An unemployed Los Angeles man has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against pop group Duran Duran for endangering his life, after his telephone number was allegedly listed by them on the Internet by mistake.
Cornell Zachary, 57, claims the number was given out as being the one to call for tour details, tickets and souvenirs, and that as a result calls were coming in on a 24-hour basis from all over the world.
Zachary said his number was posted on the internet in July 1999, and although it was removed a few weeks later, he says that by that time he had already received "millions" of calls and was still being pestered.
In the action, he claims to have suffered "life-threatening high blood pressure episodes", together with nerve damage, sleep disturbance and permanent health problems. "They had me to the point where my doctor told me I could have a stroke." he is quoted as saying.
Interestingly though, despite being supposedly besieged day and night by the calls, Zachary insisted he never considered changing his number, saying;
"I didn't make the mistake. I had already had the number over a year. They have never even given me a sorry card, you know?"
Hmm... an unemployed 57 year old, who didn't consider changing his number, launches a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Can we all see a connection here??
Could it just be that Mr Zachary is just an over-the-hill, lay-about degenerate, who has seen the opportunity to make a quick buck on the back of someone else?
Could it be that, in the true spirit of the American litigious culture, he has glimpsed the prospect of getting rich without raising a single porky finger?
Should we have sympathy for him? NO!! Should he have unplugged his phone until the problem was sorted out? YES!! Is he a patient of Dr Nick Riviera the famous Springfield MD? Seems that way!!
Many people around the world have jobs, lives or problems that could be called dangerous to their health, and in most cases there isn't a single thing they can do about it. Having a constantly ringing phone isn't one of them.
If I were Duran Duran, I'd be tempted to settle this claim in nickels, and shove them one by one...
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