Forbes Takes A Peek At the most potent case that was filed January 19 in federal court in Seattle–shortly after the first questions were raised about the book. Attorney Michael David Myers wants to assemble a class action on behalf of every Washington resident who read A Million Little Pieces– plus anybody who bought the book from a Washington vendor. This last part is important, since Amazon.com just happens to be based in Seattle.
In a twist on conventional consumer-fraud suits, Myers also wants publisher Random House to pay consumers for the time they spent reading the book. “I don’t think the purchasing price is enough for those people who really feel a sense of betrayal, who had real emotions created by this book,” said Meyers. “They wouldn’t have read it if they knew it wasn’t true.”
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A Million Little Lawsuits
What a waste of time and complete waste of money. The lawyers will be the ones to reap any benefit–if you can call it that. They need to chase another ambulance…