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Re: Frivolous lawsuits--a new winner?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:32:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> By the way, precedent is that in such cases, the plaintiff
> gets the promised vehicle or its cash equivalent. There was
> one from a couple of years ago where a radio station offered
> a contest to win a new Mustang, and at the last second gave
> the winner a die-cast toy. She sued and won quite handily--
> car motor noises had been used in the promo spots (IIRC) and
> the implication had been made on the air that the vehicle
> could be "driven away" with.
I heard of one where the winner of a contest was promised the keys to a brand
new Porshe...and got just that.
> By the way, did anyone hear about the MRI accident yesterday?
> Some yutz walked into the scanning room--with its 10-ton electro-
> magnet--carrying an oxygen tank, for some reason. Predictably,
> it was ripped from his grip and FLEW across the room and into
> the aperture, killing a 6-year-old boy. I can't WAIT to see the
> lawsuit/settlement on THAT one--it's another pretty clear-cut
> case (and the hospital has, to its credit, admitted as much).
Who was the fellow? Was he an orderly or some maintenance fellow?
james
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| (...) I think in that second case, the plaintiff is in the right-- if the implication was that the prize was a car, then using trickery to get the motivational results pursuant to offering a car as a performance incentive is completely dishonest. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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