Chucky Doll
Too Vanilla For ‘Excessive And Outrageous’ Lawsuit
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The Chucky doll from “Kid’s Play” will not be scary sufficient to warrant a lawsuit from a lady who claims it gave her PTSD at work … a minimum of in response to attorneys for the oldsters she’s dragging to court docket.
This is the deal … Debra Jones sued Truist Financial institution, claiming her former supervisor positioned a Chucky doll in her workplace chair final yr, though she says he knew she was afraid of dolls. She claimed the alleged incident ended up resulting in a PTSD analysis.
Legal professionals for Truist are firing again … they need a decide to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming the Chucky doll is approach too vanilla and is not “excessive and outrageous” sufficient to sue over.
In different phrases, the financial institution’s authorized group says Jones is making an attempt to push by way of a meritless lawsuit.
Jones is searching for compensatory damages … however you needed to determine the financial institution would not simply roll over and open the vault.
The decide has but to rule on the movement to dismiss. Keep tuned.
