Post by brassmonkey on Feb 5, 2009 9:40:30 GMT -5
The world is sicker by the day..
Judge rules TV essential, awards damages
Tue Feb 3, 3:04 pm ET
People look over televisions during the 2007 International CES (Consumer Reuters – People look over televisions during the 2007 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, …
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge awarded $2,600 in damages to a man who sued a store for not replacing his faulty television set, ruling that it was an "essential good" needed to watch soccer and a popular reality TV show.
The customer took Casas Bahia, Brazil's largest furniture and home appliances retail chain, to court for "moral damages" inflicted by not being able to watch television.
"In modern life, you cannot deny that a television set, present in almost all homes, is considered an essential good," ruled the judge from Campos, a town north of Rio de Janeiro.
"Without it, how can the owner watch the beautiful women on 'Big Brother,' the national news broadcast or a football game," the judge quipped.
Brazilians are passionate soccer fans and are currently following the ninth season of the local version of the popular reality TV show "Big Brother."
(Reporting by Peter Murphy; editing by Anthony Boadle)
Judge rules TV essential, awards damages
Tue Feb 3, 3:04 pm ET
People look over televisions during the 2007 International CES (Consumer Reuters – People look over televisions during the 2007 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, …
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge awarded $2,600 in damages to a man who sued a store for not replacing his faulty television set, ruling that it was an "essential good" needed to watch soccer and a popular reality TV show.
The customer took Casas Bahia, Brazil's largest furniture and home appliances retail chain, to court for "moral damages" inflicted by not being able to watch television.
"In modern life, you cannot deny that a television set, present in almost all homes, is considered an essential good," ruled the judge from Campos, a town north of Rio de Janeiro.
"Without it, how can the owner watch the beautiful women on 'Big Brother,' the national news broadcast or a football game," the judge quipped.
Brazilians are passionate soccer fans and are currently following the ninth season of the local version of the popular reality TV show "Big Brother."
(Reporting by Peter Murphy; editing by Anthony Boadle)
