Comments on: Get shot, sue Craigslist https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/get-shot-sue-craigslist/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Todd Rogers https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/get-shot-sue-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-28750 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:50:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7505#comment-28750 Something tells me it is about the money. But given the outcome between Craig’s List and a group of Chicago tenants (and their attorneys – Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc. v. Craigslist Inc.), that same something which tells me it is about the money also tells me that money won’t be flowing away from Craig’s List.

]]> By: David Wisniewski https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/get-shot-sue-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-28745 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:17:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7505#comment-28745 I don’t get it. The suit says, “But for defendant’s negligence in failing to supervise and monitor the content of the ads placed on its Internet service, Jesus Ortiz, could never have legally obtained the handgun,” then goes on to say that the suspect has a criminal record isn’t legally able to purchase/own a handgun.

Either the attorney who filed the lawsuit doesn’t understand the different between an legal and illegal gun sale, or doesn’t care and is just looking for $$$$. If Craigslist pulled the ad, chances are Ortiz would have looked elsewhere for a firearm.

I guess that means it is OK to sue a newspaper because they ran a classified ad that was used by a person without a driver’s license to purchase a car with which was later involved in a auto accident.

]]> By: James https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/get-shot-sue-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-28740 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:56:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7505#comment-28740 Gun ads are banned from craigslist, wonder how that will play into this. He should have said he used localsalesnetwork.com

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