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In reply to the discussion: "Frivolous lawsuit" opponent William Koch wins $12 million lawsuit over 24 bottles of wine [View all]formercia
(18,479 posts)26. True story
Jackie Coogan was a Glider Pilot in Burma during WWII. A fellow I worked for was one of Merrills Marauders. He met Coogan as he stepped out of his aircraft and Coogan shook his hand and said that exact thing. I bet he said it a thousand times.
That's what gave me the idea for the line.
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"Frivolous lawsuit" opponent William Koch wins $12 million lawsuit over 24 bottles of wine [View all]
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
OP
IMO, he was speaking somewhat with nostalgia after Oct 1939 because they were no longer married.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#44
The wine fraud crisis has reached critical mass in the rarified world of the ruling class.
valerief
Apr 2013
#24
are you sure it's a completely different family? i've read it's the same family, though i've not
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#35
Great wealth can apparently overcome the punitive-damages guidelines of the Supreme Court
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#42
The $12mil was punitive damages - Koch didn't, legally couldn't, ask for that much.
sir pball
Apr 2013
#46