While the Ninth Circuit is often labeled as a "liberal" court that will accept virtually any civil-rights claim, don’t tell that to Ron Tutor, who is still unable to land his private jet at the airport in Hailey, Idaho. In…
One called Ignacio v. Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. All the judges. If you really need a reason, it’s something called “the rule of necessity.” As in, if you sue all the judges…
Paul Lewis and Paula Wood of Milford, Connecticut, are locked in litigation over a disputed hairpiece that Lewis says gave him a heart attack. Not directly. Lewis says that he bought the hairpiece for $1200 from Paula’s Wig Boutique in…
Might not be a copycat case, definitely is stupid.
He borrowed a boat to save lives after Hurricane Katrina, and so of course the boat’s owner sued him.
Allen Ray Heckard sued Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight in Oregon state court, alleging that they had ruined his life by making Jordan so well-known. Heckard is virtually Jordan's twin, although Heckard is eight years older, 30 pounds…
Said hating and cheating, however, may get you sued. That’s what we learn from this complaint, filed in 2003 by Willie Anderson against Dennis Sweet and the rest of Langston, Frazier, Sweet & Freese, P.A., in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Anderson…
“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…
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…