Orly Taitz Is Trying to Sue Me, I Think
It’s hard to be sure.
Lawsuits
Ecce Abogado (Behold the Lawyer)
You may recall the incident last month in which an elderly parishioner of the Sanctuary of Mercy church near Zaragosa, Spain, decided on her own to try to restore a deteriorating fresco of Jesus, with unfortunate results: According to one…
Hi, I Own Your Land Although I Have No Evidence of That
"I have been practicing law since 1974," said Randal Harrison, "and I have never been involved in a case where someone was claiming a title based on unrecorded deeds that were over 200 years old and not having possession of…
French Demand Compensation for Plantagenet Murder
They would like the Crown Jewels and an apology, but will get neither.
Plaintiff: Justin Bieber Blasted Me With His Gondola-Based Sonic Ray Machine
Curses!
The Money FunnyJunk.com Isn’t Getting
In a bag In funny shapes As I think I mentioned, Carreon dismissed his lawsuit against Matt Inman (The Oatmeal) the other day when it became clear he was likely to lose. There’s a good post on the whole saga…
Fire in the Hole! Again!
Some of you may remember a couple of posts from last year (here and here, with a follow-up here) about a woman who sued her ear-candler for allegedly injuring her during an ear-candling, ear-candling being a procedure where somebody sticks…
Plaintiff Alleges He Caught Herman Cain With Kim Kardashian
I really shouldn't encourage this guy, but as long as he's suing one or more Kardashians I can't feel too bad about it: Jonathan Kimberly v. Kim Kardashian aka Kimberly Noel Kardashian; Herman Cain; Kourtney Kardashian, No. 5:12-cv-1811 (W.D. La. filed June…
Carreon v. The Oatmeal: Plaintiff Continues to Dig [Updated]
As Popehat has already covered in detail here (see also Adam Steinbaugh), Charles Carreon has again escalated his frivolous lawsuit against Matthew Inman (creator of The Oatmeal), IndieGoGo, and two charities (the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Foundation). This…
Carreon Complaint Amended, Still Odd
Internet darling Charles Carreon has already amended the complaint he filed just last week, and while it's not unheard of to file an amended complaint that quickly, it does tend to encourage the belief that maybe the initial filing was…