<p>“On December 31, 2009, I left an expensive black leather coat at a food court on the way to Gate C-19 at Houston Intercontinental Airport. The coat was made by Polo, size X-Large and had a plaid lining. I have diligently attempted but failed to learn [who] is responsible for the area and who should have collected the coat, kept it in a secure place fand held it for a reasonable time for the owner to locate it.”</p>
<p>He is a master at trying to shift responsibility. I think he should sue himself for not keeping an eye on his expensive belongings.</p>
<p>it is slightly fascinating that his propensity to blame others, is not dissipated by the realization that he looks like an incompetent boob by publicizing his plight.
That oughta be great for the billable hours.</p>
<p>Wow, what an ass.</p>
<p>Not to mention that not only he is an ass he is a * fat* ass.
:)</p>
<p>^^^^I don’t think he intended for this to get out. The Smoking Gun is the one who brought this to light. That’s why I wondered in the OP if this is a tactic he uses often. Threatens to sue, and the parties involved cave just to avoid the hassle. </p>
<p>This is not going to be good publicity for him. It is ALL over the web and he is being universally bashed by everyone who hears about it. I think his web site is being visited by people who have been leaving snarky comments and it’s causing problems for him.</p>
<p>I don’t know this dweeb but he has no legal grounds whatsoever. Did he graduate an actual law school? When you have a business, your customers are invitees and you owe a duty of care to them - like not having floor boards that give way, not having your employees steal from them. His statement that someone is responsible for the area is an attempt to create another level of duty, one that doesn’t exist. Let’s say you’re standing in a Verizon store and you put down your bag and walk away and someone steals it. We all know that Verizon isn’t liable - well, if they knew the thief and observed him stealing, meaning they were in on it. His idea is even whackier, that someone unknown should have corrected his mistake. That is not a duty of care that exists under the law. My reason for going through this is to note that yes it’s ridiculous but it’s also a gross, even grotesque misuse of the law by a person sworn to its use.</p>
<p>Don’t disagree at all Lergnom BUT many levels of expected or due care have been expanded to levels many think are unreasonable already. Like the McD’s hot coffee cases. Now the coffee has warning labels that it might be hot. These cases are all advancing the slippery slope of less personal responsibilty.</p>
<p>Can he <em>prove</em> he left/lost his coat there? For all they know, he never even had it at Bush (official airport name is, IIRC, George Bush Intercontinental, not Houston Intercontinental). Another big jerk-- they grow em big in Texas.</p>
<p>^^ LOL, I didn’t know that. Hope they didn’t pay him a plug nickel. “Individuals portrayed are purely fictional. Any similarity to real people is purely coincidental” or however that disclaimer is worded.</p>