Man Sues Gateway Because He Can't Read EULA

Scoopy writes "California resident Dennis Sheehan took Gateway to small claims court after he reportedly received a defective computer and little technical support from the PC manufacturer. Gateway responded with their own lawyer and a 2-inch thick stack of legal docs, and claimed that Sheehan violated the EULA, which requires that users give up their right to sue and settle these cases in private arbitration. Sheehan responded that he never read the EULA, which pops up when the user first starts the computer, because the graphics were scrambled — precisely the problem he had complained to tech support in the first place. A judge sided with Sheehan on May 24 and the case will proceed to small claims court. A lawyer is quoted as saying that Sheehan, a high school dropout who is arguing his own case, is in for a world of hurt: 'This poor guy now faces daunting reality of having to litigate this on appeal against Gateway...By winning, he's lost.'"

Comments

Re:bet lawyers are jews

[timmarhy]

the idea that circumsision prevents STD's is a pathetic attempt to put a medical justification to reglious genital mutilation. And yes it DOES hurt, babies scream their lungs out the whole time you are butchering their bodies.

Re:dubious, even if it "worked"

[NastyNate]

You can't sign a contract that violates the law any more than you can sell yourself into slavery.

But you can join the armed forces.

Re:"By winning, he's lost."

[JrOldPhart]

The education system is highly over rated by those who are products of it.

There is always more than one way to skin a cat.

The first job of a school is to convince you to give them your money.
The second job is to convince you to tell others to do the same.
Actually teaching you something falls somewhere below that.

Cynicism is the most advanced stage of idealism.

Re:"By winning, he's lost."

[IdleTime]

I've never understood why uneducated people wants to defend themselves. I guess they have seen too many court shows on TV and think they are a stellar lawyer.

Think about it, is he going to do surgery on himself too? When you, an uneducated dufus, defend yourself in court, the chance of loosing is 100%.