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L.A. Angels sued over tote-bag promotion

Angelslogo More stupid news from the world of game-day baseball promotions. An L.A. psychologist named Michael Cohn is suing the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, alleging sex and age discrimination, because he didn’t get a tote bag during a Mother’s Day giveaway last year. The bag was given only to women 18 and over; Cohn is arguing that all men over 18 and all fans under 18 were “treated unequally” and deserve $4,000 each in damages. Cohn’s lawyer tries to explain: “By looking at the bag, you can see a 17-year-old male or female would be just as happy with it as an 18-year-old male or female. I don’t know why the Angels … had a seemingly contrived cutoff for this ageless bag.” What’s ageless here is the pettiness. Maybe this is why bobblehead dolls are still so popular.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

May 11, 2006 | Permalink

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Backstory to this guy. He makes his living by making these frivolous lawsuits for "sexual harrassment" whether it be this particular case or something like a "ladies night" promotion at a nightclub. Obviously he'd rather settle for money rather than take these people to court. Basically it's legalized extortion. It really sickens me that there are people who can really live with themselves knowing they make their income doing stuff like this. Very shameful. Michael Cohn should do us all a favor and throw himself off a tall building for he is surely going to hell for living the life of a shameful bastard.

Posted by: Cohn Hater | Aug 2, 2006 5:15:02 PM

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