March 16, 2006
Someone’s Gotta PAY…
…For Curtis Gokey’s stupidity!
He just wants to make sure it’s not Curtis Gokey.
Man Hits His Own Car Then Sues Himself
LODI, Calif. - When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey’s car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. But that minor detail didn’t stop Gokey, a Lodi city employee, from filing a $3,600 claim for the December accident, even after admitting the crash was his fault.
After the city denied that claim because Gokey was, in essence, suing himself, he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name.
City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said this one also lacks merit because Rhonda Gokey can’t sue her own husband.
“You can sue your spouse for divorce, but you can’t sue your spouse for negligence,” Schwabauer said. “They’re a married couple under California law. They’re one entity. It’s damage to community property.”
But Rhonda Gokey insisted she has “the right to sue the city because a city’s vehicle damaged my private vehicle.”
In fact, her claim, currently pending at Lodi City Hall, is for an even larger amount — $4,800.
“I’m not as nice as my husband is,” she said.
Personification, according to Wikipedia:
Personification is a term used in literary criticism to name the figure of speech which involves directly speaking of an inanimate object, or an abstract concept, as if were a living entity, often one with specifically human attributes. These attributes may include sensations, emotions, desires, physical gestures and expressions, and powers of speech, among others. As a figure of speech it has a very long history; its Greek name is prosopopoeia. Common examples include: “The pencil flew out of my hand,”, “The tree jumped into the road in front of my car,” and “With an evil scowl, the stormcloud thundered its disapproval.”
“The city’s vehicle damaged my private vehicle.” Well, maybe you should send that vehicle to its room without dinner, so it will think about what it has done. And when it’s ready to apologize, perhaps you can forgive it.
If this one works, I’m going to join the police force, beat myself up while in uniform, and sue the city for police brutality. I’ll make MILLIONS!
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A real-life Oliver St. John-Mollusc:When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey’s car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. …