Legal Opinion
Douglas Costello and Profit Search, Inc. v. Gersh Zavodnik
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 23, 2016No. 49A04-1504-PL-163PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Case Summary
VAIDIK, Chief Judge.
[1] When Massachusetts resident Douglas Costello posted a used printer on Craigslist in 2009, he could not have predicted that he would spend much of the next seven years locked in a legal battle in Indiana. But he sold the printer — for less than $75 — to Gersh Zavodnik, who has a penchant for suing after entering into online transactions. Zavodnik, claiming the printer was defective, sued Costello in small-claims court. He asked for the small-claims maximum of $6000, but Costello defended' the case and prevailed, based on the fact that Zavodnik had…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- City of Muncie v. PetersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
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