Yep, the lawsuits have begun. A class action suit has been filed. here's a highlight:
Along with Jackson, Carlin has named as defendants Justin Timberlake, CBS, MTV, and Viacom. Carlin's complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages, though an exact dollar figure is not specified. But it seems billions would be in order since Carlin notes that punitive damages should not exceed the gross revenues of all defendants for the past three years.
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I'll pray to the Goddess of Logic he gets a good judge so the case gets thrown out and he gets hit with a countersuit for 'harassment and frivolous use of the legal system' so quick he won't know what to do but wet his pants...
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On the off chance she wins, I was offended and want my share of the defendants' last 3 years revenue.
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To be fair, McDonald's was heating up that coffee far in excess of what they were supposed to, and that lady was seriously injured and required skin grafts.
I'm going to reiterate my position on Janet Jackon's boob: It's a fucking TIT! It didn't KILL anybody!
What the fuck damage did it do? "Compensatory damages?" What the hell is it compensating for? Carlin's small penis?
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Terri Carlin, a 47-year-old Knoxville bank employee, contends that Jackson's exposure and other "sexually explicit conduct" during halftime festivities caused viewers to "suffer outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury."
So can I sue Terri Carlin, because I am experiencing all those symptoms or emotions reading about her lawsuit against Jackson. I'm outraged, angry, embarrast, and seriously injured by her stupidity and blatent money hunger........
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Carlin's complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages
Someone needs to ask this person how many people she's fucked and if she sued them as well...
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I think they'll lose. There are no possible monetary damages here.
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Holy shit! They want BILLIONS for that? They want all of the earnings of all the defendants for the last three years? Do they have any idea how much money CBS makes? That's WAY too much money for CBS' MINOR role in this fiasco, since I can't even think of how it was their fault.
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The article mentions that there were other things that caused the "injury" not just the breast. Oh no, gyrating bodies, my fragile little mind is being damaged!
Terri Carlin, a 47-year-old Knoxville bank employee, contends that Jackson's exposure and other "sexually explicit conduct" during halftime festivities caused viewers to "suffer outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury."
So can I sue Terri Carlin, because I am experiencing all those symptoms or emotions reading about her lawsuit against Jackson. I'm outraged, angry, embarrast, and seriously injured by her stupidity and blatent money hunger........
I was thinking the same thing. If you want to throw a suit as dumb as that one out of court, just apply the lawsuit's logic (or lack thereof) to something else. I mean, just what "serious injury" occured from viewiers being able to see a semi-exposed nipple for a few seconds?
Yup, a definite candidate for the Stella Awards. I've heard a lot of stupid things in my life, this, this is just unreal. "OMG I saw a booby!", jesus, fuck you.
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I'm pretty sure she knows it's logically stupid. As it is obvious, it's obviously a ploy to grab some money off of this.
Which in turn gives Jackson and Timberlake more media attention. Which in turn makes more people aware and more people sue, which in turn gives the first two more media attention, and so on and on and on.
It's like all sides blowing each other off in ever increasing circles.
Carlin needs charges pressed against her for this garbage.
"Right now we can tell you a report was filed by the family of a 12 year old boy yesterday afternoon alleging Mr. Michael Jackson of criminal activity. A search warrant has been filed and that search is currently taking place. Mr. Jackson has not been charged with any crime. We cannot specifically address the content of the police report as it is confidential information at the present time, however, we can confirm that Mr. Jackson forced the boy to listen to the Howard Stern show and watch the movie Private Parts over and over again."
The funny thing is, no one would have noticed it if they didn't make such a big deal of it. Hell, I bet more kids watching the Super Bowl asked what erectile dysfunction meant more than they noticed Jackson's boob.
Stupid wench! It's a fucking nipple! It's not like it's anything you haven't seen before!
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You have to remember the class of people you're dealing with. Some of these people seriously believe that there are thousands of people going to Hell right now because they caught a brief look at Janet Jackson's nipple. No fucking joke: God is sending souls to Hell over this.
That is how stupid they are.
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I think I'll sue for them showing me one breast and not the other. Damnit, I mean you can't just expose a breast to a guy and then not expose the other. That's just wrong! I'll have my day in court.
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Yep, the lawsuits have begun. A class action suit has been filed. here's a highlight:
Stupid wench! It's a fucking nipple! It's not like it's anything you haven't seen before!
