Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist

Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by koolba on Monday June 06, 2016 @02:28PM (#11849035)

> The problem is that it seems that the judge made the legally correct determination, and that the majority of judges understand that this type of suit is ridiculous, but they have no tools to stop it.

If they had the tools to stop it, and chose to use them based on their determination rather than the "rules" (no matter how nonsensical they be), we'd be throwing a fit about activist judges legislating from the bench.

The separation of powers is there for a reason and it's not the judiciary that needs to solve this.

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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by gist on Monday June 06, 2016 @02:46PM (#11849210)

Perhaps someone could tell me what happens exactly to a judge that goes against the law in a case like this? If it goes to a higher court and what he has done is overturned what is exactly the practical significance of that? In other words the "my hands are tied" how valid is that in terms of what actually does happen as opposed to what theoretically can happen?

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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by spacemanmatt on Monday June 06, 2016 @03:09PM (#11849418)

Sometimes judges do go against the law or at least make a legally ambiguous ruling. That is what appeals courts are for.

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