[KETV 7]
State Senator Ernie Chambers is suing God. He says it to prove a point about frivolous lawsuits. Chambers says senators periodically have offered bills prohibiting the filing of certain types of suits. He says his main objection is the constitution requires that the doors to the courthouse be open to all. Chambers said, “Thus anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody – even God.”
In the lawsuit Chambers says he’s tried to contact God numerous times, “Plaintiff, despite reasonable efforts to effectuate personal service upon Defendant (“Come out, come out, wherever you are”) has been unable to do so.” The suit also requests that the court given the “peculiar circumstances” of this case waive personal service. It says being Omniscient, the plaintiff assumes God will have actual knowledge of the action.
Read about it here.
[From me]
I wonder if the courthouse has a lightning rod? Who do you think will represent God in the lawsuit? What dream-team will He put together?
What do you think?
Filed under: God, governement waste, government, lawsuits
Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) pondered these questions:
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/suing-god.html
He files a frivolous lawsuit to protest legislation that would prevent the filing of frivolous lawsuites. Genius!
Chambers has been in the Nebraska government since I was a kid. He still won’t wear a suit like everyone else.
Be not deceived … God is NOT mocked. The Senator has done just that, and it matters not what the twisted reasoning was.
Payday, someday. It’s a’comin’.
Oh, come on, Bob! Surely God has a sense of humour??!!
But really, it’s nothing new. Billy Connolly made a film titled “The Man who sued God” ages ago.
This is why the US needs a loser pays system. That would stop a lot of this garbage.
A loser pays system would probably entitle the senator to a default judgment against God. I’m not sure how he plans on collecting or what relief is being sought.