Woman Sues J.C. Penney For Mannequin Attack
“Dummy-related injuries”
“Dummy-related injuries”
This week, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that a bunk-bed manufacturer has no duty to warn the user of a bunk bed that rolling off the top bunk during sleep may result in gravitationally induced injuries. This ruling was…
The always-vigilant Transportation Security Agency has promulgated rules governing the security procedures to be implemented when a disabled traveler is traveling with a service animal, in case al Queda figures out how to pack a bunch of explosives into a…
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court, Marcy Meckler alleges that the owners and employees of the Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie are responsible for injuries she suffered on December 3, 2004, when she was attacked…
Carlos Perez-Olivo’s disbarment was approved by New York’s Appellate Division last week. The approval came even though the only charges against Perez-Olivo were: Taking $20,500 from a client to appeal a conviction and then doing nothing (or not enough) to…
Attorney William Kaper of Barrington, Illinois, is suing his ex-wife in hopes of getting back a 5-carat, $98,000 diamond ring that he offered her as part of a proposal that he hoped would result in their second marriage. Kaper and…
Earlier this year I reported on an incident in Washington where a superior court judge had asked all those in the courtroom to shout "Go Seahawks" before being seated. (As you may or may not recall, the Seahawks were in…
Many's the time that we have debated the question whether it is possible to be "too drunk to litigate." This will not settle that debate, but it is one more piece of evidence. A judge in Las Vegas ordered a…
Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit last week alleging that police broke the law when they entered a man's Manhattan apartment without a warrant. The judge ruled that the situation, which involved "a…
Prosecutors in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, say they became suspicious of Jeffrey Riddell in March after they got a letter from him on behalf of a criminal defendant he was representing. Although it was written on letterhead, the letter was threatening and…