05.05.07
$65 Million (pants) suit
D.C. Judge Wants $65 Million for Lost Pants
“The administrative judge — whose job, mind you, entails determining civil infractions and penalties — claimed that he deserves $65,462,500 in damages for the “mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort” caused by the loss of his suit pants.”
This is simply a sick joke, right? Please tell me that nobody would act like such a fool (and that nobody would take him seriously if he did)!
Update: Aug. 10, 2007
The Chung’s fought the suit. They won. Now the plaintiff may be on the hook for $83,000 in legal fees (though he is fighting that as well). Yes, there are still shreds of sanity in the world.