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Thread ID: 4812 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2003-02-06
2003-02-06 01:29 | User Profile
WSJ online [url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110003027]http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110003027[/url]
Trial lawyers usually target as prospective defendants the wealthiest corporations or organizations they can find. Now the city of Detroit is applying the "deep pockets" principle to parking fines. BlueOvalNews, an online magazine for the "Ford community," reports that the city went to court seeking $861,000 for 22,000 parking tickets Detroit's finest had issued to Fords parked illegally. Rather than going after the guilty parties, though, the city demanded a lump sum payment from Ford Credit--technically the owner of the leased cars.
"Ford argued it could not be held liable for the parking violations of its lessees," BON reports. Sounds reasonable enough, but Detroit prevailed in the Michigan Appeals Court with the argument that "the person to whom the vehicle is registered at the time of the violation is prima facie responsible for that violation."
2003-02-06 05:22 | User Profile
Hahahahah, I love jewish antics like this. It's no wonder Seinfeld was so popular. :)
Here's another one:
In the 30s (I believe), a man bought 500 fine Cuban cigars, and had them insured against fire. He then proceeded to smoke them all, and filed an insurance claim. His claim was rejected (duh), so he took the insurance company to court. The judge ruled in the man's favor since his cigars had indeed been destroyed by fire.
The insurance company promptly had the man arrested for arson.