Comments on: Jay Leno Sued Over 1931 Model J Dusenberg http://www.ridelust.com/jay-leno-sued-over-1931-model-j-dusenberg/ - Motion + Mobility Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lightnup http://www.ridelust.com/jay-leno-sued-over-1931-model-j-dusenberg/#comment-9939 Lightnup Mon, 18 May 2009 01:41:54 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10268#comment-9939 Wonder if they'd be suing if Mr. Strauss had failed to pay $29,000 in parking fees for his '75 Buick Skyhawk and '68 Ford Galaxie? Wonder if they’d be suing if Mr. Strauss had failed to pay $29,000 in parking fees for his ’75 Buick Skyhawk and ’68 Ford Galaxie?

]]> By: Dan Wilson http://www.ridelust.com/jay-leno-sued-over-1931-model-j-dusenberg/#comment-9928 Dan Wilson Sun, 17 May 2009 18:06:51 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10268#comment-9928 I think that Shakespeare had it right....."First, we kill all the lawyers"... I think that Shakespeare had it right…..”First, we kill all the lawyers”…

]]> By: Terry Parkhurst http://www.ridelust.com/jay-leno-sued-over-1931-model-j-dusenberg/#comment-5917 Terry Parkhurst Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:18:41 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=10268#comment-5917 The car that Jay Leno bought was, from what I've read, not an open car such as he is pictured in. Old Cars Weekly did a two page (spread) article on this purchase, making it sound as if Jay Leno got the deal of the century; just because the car he bought happened to be a Duesenburg, aka "a Duesie." (Hence the term that hardly anyone uses anymore, "She's a Duesie" for anything that is now more commonly called "cool.") Furthermore, the family of Mr. Strauss wants an amount equal to what an open car might have bought at auction, versus the price that Jay Leno paid for an enclosed car, that true enough was indeed a Dusenberg, which far from concours shape. Then of course, that legal term that covers a lot of ground - "damages" - is being thrown in to cover time and expense, meaning of course the expense of retaining an attorney to take time to file this lawsuit and pursue it. That's not to say this case doesn't have merit. But someone should ask the family if they'd want the cars back, in order to sell said cars themselves, at auction or through say Hemmings Motor News, just to see there response. I think we all can predict what it would be. Maybe some judge, worth his or her title, will do just that. Unfortunately, we will all be hearing more about this case than we might like to, in the coming weeks, maybe even months. The car that Jay Leno bought was, from what I’ve read, not an open car such as he is pictured in. Old Cars Weekly did a two page (spread) article on this purchase, making it sound as if Jay Leno got the deal of the century; just because the car he bought happened to be a Duesenburg, aka “a Duesie.” (Hence the term that hardly anyone uses anymore, “She’s a Duesie” for anything that is now more commonly called “cool.”)

Furthermore, the family of Mr. Strauss wants an amount equal to what an open car might have bought at auction, versus the price that Jay Leno paid for an enclosed car, that true enough was indeed a Dusenberg, which far from concours shape.

Then of course, that legal term that covers a lot of ground – “damages” – is being thrown in to cover time and expense, meaning of course the expense of retaining an attorney to take time to file this lawsuit and pursue it.

That’s not to say this case doesn’t have merit. But someone should ask the family if they’d want the cars back, in order to sell said cars themselves, at auction or through say Hemmings Motor News, just to see there response. I think we all can predict what it would be.

Maybe some judge, worth his or her title, will do just that. Unfortunately, we will all be hearing more about this case than we might like to, in the coming weeks, maybe even months.

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