Posted June 7, 201015 yr Published: May 31, 2010 'Professional' Litigant Plans Another Suit by Staff A homeless man in New York, infamous for filing lawsuits when businesses or institutions eject him for his body odor, has a new target, observers say. Richard Kreimer, 61, who won a $23,000 suit 20 years ago when a New Jersey library kicked him out, says he's going to sue Amtrak in Philadelphia, claiming they had police forcibly eject him from the station there, the New York Post reported Sunday. ....Many who've dealt with Kreimer consider him a plague on taxpayers and business owners, the Post said. "It's legalized extortion," said a lawyer who once opposed Kreimer in court, insisting on anonymity for fear of legal retaliation. "He's exactly what's wrong with the legal system." READ MORE AT: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212304311.shtml "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 7, 201015 yr If his claims have no merit, they shouldn't get far and shouldn't cost anyone much. If they do have merit, he has every right to assert them.
June 7, 201015 yr Unfortunately, he may simply get a nuisance value settlement and walk away with cash in hand and a plan to do exactly that all over again.
June 8, 201015 yr I agree with 327. If he succeeds and you have a problem with it, the problem you have is with the law as written... not the legal system or the litigant. Express your displeasure at the voting booth. If Amtrak gives him a nuisance settlement, that is Amtrak's choice. However, I would assume that he hardly has the resources or leverage to force anything significant. I also assume that Amtrak has In-House Counsel which could easily handle such a suit, so there is no need to hire outside 'hourly-fee' attorneys. If I was working for Amtrak, my first question would be "what are his damages?"..... and, if none are identifiable then a defense on principle is appropriate.
June 8, 201015 yr Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 8, 201015 yr True. But also... just because you can allow someone to do something, doesn't mean you should. If there is something in the federal/state law which entitles stinky people to a train ride and creates a legal cause of action for those people if they are ejected from the train, then we should change that :)
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