Stupid Legal Watch: Best Class-Action Settlement Ever
Under the heading “couldn’t-make-this-up-if-we-tried” comes news of a proposed settlement between lawyers conducting a class-action lawsuit on behalf of one Jeffery Horton and anyone else who bought penis-enlargement dietary supplement VigRx, and Leading Edge Marketing, the company accused of hawking the product through spam.
Under the settlement, claimants can get either a $10 refund from the company or an “alternative benefits package” reportedly worth more than $105.
Among the alternative package’s benefits are a subscription to an anti-spam and anti-virus service worth $35, and coupons good for discounts at DutyFreeDepot.com and Big-Outlet.com.
However, the alternative packager also includes—I swear I’m not making this up—three months free access to The Naked Women’s Wrestling League at NWWL.com, and a free download of the e-book Penis of Steel Manual.
Um. To be honest, I’m kind of speechless here. A little numb, in fact. Is there a joke in this story? Sure. About 47 of them.
But they simply don’t stand up to the vision of some guy who bought VigRx via spam making settlement claim because he wasn’t satisfied with the results, and downloading The Penis of Steel Manual while watching nude women toss each other around and break folding chairs over each other’s heads on The Naked Women’s Wrestling League.
Who says the American justice system is a mess?
Hell, the only thing that would have made this settlement better is if they would have thrown in an appearance on Jerry Springer.
You can read the settlement yourself at Lemsettlment.com.
