Ah.. You're such a big baby!! (1 DAY OLD)

Stuped is Stuped Does

AP

Can you sue someone for being stupid?

That seems to be just the case in Dilpher, Oklahoma where a women is suing her employee for being just that, stupid.

"Suing, is that a good thing?" Responded the employee, Seth A. Friken, when we inquired as to his reaction to such a harsh allegation.

The employer, Phylis Gross, is fed up with all the negative attention this story is getting.

"If a potential employee tells you that he or she is smart," she starts her premise, "one should be able to take legal action [based on] false representation and lying, if the employee turns out to be stupid."

Who can judge if someone is stupid?

"A jury!" Phylis declares. "Yes, let them listen to his testimony and they can see for themselves."

Gross claims that a stupid employee can set back her operation by weeks, in some cases months, with the loss of productivity of significant value.

"If someone says they are not taking drugs and it turns out they are, I can sue them for destroying my machinery.... this is no different," closes Gross.

All the defendant, Mr. Friken, says in his defense: "Mama always says 'Stupid is Stupid Does.'"

While many think this lawsuit is stupid, many law professionals say she has a valid case. Many lawyers and law students are watching this case closely with bated breath.
This case can set precedence for millions of stupid employees which are estimated to be in the United States workforce, according to a study by Morgan Stanley Inc.

The lawyer representing Seth is his uncle, Norma Frikin. He claims that the boss was just trying to get Gross back for suing her the year before.

In court papers that we found, Gross tried to sue his boss based on the fact that he, and other minorities, were hired just to be politically correct - racially. In his claim: "We were hired just because we were a minority... which constitutes as racism. We weren't hired for the right reasons."

An expert predicts they will use Gross' claim as defense if the jury finds him legally stupid.

With Reporting by Sam Bayer and Manhattan Spelling - Washington

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