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Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« on: November 29, 2011, 11:44:12 PM »
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2011, 11:52:50 PM »
They should counter-sue since he stated he would give them money.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2011, 02:43:59 AM »
Any judge that doesn't throw that out deserves to be horse whipped.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 06:59:41 AM »
I'm no lawyer, but I thought a contract originating out of an illegal act is generally considered to be null and void. Also, a contract entered into under duress is also null and void.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2011, 07:52:49 AM »
I know this was a serious article, but the attitude of the kidnapper in this paragraph just cracked me up:

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"I, the defendant, asked the Rowleys to hide me because I feared for my life. I offered the Rowleys an unspecified amount of money which they agreed upon, therefore forging a legally binding oral contract," Dimmick said in his hand-written court documents. He wants $235,000, in part to pay for the hospital bills that resulted from him being shot by police when they arrested him.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2011, 09:46:48 AM »
This here is my favorite part:

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Neighbors have said that the couple fed Dimmick snacks and watched movies with him until he fell asleep and they were able to escape their home unharmed.

What, they didn't sing him a lullaby?
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2011, 11:09:32 AM »
I find that the couple feeling threatened and thus trying to trick their kidnapper into complacency so they can escape much more plausable then agreeing to a "contract" to hide a strange man possible wanted for murder, which would make them accersories after the fact to the same murder.

Stupid, stupid criminal makes me laugh with stupid lawyer tricks.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2011, 11:42:28 AM »
They should have just shot him.

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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2011, 11:46:27 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on November 30, 2011, 06:59:41 AM
I'm no lawyer, but I thought a contract originating out of an illegal act is generally considered to be null and void. Also, a contract entered into under duress is also null and void.

That's what I learned in my Business Law classes.

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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2011, 04:36:40 PM »
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They should have just shot him.

Or wait till he fell asleep and then cut his throat.


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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2011, 04:45:35 PM »
Quote from: Avenger29 on November 30, 2011, 04:36:40 PM
Or wait till he fell asleep and then cut his throat.
Most people don't know the right way to do that. And it's awfully messy, besides. Much less mess to cut the subclavian... works 2-3 times faster.

For the lulz, you could put a ziptie around his neck and tighten it up.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 07:12:43 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on November 30, 2011, 04:45:35 PM
For the lulz, you could put a ziptie around his neck and tighten it up.

Put some on his feet, first.  =)
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2011, 07:37:08 PM »
What a bloodthirsty lot here today.

One of things I like about this place.   =D
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 08:48:48 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on November 30, 2011, 07:37:08 PM
What a bloodthirsty lot here today.

One of things I like about this place.   =D

You can tell I really don't like kidnappers. Or criminals in general.  >:D

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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2011, 08:57:40 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on November 30, 2011, 04:45:35 PM
Most people don't know the right way to do that. And it's awfully messy, besides. Much less mess to cut the subclavian... works 2-3 times faster.

For the lulz, you could put a ziptie around his neck and tighten it up.
I guess those videos that show you how to break out of tie wraps don't really apply to one around your neck. 
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2011, 09:10:17 PM »
The article stated that the couple started this by suing him for $75,000 for emotional distress.  This is just his amateur lawyering to get them back.  The couple's lawyers should be smacked upside the head (my apologies to our barristers) for suggesting that they should sue the guy in prison.  Besides money (not much from a convict) what is there to gain?
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2011, 09:30:39 PM »
Quote from: adively on November 30, 2011, 09:10:17 PM
The article stated that the couple started this by suing him for $75,000 for emotional distress.  This is just his amateur lawyering to get them back.  The couple's lawyers should be smacked upside the head (my apologies to our barristers) for suggesting that they should sue the guy in prison.  Besides money (not much from a convict) what is there to gain?
Well, that just underscores the "I told you so" that they should have killed him. 
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2011, 10:30:21 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on November 30, 2011, 02:43:59 AM
Any judge that doesn't throw that out deserves to be horse whipped.

Agreed, and I was going to say the same thing for his lawyer, but then I noticed that he filed his action pro se. 

I don't know why the couple sued him unless he had some assets they could go after.  If not, then it is a huge waste of time for the couple.
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Re: Kidnapper Sues for Breach of Contract
« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2011, 10:47:04 PM »
As if that ain't enough ... Joren van der Sloot is suing Chile for $13 million because they turned him over to Peru for murdering a chick he picked up in a casino.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/30/world/americas/chile-van-der-sloot/index.html?hpt=ju_c1

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