Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

I wish I could get 25,000 for bruising my arm, or 250,000 for not being able to walk down steps.

In all seriousness, maybe someone can answer this for me. Can you ban someone from your business because they brought what you feel is a frivolous lawsuit against another company? If someone sued a business across town because they slipped on a step, can I keep them from coming to my business as a kind of pro-active protection for myself?

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John

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

Sheesh, John. Isn't it enough you stooped to commenting within a Sandusky Register comment thread?

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Mike (the one with the assumed winkie)

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

JuggaLotus said:
If someone sued a business across town because they slipped on a step, can I keep them from coming to my business as a kind of pro-active protection for myself?

You'd probably get sued for it.

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

Ensign Smith said:
Sheesh, John. Isn't it enough you stooped to commenting within a Sandusky Register comment thread?

Ah, but I didn't stoop so far as to comment in the article itself. I still have some shred of self respect.

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John

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

So you deny that you are the self-named 'Juggalo7' who commented in a Sandusky, Ohio newspaper's online discussion about an amusement park?

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Mike (the one with the assumed winkie)

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

Nope, not me. Like I said, I do have some self respect.

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Goodbye MrScott

John

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

$25,000 is the jurisdictional amount you need to plead in your complaint to get your case into an Ohio Court of Common Pleas. Almost every complaint filed in Ohio uses that exact language, because people don't want to try their cases in municipal courts. You don't need to show economic damages in excess of that amount, either.

Edit: You can also settle for less than $25,000 with no adverse consequences, and this happens quite often. Believe me, it takes more than a contusion on your arm to ring the 25k bell.

Last edited by Break Trims, December 7, 2010, 7:21P

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The path you tread is narrow, and the drop is sheer and very high.

Re: Lawsuits part of the amusement park business

^^I actually knew that the instant I saw it. But it seemed like too low hanging fruit to ignore.

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Mike (the one with the assumed winkie)