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The $2 Undecillion Lawsuit

posted by martyb on Saturday May 17 2014, @02:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the looking-for-really-REALLY-good-bodyguards dept.

pillo writes:

What is the largest lawsuit ever filed?

Did you guess Apple v. Samsung? SCO taking over the world? Not even close!

This is Anton Purisima v. Au Bon Pain Store, Carepoint Health, Hoboken University Medical Center, Kmart Store 7749, St. Luke's Emergency Dept., New York City Transit Authority, City of New York, NYC MTA, LaGuardia Airport Administration, Amy Caggiula, and Does 1-1000. Case No. 1:14 CV 2755 (S.D.N.Y. filed 4/11/2014).

What did the defendants allegedly do? "Civil rights violations, personal injury, discrimination on national origin, retaliation, harassment, fraud, attempted murder, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and conspiracy to defraud. $2,000 decillion ($2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)", not including punitive damages.

Randall Munroe's What If? analyzed exactly how much money that is, and how it could be repaid (I especially like this answer in the forums). Might just have set the new record for the Biggest Known Demand!

It's the weekend and a slow news day, so here's an opportunity to let your imagination run wild. What suggestions do you have for the plaintiff and/or defendants?

 
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by pillo on Saturday May 17 2014, @04:19PM

    by pillo (93) on Saturday May 17 2014, @04:19PM (#44655)

    I googled the name out of curiosity - turns out this guy is a serial filer (if that is a word...) ;-)

    http://dockets.justia.com/search?query=Anton+Puris ima [justia.com]

    Search found 20 filed cases against several casinos, the ex leader of the Chinese Communist Party, the city of New York, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, even random strangers allegedly hitting him while riding bikes. Each of these dismissed in court if not rejected outright.

    He must be secretly buying shares of the company supplying paper to the court in NY...

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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Saturday May 17 2014, @11:36PM

    by jimshatt (978) on Saturday May 17 2014, @11:36PM (#44721) Journal

    hitting him while riding bikes

    Happened to me once. Well, I was the one riding the bike and some dude hit me in the face. I was so flabbergasted, I didn't even realize what happened to me until I was at least 100m away. No point in turning back and giving him a good talking to.
    Anyway, isn't there a penalty against frivolous litigation?