- BERLIN (Reuters) - A German
lawyer hopes to drum up more business by pursuing state compensation claims
for people who believe they were abducted by aliens.
- "There's quite obviously demand for legal advice
here," Jens Lorek told Reuters by telephone on Thursday. "The
trouble is, people are afraid of making fools of themselves in court."
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- Lorek, a lawyer based in the eastern city of Dresden
who specializes in social and labor law, said he hoped to expand his client
base by taking on the unusual work.
- He has yet to win any abduction claims, but says there
are plenty of potential clients, noting that extra-terrestrial watchdogs
report scores of alien assaults every year.
- "These people could appeal for therapies or cures,"
he said.
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- Lorek, 41, is pinning his hopes for success on a German
law which grants kidnap victims the right to state compensation.
- Asked if he was worried he might look ridiculous by seeking
justice for clients haunted by aliens, Lorek was unfazed.
- "Nobody has laughed about it up until now."
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