Score 1 against lawyers...

**Drew1369** · 09-13-2008, 09:39 AM

total score still in favor of lawyers tho :(

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421961,00.html

NEW YORK — It's a rainy day for the owner of an upscale Manhattan restaurant who filed a lawsuit against a supermodel over a damaged designer umbrella said to be worth $5,000.

State Supreme Court Justice Joan. A. Madden threw out the lawsuit on Friday, calling motions filed by the attorney on behalf of Nello Balan a "waste of judicial resources." She fined Balan's attorney $500 for filing a frivolous claim.

Balan sued supermodel Le Call for $1 million, claiming that he lent her a Jean-Paul Gaultier-designed umbrella — and that she returned it to him in two pieces.

Balan claimed emotional distress and said that the model had intentionally damaged the umbrella.

Attorneys for both sides have declined to comment.

**sobeit** · 09-13-2008, 01:02 PM

I wished more of those quick rich schemes would get thrown out of court.

09-13-2008, 09:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,429 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Score 1 against lawyers... total score still in favor of lawyers tho :( http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421961,00.html NEW YORK — It's a rainy day for the owner of an upscale Manhattan restaurant who filed a lawsuit against a supermodel over a damaged designer umbrella said to be worth $5,000. State Supreme Court Justice Joan. A. Madden threw out the lawsuit on Friday, calling motions filed by the attorney on behalf of Nello Balan a "waste of judicial resources." She fined Balan's attorney $500 for filing a frivolous claim. Balan sued supermodel Le Call for $1 million, claiming that he lent her a Jean-Paul Gaultier-designed umbrella — and that she returned it to him in two pieces. Balan claimed emotional distress and said that the model had intentionally damaged the umbrella. Attorneys for both sides have declined to comment. __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

09-13-2008, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Score 1 against lawyers... I wished more of those quick rich schemes would get thrown out of court. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age