate only serves about three years of a 10-year sentence.
Another Oklahoma inmate sued because he was forced to listen to country music. Now, if he had been forced to listen to Billy Ray Cyrus he might have won.
A man sued his mother for the cost of suing his repair truck. She filed a countersuit demanding the court give her son the whipping that she failed to give him as a child.
Outraged by a referee's call, several Washington Redskins fans filed a lawsuit in federal court demanding it be overturned.
The University of Michigan was sued for $853,000 by a disgruntled student who received an F in German. Right now if I could use this case as a precedent, I would be entitled to four times that much.
A San Quentin death row inmate sued California because his packages were sent via UPS rather than the U.S. Postal Service. Let's let this jerk take his complaint to an armed and disgruntled postal worker.
A Virginia inmate sued himself for $5 million because he got drunk and violated his religious beliefs causing him to commit a crime. Of course the inmate didn't have $5 million so he wanted the state to pick up the tab.
A convict who escaped from prison sued his county and the sheriff for negligence in allowing him to escape. Another convict sued his county and sheriff for the emotional stress he suffered while trying to escape. I'm sorry, did the big bad guards scare you when you were scaling the barbed wire.
A 9-year-old girl sued the makers of Cracker Jacks because her box contained no prize.
Two men sued a restaurant and won $18,000 because they were required to put on neck ties. I'll put on a clown suit for half that.
General Motors was sued for $6 trillion, that's $6,000,000,000,000, on behalf of all persons everywhere, born and unborn, and all future generations.
The National Parks Service was sued for $2.5 million when visitors to a federal park were struck by lightening. So weather men, be absolutely sure about yourself when you say it won't rain.
The city of San Carlos, California filed a lawsuit against Ryan McDonell, a kid who was hit by a city truck. The city wanted to recover the driver's medical expenses, workers compensation, and repairs to the truck. It's nice to know, that the government cares so much about our children.
Willie Johnson sued Mercury for inflating a car loan by $1,000. Though his damages were only $1,000 a jury awarded him, $90,000. They then fined Mercury with a $50 million fine, proving Jury's consist of 12 idiots who get paid $5 a day to make bad decisions because they can't find a real job.
Frank Menssina of Centerville, Pennsylvania sued the Pennsylvania Transportation Department for $5,764,609,563,143,700.48 for ruining his reputation as a driver by suspending his license. The national debt is smaller. What moronic trucker has an ego big enough to believe he'd make that much in a life time? Furthermore, how did he get such an exact figure? And would he be upset if he didn't get the 48 cents.
A special note: In a 5 to 4 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that the president cannot be sued. The threat of impeachment and the checks and balances of the constitution were enough to insure that he obeyed the letter of the law. Why don't citizens of the United States get similar respect when it comes to frivolous lawsuits? "
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