Just do it: Portland pimp files insane suit against Nike over assault (Mugshot)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 01/12/2014 09:33 AM [ Comments ]
A Portland, OR., pimp has initiated a $100 Million lawsuit against Nike after he was convicted for assaulting a "john" while wearing a pair of Nike Jordans. The suit alleges that there should have been a label warning that the sneakers could be used as deadly weapons. The assault, which was so vicious in nature left the victim beaten to a pulp, gave the suspect a 100 year prison term.
According to the report from Oregonlive.com, in his three-page complaint handwritten from the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, Sirgiorgio Clardy, 26, claims that Nike, Chairman Phil Knight and other executives failed to warn consumers that the shoes could be used as a weapon to cause serious injury or death.
There is a little sanity to the reasoning behind filing the suit; in Oregon the classification of "assault with a deadly weapon" can carry stiffer penalties to those convicted of such an offense.
"Under product liability there is a certain standard of care that is required to be up-held by potentially dangerous product ..." wrote Clardy, who is representing himself. "Do (sic) to the fact that these defendants named in this Tort claim failed to warn of risk or to provide an adequate warning or instruction it has caused personal injury in the likes of mental suffering."
A psychologist declared him an anti-social psychopath who was 100 percent likely to commit violent crimes again. And Clardy disagreed so loudly -- making such a scene -- that he was removed from the courtroom.
Clardy really took the Nike "Just do it" catchphrase too far - twice.....
There is a little sanity to the reasoning behind filing the suit; in Oregon the classification of "assault with a deadly weapon" can carry stiffer penalties to those convicted of such an offense.
"Under product liability there is a certain standard of care that is required to be up-held by potentially dangerous product ..." wrote Clardy, who is representing himself. "Do (sic) to the fact that these defendants named in this Tort claim failed to warn of risk or to provide an adequate warning or instruction it has caused personal injury in the likes of mental suffering."
A psychologist declared him an anti-social psychopath who was 100 percent likely to commit violent crimes again. And Clardy disagreed so loudly -- making such a scene -- that he was removed from the courtroom.
Clardy really took the Nike "Just do it" catchphrase too far - twice.....
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