Lawyer Complains About "Large Breasted Woman" In Court
By Soyoung Kwak in News on May 21, 2011 4:00PM
In a Cook County lawsuit involving a car dealership and some very unhappy clients, an attorney has been noticeably distracted from the legal case at hand. Apparently, legal counsel at Gauthier & Gooch for the defendants, Exotic Motors, Inc., drafted a motion pointing out that the plaintiffs' attorney resorted to "theatrics" in allowing a "large breasted woman" without "any evidence of legal training" to sit at the counsel's table during the trial. The counsel for Exotic Motors was so distraught by this woman and her abilities to "distract" the legal case at hand that he drafted the motion to displace her from the counsel's table.
Although it is unclear whether or not the defendant's motion was actually filed with the court (a representative at Gauthier & Gooch didn't provide much information, but said that she thought the motion was just handed to the plaintiffs' attorney), the motion regarding the so-called "large breasted woman" is definitely a non-issue. The plaintiffs' attorney has indicated that the woman is, in fact, his legal assistant, in a response to the defendant's motion:
a) Plantiffs' paralegal is clearly qualified for the work she performs before and during trials, and there is no reason to believe that her appearance at Plaintiffs' table will have any detrimental effect on Defendants' presentation of its case to a jury; and b) Defendant's motion does not cite any existing law or make any good-faith legal argument for the proposition that a woman may be barred from a counsel's table at a jury trial because she is "large breasted."
The so-called "questionable theatrics" involved with this case aside, the lawsuit at hand involves two customers who purchased a car from Exotic Motors for $13,500.00, which Exotic Motors issued a warranty and guaranteed to repair the car if needed. The purchased car broke down soon after the transaction, and Exotic Motors refused to make any repairs, as stated in the warranty.