She asked for 54 million dollars because that is the exact amount asked for by a local DC judge when his dry cleaner lost his favorite pair of pants. The judge had a convoluted algorithm for determining the figure. This woman simply decided to use the same figure in hopes of getting as much press as he did...using an ironic figure. She has stated that she has no illusions of getting any type of large judgment, but that she does want the press to expose Best Buy's (apparent) malfeasance, fraud, and outright lies.
Like most, I thought that this was another story of a greedy consumer looking to get rich because "coffee is hot"...but hunt down the real story and read about what this woman went through and how Best Buy treated her and I expect that you will soon be cheering her on.
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Scuba Steve @ Feb 12th 2008 2:42PM
She asked for 54 million dollars because that is the exact amount asked for by a local DC judge when his dry cleaner lost his favorite pair of pants. The judge had a convoluted algorithm for determining the figure. This woman simply decided to use the same figure in hopes of getting as much press as he did...using an ironic figure. She has stated that she has no illusions of getting any type of large judgment, but that she does want the press to expose Best Buy's (apparent) malfeasance, fraud, and outright lies.
Like most, I thought that this was another story of a greedy consumer looking to get rich because "coffee is hot"...but hunt down the real story and read about what this woman went through and how Best Buy treated her and I expect that you will soon be cheering her on.
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