An ignorant Canadian man has sought to sue Mercedes after the automaker terminated his Metris Van lease. Canadian Automotive News reports that the man was claiming billions of dollars in damages – while ignoring the fact that he could have been the main reason the tenancy was terminated.
The myth began when Tong Sun rented a Mercedes Metris to use for his father and brother’s furniture import and rental business. But Sun had other ideas. In April 2020, the truck was used in a series of vandalism incidents. Police say they believe Sun used the truck to drive to dealerships and smash the windows of cars on the lot.
He was arrested and taken into custody by Vancouver police, and the truck was impounded before it was returned to Mercedes Financial Services. Mercedes then canceled the lease because Sun used the truck in a way that was “injurious and unlawful.”
Basically, Mercedes had no hard feelings and gave Sun the opportunity to settle things by paying the remaining amount of the lease. But Sun is clueless and becomes aggressive. Court documents say he threatened Mercedes Financial Services and the employee contacted him, saying he “would be very sorry if he did not return Metris and pay him the earnings” lost is $50,000.” The last Metris was auctioned off by Mercedes.
Still angry over the loss of the truck, Sun filed a lawsuit against Mercedes for CAD 1 million, or about $776,000, for canceling the lease. Remember, the police said that Sun was the one whose actions led to the cancellation of the tenancy. Mercedes objected to the remaining balance he owed on the lease.
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Sun amended his suit to seek an insane $40 billion CAD (early $38 billion US) for defamation. His defamation claim? The negative impact on his credit report, which resulted from not paying the lease. His hilarious argument was that the negative report kept him from attending an MBA program that he had allegedly been accepted to. This in turn kept him from becoming “ a dollar value billionaire.”
A child could see that Sun was going to lose this case. The court ruled against him, calling the suit vexatious (a legalese way of saying annoying) and ordering him to pay over $18,000 CAD, essentially what he owed on the lease balance.
