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Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:45 pm
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INDIANAPOLIS --- Selling a used, black-and-white printer through Craigslist seemed simple and straightforward to Doug Costello.
It wasn't.
What the 66-year-old Massachusetts man didn't know then is that he would spend the next 6 ½ years embroiled in a complicated and confusing legal dispute in Indiana over that printer, which, according to its buyer, was broken.
He would find himself liable for about $30,000 in damages. He would pay a lawyer at least $12,000 in his battle to escape the legal mess.
And it all started with a piece of hardware he sold online for about $40 in 2009. With shipping and other costs, the total was less than $75, according to court records.
The printer's buyer was Gersh Zavodnik, a 54-year-old Indianapolis man known to many in the legal community as a frequent lawsuit filer who also represents himself in court. The Indiana Supreme Court said the "prolific, abusive litigant" has brought dozens of lawsuits against individuals and businesses, often asking for astronomical damages. Most, according to court records, involve online sales and transactions.
Zavodnik, a native of Ukraine who moved to the United States in 1987 under a grant of political asylum, sued Costello, accusing him of falsely advertising a malfunctioning printer with missing parts, and pocketing Zavodnik's money. According to a complaint filed in Marion Superior Court, Zavodnik tried to resolve the issue with Costello to no avail, leaving him with no other choice but to take legal action.
Gersh Zavodnik:
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This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 12:49 pm
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Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:46 pm to Street Hawk
Kill it with fire and send the ashes back to the Ukraine.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:46 pm to Street Hawk
Another fricking immigrant
TRUMP
TRUMP
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:48 pm to Street Hawk
Just read the article a little bit ago. What some tragic horse shite.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:48 pm to Street Hawk
I'm not even mad at the guy. If our legal system can't detect this and keep his arse out of court then it is the problem.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:51 pm to Street Hawk
He has a very punchable face
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:52 pm to PrivatePublic
we need some people to take a baseball bat to these kind of people. it would stop quick
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:52 pm to PrivatePublic
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If our legal system can't detect this and keep his arse out of court then it is the problem.
that's not how the legal system works though.
he is just really good at using loopholes and pursuing litigation until his targets give up.
he is like those shitty fricking patent troll companies.
he is little more than a scam artist.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:55 pm to Street Hawk
What a waste of money, time and other resources.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:55 pm to Street Hawk
That guy could be Jerry Tarkanian's brother!
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:57 pm to Street Hawk
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:57 pm to Street Hawk
Wtf!
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:58 pm to Street Hawk
Shaved head? check.
Too-small T shirt? check.
I bet he smokes unfiltered cigarettes and has Soviet-era prison tattoos.
Too-small T shirt? check.
I bet he smokes unfiltered cigarettes and has Soviet-era prison tattoos.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:01 pm to Boudreaux35
Jerry Ukrainian
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:02 pm to Jim Rockford
His last name means "Factory worker" FWIW.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:03 pm to AbitaFan08
Persistent pro se litigants who engage in lawsuit abuse are awful. They can say almost anything without any real repercussions.
Had one sue a federal judge and me saying I bribed the federal judge and that's why we won. Federal court made short work of that claim.
Had one sue a federal judge and me saying I bribed the federal judge and that's why we won. Federal court made short work of that claim.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:10 pm to Cosmo
Immigrants like this guy laugh at the U.S. and our concept of "civil rights." In their mind, there is zero wrong with taking advantage of our stupidity.
Having dealt with cultures all over the world in my career, they view our kindness as weakness and see it as an invitation to take advantage. Our current President doesn't understand this and his continual apologies and attempts to make friends through outreach is what is killing our foreign policy. I just don't know why any of his advisers won't sit him down and explain this.
Having dealt with cultures all over the world in my career, they view our kindness as weakness and see it as an invitation to take advantage. Our current President doesn't understand this and his continual apologies and attempts to make friends through outreach is what is killing our foreign policy. I just don't know why any of his advisers won't sit him down and explain this.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:11 pm to Street Hawk
So he is basically a Ukrainian Westboro Baptist
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:12 pm to chinhoyang
I had a friend get sued by a former neighbor for "parking in front of his house on the street" (public property). The neighbor claimed it caused him to get in a wreck pulling out of his driveway.
That was thrown out quiiiick.
That was thrown out quiiiick.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:31 pm to Street Hawk
That idiot judge that gave him a $30k judgment for blown request for admissions is dumb. But ignoring documents in a court filing is not smart on that guy's part. He could probably have paid an attorney $1000 to get rid of that b.s. case early on TBH. But frick that Ukrainian guy sideways for jobbing the system.
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