“A postman is taking legal action claiming that he pulled a muscle because there were too many letters in a pillar box.” Alan Pugh claims that George Chryssides, a religious studies lecturer at Wolverhampton University, owes him compensation for posting about 270 envelopes containing a magazine Chryssides publishes for members of the British Society for the Study of Religions, and weighing around 50 pounds in all. “The Communication Workers’ Union is paying for the action and papers have been lodged with Birmingham County Court. Dr Chryssides said: ‘Claims of this kind raise the question of whether people can post their Christmas mail without redress.'” (Nick Britten, Daily Telegraph, Dec. 20)
UK: “Postman sues customer who sent ‘too many’ letters”
“A postman is taking legal action claiming that he pulled a muscle because there were too many letters in a pillar box.” Alan Pugh claims that George Chryssides, a religious studies lecturer at Wolverhampton University, owes him compensation for posting about 270 envelopes containing a magazine Chryssides publishes for members of the British Society for […]
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Truly Over Lawyered!
UK: “POSTMAN SUES CUSTOMER WHO SENT ‘TOO MANY’ LETTERS” Walter Olson writes: “A postman is taking legal action claiming that