Monday, May 31, 2010

The Litigious Richard Kreimer

Slide from "Will It Hold Up In Court?" PowerPoint
(Found at New Jersey State Library website)

Link to May 30 New York Post article, "The sweet stench of $uccess".

Excerpt: He's filthy, rich.

The city's most litigious bum, Richard Kreimer -- infamous for winning a $230,000 suit 20 years ago after being kicked out of a Morristown, NJ, library for his body odor -- is about to file his 18th lawsuit since 1988.

The 61-year-old hobo plans to go after Amtrak in Philadelphia because he claims police forcibly removed him from the train station. He already has another lawsuit pending against NJ Transit for the same thing.

Kreimer agreed to meet The Post at Penn Station, where he often spends his nights. He is still homeless -- but doesn't look the part with oversized black shades, pressed plaid shirt, cellphone and an ATM card. He took a shower, combed his hair and wore clean clothes, all the things he refuses to do in other public places.

Library Hygiene in Morristown.   New York Times editorial, 3/28/1992.

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