http://cjonline.com/news/2011-11-28/dimmick-sues-couple-he-kidnapped#.TtR7EWNC-zB

Well... I'm at a loss for words.

Are you effing kidding me?  And why hasn't the judge thrown the case and the POS out of the court room?

The judge should be defrocked (or whatever they do to get them out of their robes and down to the curb) and disbarred for not offering an immediate summary dismissal of the suit

he should be working on real cases...this is not one of them...what a waste of tax dollars

The judge is probably still rolling around on the floor laughing his ass off...

I can see an smarmy attorney picking this up, but if it actually gets to trial...  Yeah, some judge ought to be disbarred.

....... something about adding insult to injury springs to mind.

I'd dispair of a legal system that allowed such vexatious bollocks to proceed .

Quote from: ɹǝnǝɥǝƃun on November 29, 2011, 03:30:47 AM
....... something about adding insult to injury springs to mind.

I'd dispair of a legal system that allowed such vexatious bollocks to proceed .

vexatious bollocks.....

+2 

Two more cases for spoons.

hey, if a burgler can sue a homeowner for being trapped in their garage for several days, then why not a kidnapper on an oral contract?!?!...ain't the 'Murican legal system something else?....

This will see trial because his suit is a counter-claim response to the Rowleys, who are suing him for $75,000. But once it does go to trial, the judge is likely to give him a Picard-style face palm and tell him to STFU/GTFO.

Not that he has a legal leg to stand on. Illegal contracts are unenforceable. He just had to come up with something to keep from having a default judgement entered against him, so why not shoot for the moon?

You should read the case doc. It's linked right there in the article. Pretty entertaining. I bet the judge is having all his legal buddies come by to get a good belly-laugh.

The only reason why this case hasn't been thrown out yet is that there is money to be made by attorneys.

Quote from: Duck-Stew on November 29, 2011, 03:03:35 AM
The judge is probably still rolling around on the floor laughing his ass off...

I can see an smarmy attorney picking this up, but if it actually gets to trial...  Yeah, some judge ought to be disbarred.

you rang?

After reading this again, if I were one of the victims, I would claim that the assailant promised to pay $250,000, and that he renegged on his promise.