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| Both Justice and Love are Blind |
| 2004-07-16 |
| via sfgate.com Lovestruck man sues dozens of times just to see female judge (07-15) 20:36 PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Sandu Gurguiatu first sued for money. Then he sued for love. Court TV would love to have this guy on... The love-struck Romanian took his company to court four years ago for what he said was unfair dismissal. But after setting eyes on Judge Elena Lala, he sued his employers and others dozens of times -- just to see her. Ahem. Call it Just Obsession... "I fell madly in love with her and when I found out she was married, I didn't know how I would manage to see her," he told the daily Libertatea on Thursday. "The only way was to see her in the courtroom, so I looked in the law book and came up with all kinds of excuses." An ethical man. Worthy. Sometimes he would approach her in the halls of the courtroom in Focsani, a city some 125 miles northeast of Bucharest, but was too timid to talk to her about anything but legal matters, the paper reported. And probably stuttered and stammered through those, poor guy! Eventually, the infatuation subsided and Gurguiatu decided to go public with his story. The Focsani court declined to comment on the report in the newspaper. Lala, the object of Gurguiatu's affection, told the paper she was "stunned." Lala. For those who've read Allen Sherman's The Rape of the Ape, this will be a scream! "I remember judging his cases, but for me all cases are equal," she was quoted as saying. Sigh. Call it Just Blind... Gurguiatu lost his first suit. But he won some subsequent ones against other companies -- including the right to have two towels and enough soap to wash up at work. Well, even unrequited love has its small compensations, it seems. |
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