Lawsuit of the Day
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Cars, Deaths, Lawsuit of the Day
Lawsuit of the Day: Hit-and-Run Bentley Driver Strikes Again
What a colossal d-bag. From the New York Daily News: A Coney Island businessman is suing the city for damaging the Bentley he was driving when he killed a Brooklyn dad in a hit-and-run accident. Harry Shasho, who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, says the NYPD failed to safeguard the battered […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Religion
Lawsuit of the Day: Knights of the Templar v. The Pope
If legal novelist John Grisham and Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown were to get together and make a literary baby, it would look a lot like our lawsuit of the day. From London’s Daily Telegraph: The heirs of the Knights Templar have launched a legal battle in Spain to force the Pope to restore […] - Sponsored
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ATL Idol, Lawsuit of the Day
Follow-up: Lawsuit of the Epoch
[Ed. note: This post is by FROLIC & DETOUR, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Frolic & Detour’s avatar (at right).] Last year, ATL brought you the story of Ernie Chambers, the Nebraska state legislator who sued God for terrorizing […]
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Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Litigators, Paralegals
Lawsuit of the Day: As the Paralegal World Turns...
Legal Pad (a Cal Law blog) has a link to this amazing complaint [PDF] filed by paralegal Jason Herrera against Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Herrera’s complaint — “for discrimination, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress and fraud” — reads like a reality TV show pitch about the lives of paralegals. […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: Hamster Trouble
We’re not considering a spin-off blog on animals and the law. But maybe we should given the amount of reporting we’ve done on our furry friends recently, including a lascivious wombat, a hedgehog as a weapon, and a dog in mortal peril. Now, we’ve got a diseased hamster to add to the mix: A Whitman […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day All Recorded Human History: And You Thought Biglaw Was A Black Hole
Every now and then, it’s healthy to be reminded of the triviality of your daily preoccupations. From the New York Times: [T]wo men pursuing a lawsuit in federal court in Hawaii…. think a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole or something else that […] -
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It's a Small World After Ahhhhhh... Stop Beating Me...
Disney World is one of those places that’s magical through the eyes of a 5-year-old, but the realization of one of Dante’s circles for adults. The long waits, the overpriced tickets and food, the body odor of foreign tourists, and the fear of being viciously attacked for cutting in line: Aimee Krause says Victoria Walker […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: 'Guitar Hero' Gets Rocked by Guitar Maker
It sounds like Gibson Guitars is pissed that people prefer Guitar Hero remote controllers to real guitars. Gibson is seeking revenge on the hugely popular video game through official legal channels: The Guitar Hero series has sold more than 14 million units in North America and raked in more than $1 billion since 2005. Gibson […] - Sponsored
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Lawsuit of the Day: On Law and Order's Case
The long-running NBC TV show, Law and Order, promotes its shows with claims of “ripped from the headlines,” but always includes a disclaimer within each episode that the story and characters are fictional. Questionable. Well, one attorney is not happy about having his likeness ripped from the headlines of this New York Times story from […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: When Strippers Attack!
Several tipsters nominated this story for ATL’s Lawsuit of the Day. A businessman claims in a lawsuit that he was injured when a stripper giving him a lap dance swiveled and smacked him in the face with the heel of her shoe. Stephen Chang, a securities trader, said in court papers filed Friday that he […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: Overly Friendly Skies
We have another Lawsuit of the Day involving the perils of sleeping, from the Star-Telegram’s airline blog. A 21-year-old Harris County woman filed a $200,000 lawsuit against American Airlines alleging employees on a flight to Los Angeles from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport failed to protect her while she slept from another passenger who masturbated to her […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: No Apple for You!
A tipster sent us word of this ridiculous lawsuit from Connecticut. When we used to sleep in class, we did so sitting up. Laying your head on the desk invites trouble: Danbury officials have been notified they are being sued by a student who was awakened in class by a teacher who made a loud […] -
2nd Circuit, Blogging, Education / Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Rudeness
Lawsuit of the Day: Second Circuit Gets That 'Not So Fresh' Feeling
Here’s an interesting factoid. According to a quick search we ran over at the Public Library of Law (powered by Fastcase), the word “douchebag” has yet to appear in the pages of F.3d. [FN1] That may be about to change, if the Second Circuit decides to publish in a case that was just argued. From […]
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Lawsuit of the Day
Lawsuit of the Day: Tapes on a Plane
Tired of being motherf**king taped on your motherf**king plane? Then file a lawsuit over it — and win millions of dollars. From the AP: The owner of a air charter service was ordered to pay attorney Mark Geragos and an associate several million dollars for ordering the secret videotaping of Michael Jackson and the lawyers […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: That's One Way to 'Motivate' Employees
Our tipster quips, “This guy makes Ricky Gervais look like a saint.” From the Salt Lake Tribune: A supervisor at a motivational coaching business in Provo is accused of waterboarding an employee in front of his sales team to demonstrate that they should work as hard on sales as the employee had worked to breathe. […] -
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Lawsuit of the Day Last Friday: Quack Attack
A very odd fact pattern. Attention law professors: perhaps you can use this as fodder for a final exam hypothetical? Railroad worker files suit claiming goose attacked him [Charleston Daily Mail] -
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Lawsuit of the Day: So Is Raelyn Campbell's Laptop Worth More Than Roy Pearson's Pants?
Why do so many dubious lawsuits originate here in the D.C. metro area? First we had Judge Roy Pearson’s $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaners, over a pair of lost pants. And now we get this, via Engadget: We’ve definitely heard some horror stories about Best Buy, but it looks like a DC woman […] -
Cars, Deaths, Lawsuit of the Day, Traffic Accidents
Pleito del Día: ¿Cómo se dice 'd-bag'?
The rain in Spain falls mainly on… a**holes? Well, only if most Spaniards are like Tomas Delgado — and we’re guessing (and hoping) they’re not. After all, since chutzpah like this doesn’t come along often. Our latest Lawsuit of the Day hails from Spain, via CNN: A Spanish businessman withdrew a controversial lawsuit Wednesday against […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Money, Reader Polls, Real Estate
Lawsuit of the Day: Buyer v. Broker
Or maybe yesterday. From Tuesday’s New York Times, an article that still sits on top of the Most Emailed Articles list: Marty Ummel feels she paid too much for her house. So do millions of other people who bought at the peak of the housing boom. What makes Ms. Ummel different is that she is […] -
Fat People, Food, Lawsuit of the Day, Police
Lawsuit of the Day: Move Over, Judge Halverson
Obesity isn’t just a problem for Biglaw lawyers who don’t get to the gym enough. From the New York Post: He weighs more than 500 pounds, but that wasn’t enough to tip the scales of justice for ex-cop Paul Soto. The rotund retiree lost his legal argument that it was a line-of-duty fall outside a […]