Judge: Parents must pay son back after purging porn ‘trove’

What the parents should have done is sent him a certified letter saying pick up your stuff by 5:00 PM Tuesday (or whenever) or we will have it destroyed.

And then seriously considered suing the son for room and board and mental anguish and whatever else they could think up. Besides which, what kind of creep stores his extensive pornography and sex toy collection in his parents' home?
 

The suit is filed in April of 2019. He is 42. He moved out in 2017 making him 40 when he left. I saw no mention of his employment history and nothing bout money he paid for living with his parents long past the time when we leave. Hard to believe the justice swung in the Mr. Limpy's favor.
 
I get unconditonal love, oh they're family, sure anything we can do to help. But it's a two way street. The son imposed on the parents not the other way around.The son who was in need, the one that chose move into his parents is acting like he was forced there with less than favorable terms. He should be grateful he had a place to sleep and store other stuff.

That being said I sort of agree that once that stuff came into the house they had a certain degree of responsibility but I don't think 25k worth. If he knew how the parents felt about his porn in particular why do something against the wishes and beliefs even if there is some legality to it.

And judging yes judging by this I think I see at least one reason why this guy wound up divorced.
 
Jules said:
It’s Michigan, not Canada.

He had to leave the house because of a police order. No way should they have to care for his trash.
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I'm only guessing the law, but when he was forced out, the storage of the collection was then considered some type of Bailment, and the parents had to legally proceed on that basis since it was a non-conversion.

Federal courts have statutory authority to hear state tort claims under Diversity Jurisdiction, if the parties live in different states, and if the damages prayed for is $75,000.00 or more, which the original suit exceeded $80,000.00. They live in Michigan, he lives in Indiana.
 
The facts are the parents became entrusted with their son's belongings, and they disposed them without his permission. All those other issues are irrelevant - being porn, etc. Like Gaer stated, " The judge's ruling is law and valid.".
 
I can't read the link...ick. I never would have let that collection in my home in the first place. And who says the parents were "entrusted" with his collection. Did they even know about it before he left with the police?

I think the judge has a skeleton or 2 in his own closet...why else would he be sympathtic to this lawbreaker. Btw, what did he do for the police to take him away?
 
There hasn't yet been a follow-up article on this case. Wonder how much his (ahem) reading material was valued by the courts and therefore what his financial damages were. The bigger damages - those between him and his parents are likely beyond repair.

As Sextus Empiricus said 1800 years ago (and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow improved upon and made famous),
"Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all."

His parents will surely leave their estate to anyone but him.
 
The most questionable thing to me is the $25,000 part. How on earth could a bunch of smutty magazines and sex toys be worth that kind of money?

The judge sounds as wacko as the family in this case.
 
Sunny said:
The most questionable thing to me is the $25,000 part. How on earth could a bunch of smutty magazines and sex toys be worth that kind of money?

The judge sounds as wacko as the family in this case.
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It appears they're either quite costly to purchase or he had loads of them. Perhaps both.

Judges are charged with following the law, personally distasteful as the case details may sometimes be.

The materials were legal, the son was of age to have them, and the parents were legally wrong to throw them out. If it had been jewelry, books, a stamp collection, or something more socially palatable this wouldn't have hit the news.

It's hard to know how the judge personally felt about the materials in question. His duty is not to judge the materials themselves but the law covering the chain of custody of them.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
The facts are the parents became entrusted with their son's belongings, and they disposed them without his permission. All those other issues are irrelevant - being porn, etc. Like Gaer stated, " The judge's ruling is law and valid.".
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Werking v. Werking

case 1:19-cv-00276-PLM-RSK

Damages prayed for $86,822.16

1 Cause of action (count) in Complaint:

Statutory Conversion: MCL 600.2919 (a) (1)

Summary Judgment for Plantiff
 
Nathan said:
The whole thing is comical, a 42 yr. old has an extensive porn collection, gets divorced(what a shocker) and moves in with his parents...really?
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Wow! Huge red flags with this guy. He fancied make belief and videos over a real woman. No wonder the ex got rid of him. After he runs out of the $25K and if he ever returns with hat in hand, the parents should let him in. Hopefully, there would be a snowstorm at the same time. That would be the exclamation point.
 
ohioboy said:
Werking v. Werking

case 1:19-cv-00276-PLM-RSK

Damages prayed for $86,822.16

1 Cause of action (count) in Complaint:

Statutory Conversion: MCL 600.2919 (a) (1)

Summary Judgment for Plantiff
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I'm not fluent in legalese but am gathering this mean the parents had to pay $86K to their son for his lost porn (and maybe legal fees).
Is that correct?
 
StarSong said:
I'm not fluent in legalese but am gathering this mean the parents had to pay $86K to their son for his lost porn (and maybe legal fees).
Is that correct?
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Here is the Court's decision, although SJ was granted, the "Damages" phase is still being litigated through Discovery. He was asking for treble damages under the law, thus over $75,000.00.

https://www.scribd.com/document/488538063/Porn-Magazine-Lawsuit-Order
 

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