Every now and then you hear a crazy story about someone suing somebody over something stupid. Well, it happened again, but fortunately, it came to no avail.
Peer Larson, a junior in Wisconsin, filed a lawsuit (with his dad) against his school for giving him too much math homework over the summer for an honors pre-calculus class. He claimed it gave him an "unfair workload and unnecessary stress." He was also a camp counselor during the summer, and somehow this meant that he had no time to do homework.
Please! He signed up for the course; he knew what he was getting into.
Thankfully, the complaint was declared "unmeritorious." Not only will they not get any money; they may be ordered to pay the lawyers' fees for all the unmeritorious mess they've caused.
Thank you very much, attorney general, whatever your name is! Let this decision ring from the rooftops all across the nation! If people realize that they might not only receive no money for a frivolous lawsuit, but that there's a possibility that they could lose money for a frivolous lawsuit, then perhaps people will stop pretending to be stupid just to make some money. And the world will be a safer place.
(Sources: www.wlbt.com; www.freep.com)
Edmond the Hun
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LOL that's amazing!!! :D summer homework stinks but if you asked for it...*shrug* i hope they have to pay up ~ i agree that it might make a dent in the stupid lawsuit statistics ~ well, we can dream. . . -Sanguine
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