Posted on 12/08/2002 8:08:40 AM PST by msuMD
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:09:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WINDSOR -- In his first gambling experience, Constantin Digalakis amassed more than $10,900 in winnings over two days at Casino Windsor, a Canadian gambling parlor only minutes from downtown Detroit. On the third day of his 1997 spree, however, he lost it all, plus an additional $6,400.
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Great news!
Now that the states have used up the tobacco industry as a cash cow, the casinos are the ideal target.
Bring on the lawsuits!
Can I claim I'm addicted to buying new cars? Can a woman claim she's addicted to shoe-shopping? Can we get all of our money back?
I wonder how this moron would feel if the casino sued him to recoup their losses after winning that $10,900?
Not that I'm defending casino gambling. I think they are dens of immorality and I stay away from them. But when you enter one and lose your life savings, that's your problem, not the problem of the casino.
He would probably win in the U.S., too. Something along the line of suing the distributor that sold the gun that made its way to a pawnshop that sold it to the uncle of the boy who stole the gun from the uncle and used it to kill his teacher.
In the $24 million lawsuit, the six-woman jury found Valor Corp. (the distibutor) to be 5 percent responsible, the school board 45% for allowing Brazill on campus with a gun, and McCray (the uncle) 50%. The murderer's portion of the blame? 0%. The gun manufacturer would have been sued also, but it went out of business years before the murder took place.
Yeah, a gambling lawsuit can be successful here.
People are so irresponsible and many, like this idiot, expect to be rewarded for stupidity. Unfortunately, there are too many rapacious lawyers that agree with them.
In a post-Christian culture, how can people differentiate right and wrong? In this atmosphere, everything makes sense to people, even such lawsuits. It is because a few people see them as wrong, because the rights are no longer different from duties, that madness such as this, and greater, continues.
Dear Mr. Digalakis:
I represent Mr. Hammond Deggs, a real-estate speculator investor, who has purchased numerous properties from you. Much to my client's shock and dismay, several of these have declined in value: some as much as 35%. (See attached schedule).
Mr. Deggs demands immediate compensation for his speculative investment losses, or he will be compelled to file suit.
Yours truly,
O. M. Bologna, Esq.
Law Firm of Bologna and White
As a further note:
"Valor (the distributor) attorney John Renzulli characterized the verdict as a win for the defense because Grunow (the widow) had asked for $75 million. Both sides say they plan to appeal, and Grunow's team said it will try to have Valor pay all $24 million."
If this survives appeal, it does not bode well.
hmmmmmmm?
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