The Dog Who Might Bankrupt the World

[joeybee12]

If Anton Purisima is successful in his two undecillion dollar lawsuit against Au Bon Pain bakery and a collection of other businesses and individuals in New York, we will all be in a lot of trouble.

If he wins in what is the largest lawsuit ever filed (an undecillion comes with 36 zeroes after it), Purisima, 62, stands to be awarded more money than there is in the world. So, before the world deals with global warming, it must deal with Purisima's lawsuit.

A picture shows a bulbous white bandage encasing Purisima’s middle finger, which he claims was bitten off by a rabid dog. In announcing his intention to sue two local hospitals, Kmart, a “Latina” dog owner, as well as Au Bon Pain—its croissants are dreary, for sure, but not that bad—Purisima writes of having his middle finger infected and bloodied after being bitten by a “rabies-infected” dog on a city bus and then having a “Chinese couple” taking unauthorized photos of him while he was being treated at a local hospital.

He goes on to cite "civil-rights violations, personal injury, discrimination in national origin, retaliation, harassment, fraud, attempted murder, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and conspiracy to defraud.” No amount of money could meet his demands, making the damages for his suit “priceless”—hence the astronomical sum. Alongside Au Bon Pain, also listed as defendants in the case are Carepoint Health, Hoboken University Medical Center, Kmart Store 7749, St. Luke’s Emergency Dept., New York City Transit Authority, City of New York, NYC MTA, and LaGuardia Airport Administration (Purisima claims he is regularly overcharged for coffee at the airport). In a previous lawsuit, Purisima listed his address as 390 9th Avenue, a "General Delivery" postal address many homeless people use at Penn Station.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-might-bankrupt-world-204000643--politics.html

[SheilaT]

1. And why would any rational person begin

to think that any jury would actually award such an amount?

If one actually did, then he'd only get as much as the company has insurance to cover. This is the sort of vast over reaching lawsuit that gives attorneys a bad name, and encourages laws restricting damage settlements.

Bankrupt the world? I don't think so.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. No attorney will get a bad name because there is no attorney.

This is one of those off-the-wall pro se lawsuits that every court sees dozens of every year. Any lunatic can file a lawsuit claiming any damn thing they want if they can come up with the filing fee. But this thing will be tossed out of court as soon as the appropriate motion is made.

[SheilaT]

6. Oh, okay.

Especially in that case it will be tossed.

[Mnemosyne]

7. Sovereign Citizen member, possibly? It's their m.o. nt

[Orrex]

2. I could see maybe half that much.

But the whole undecillion? Obviously that's over the top.

[LiberalElite]

3. Dog? More like

insane nutjob human who might bankrupt the world. (I doubt it.)

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Amusing, but probably not going very far...

Purisima, says the New York Post, filed his 22-page hand-written complaint filed in Manhattan federal court on April 11.

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The Daily Mail reports that in the last four years Purisima has filed lawsuits against the People’s Republic of China, several major banks (including Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and Wachovia), the Commissioner of Social Security, Lang Lang International Music Foundation, and others.

[shenmue]

8. I like dogs