Comments on: Lawsuit demands $38 quadrillion

By: MF

MF — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:49:47 +0000

“The Nobel prize in mathematics was awarded to a California professor who has discovered a new number! The number is bleen, which he says belongs between 6 and 7.” —George Carlin

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By: Demand for $38 quadrillion, cont’d

Demand for $38 quadrillion, cont’d — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:21:39 +0000

[…] at Lowering the Bar points out that the suit we reported on yesterday doesn’t actually carry the highest damages demand ever; it is topped by one man’s suit […]

By: Jay Markowitz

Jay Markowitz — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:51:49 +0000

I demand to have the letter ‘m’ stricken from the english language.

* hat tip to Steve Martin

By: R

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:43:28 +0000

You can probably pay him with these

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tppllc/4716022438/#/photos/tppllc/4716022438/lightbox/

By: GregS

GregS — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:37:26 +0000

Perhaps this guy is just being proactive. Maybe he’s looking at the U.S. government’s massive and rapidly growing debt load and has concluded that the only way they’ll be able to pay it down is by having a round of hyperinflation. So maybe he’s just suing for what the property will be worth a decade from now, when bread will cost $2000 a loaf and you’ll be poor if you’re making less than $50 million a year.

By: B.RAD.

B.RAD. — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:49:49 +0000

By: B.RAD.

B.RAD. — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:49:09 +0000

Reminds me of a scene in Austin Powers where Dr. Evil is trying to exort the U.S. government.

By: Penfold

Penfold — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:31:49 +0000

From what I read in the article, the land in dispute is a mine of some sort, but even at that the property value seems to be overstated. Apparently the plaintiff had a consulting contract and he was not allegedly paid for a few months work then everything becomes weird.

By: John Rohan

John Rohan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:43:36 +0000

Isn’t asking for such an outlandish sum, an amount that could not be collected under any circumstances, proof in itself that the lawsuit is not sincere (AKA “frivolous”)?

How would the judge react if he demanded other impossible things, such as having the defendant tarred and feathered, or put in a rocket and blasted into the sun? This should be no different.

Also, the article says the plaintiff claims that the land under dispute is worth $36 billion. 36 billion?? In Utah?? Is this property all located in downtown Salt Lake city?