Last month, the Third Circuit affirmed a decision granting summary judgment to the maker and seller of a halogen lamp believed to have caused a fire that destroyed a New Jersey home. They had been sued by State Farm, which…
A municipal judge in Phoenix ruled in 2006 (Snopes, NBC) that a woman was properly ticketed for using the carpool lane, despite her argument that she was in fact riding with a "passenger" because she was pregnant. A good question for…
Yamahile Ortiz, 18, was sentenced to probation last week after pleading guilty to charging over $1000 on a stolen credit card. And away she went. But back she came not long afterwards, with her identical twin sister Yaricza, and an…
A man in Pittsburgh is suing his former girlfriend for $30,000 in damages resulting from a post-breakup bedroom experience that he claims was assault and battery, but that her attorney claims was a "consensual act." The suit claims that after…
Richard Simmons (no relation to the fitness guru, if that’s what you call that Richard Simmons) was arrested in July in Pocatello, Idaho, after he pointed a gun at another driver and then exposed himself to police officers. According to…
Laura and Edmund Gerstein of Boca Raton (“Rat Mouth”), Florida, have made a formal claim of immunity under the 1949 Geneva Convention for a grapefruit tree in their backyard. The tree apparently has been targeted by the state for removal…
It made for an interesting deposition.
His study has now been extended for a further nine years.
He claimed he was calling in to try to win a prize, but if so it was an odd contest.
Scott Rodgers was convicted Thursday in Holland, Michigan, of misdemeanor assault and battery for an incident in October in which he threw an Egg McMuffin at a McDonald’s restaurant manager. (Assault for threatening with the McMuffin, and battery for hitting…