Last week an insightful report from the American Association for Justice detailed the hypocrisy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its board, advocating closing the courthouse doors on the average consumer while retaliating through personal revenge lawsuits themselves. See Do As I Say Not As I Sue
Now one of the most outrageous examples of such hypocrisy has come to light - Todd Remis, an unemployed equity research analyst, married Milena Grzibovska, a Latvian hottie, in 2003. For the wedding photos, the couple hired H & H Photographers.
Sadly, Remis and Grzibovska separated in 2008, and were divorced in 2010. But that didn't stop Remis from suing H & H in 2009 -- six years after the wedding -- because he was unhappy that the photographers failed to capture the bride's bouquet toss and the couple's last dance. And for damages, not only is Remis demanding to be repaid the $4,100 cost of the photography, he also wants $48,000 to recreate the entire wedding and fly the principals to New York so the celebration can be re-shot by another photographer.
But such a re-enactment may be tricky since the former bride has moved back to her native Latvia.
What makes this story more than just another nut-case lawsuit is the fact that Remis is the son of none other than Shepard M. Remis, a Chambers-rated partner at Goodwin Proctor, a BigLaw firm in Boston. And son Remis's attorney on the matter, Frederick R. McGowen, is counsel in the firm's New York office. So one of the Chamber's champions against frivolous lawsuits has imposed upon one of his firm's colleagues to represent his son in this absurd claim against a small family-run photography studio - now THAT is the face of lawsuit abuse!
