(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech describing this plaintiff as "outrageous," "absurd," and "loony". His name was Charles Bigbee, and his leg had been torn from his body.
This is Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, Co., et al. (1983)—the story of a drunk woman, a telephone booth, and the most famous "frivolous" lawsuit of the 1980s.
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00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Case Begins
01:02 - THE INCIDENT (1974)
05:35 - Bigbee's Bills
09:02 - REAGAN'S SPEECH (AND VENDETTA) (1986)
15:52 - THE LAWSUIT & CLAIMS
20:19 - CA Supreme Court & Chief Justice Rose Bird (1983)
22:29 - SETTLEMENT & AFTERMATH
25:53 - WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLES BIGBEE?
29:33 - Reb's Rebuttal
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