Motion to Exclude Large-Breasted Woman From Trial
Defendant’s counsel apparently believed she would be a distraction.
Civil
Plaintiff Seeks Freedom From Granfalloonery, Harassatoriness
From a complaint filed last week in San Francisco: Michael M ____ v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Superior Court; Dennis Herrera; Wayne Snodgrass; Andrew Gschwind; Harry Gower III; Robert Baysinger; Alisa Hollander Ella Yip; Adena Gilbert; Charlotte Woolard;…
Law Blogger to Defamation Plaintiff: “Go Sh*t in a Hat” [Updated]
Eric Turkewitz at the New York Personal Injury Law Blog has come up with a new affirmative defense he says he's planning to use when he answers the complaint that another lawyer recently filed against him, and other bloggers, and the Washington…
The Case of the Dangerous Dachshund
Plaintiff: Plaintiff enters the Penny Pinchers grocery store in West Point, Mississippi, on August 16, 2006. She says hello. She walks down the aisle. Suddenly, the bark of a savage dog rings out! Plaintiff flees, terrified, with the clicking of the…
The People Who Sued Themselves
Over the weekend I wrote about Lodi v. Lodi, which was not a divorce but rather one man's legal crusade against himself. I was thinking about that because I'm working on a legal-ethics presentation about conflict-of-interest rules, which is a sufficiently…
New Orleans Docket: Wasp-Related Negligence
John B____ v. Vasamth Bethala, Manager; LQ12 LLC dba LaQuinta Inn & Suites; James River Ins. Co., No. 2011-12066 F (22d Dist. Jud. Ct. La., filed Apr. 7, 2011). Negligence action. While the plaintiff was staying on the third floor of the…
TIP: Giving Birth Likely to Be Considered Good Reason for a Continuance
“Pick your battles” is a phrase often used in this business, and it reflects the reality that fighting over everything wastes effort and hurts your credibility, and so just because you may have an argument to make doesn’t always mean…
Woman Sues Adidas After Fall She Blames on Sticky Shoes
Please be advised that certain new shoes may pose a tripping hazard, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against Adidas. The Chicago Sun-Times reports (via the ABA Journal) that a woman is alleging she was injured in 2010 because her…
Florida Man Sues Alleged Foot-Stealer
The defendant in this case said she did not intend to cause the plaintiff any pain by stealing his foot, and that seems plausible since it wasn't attached at the time. The plaintiff was quite seriously injured in a 2008 crash on…
A Tort Causation Puzzler for You
Here's a report of a case filed in New Orleans last month: Baptiste v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc.; Avenue Plaza Hotel, No. 2011-01688 H (New Orleans 2/17/2011). Lawsuit for personal injury and negligence. While staying at the defendants' hotel, the plaintiff…