Legal Tool of the Week
If you think the "Legal Tool of the Week" might be, let's say, Westlaw or some new iPhone app, you are at the wrong website. In fact, it is William Ogletree, a 62-year-old Texas attorney who is the owner of…
Civil
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Exploding-Sandwich Lawsuit
More sandwich news today: the Fourth Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a Florida carnival operator who claimed that his face and lips were burned by hot grease that exploded out of a McDonald's fried-chicken sandwich when he bit…
City Council Sues Itself, Seeks Costs for Frivolous Lawsuit
If it wins, of course, it will have to pay itself the fine.
Sandwiches Not Sufficiently Meaty, Lawsuit Claims
Saying that certain Blimpie's sandwiches do not live up to advertising claims, Ronald Williams and Jennifer Clayton have sued the chain's owner in Madison County, Illinois, on behalf of a class of similarly situated consumers. (If any.) Plaintiffs claim that…
Dog-Flinging Mascot Blamed for Eye Injury
It's been almost a year since my last mascot story — that one was in March 2009, after somebody punched McGruff the Crime Dog in the face — so I had been on the lookout for one. But I did not…
Scott Rothstein: Why Come Back From Morocco?
We don’t know for sure, but there are theories.
Wanna Buy a Watch? Asks Man With Golden Toilet
Think carefully before accepting this offer. And then don’t accept it.
Postman Claims Mail-Slot-Induced Finger Injury Threatened Professional Darts Career
The letter-box flap snapped shut on his right hand, said English postman Dennis Coleman, and he thereby suffered a cut to his middle finger that was "deep and pouring with blood." Worst of all, Coleman said, that was his throwing…
“Baby Einstein” Will Not Make Your Baby Einstein, Lawsuit Claims
A complaint filed in Orange County, California, on January 22 alleges that the makers of "Baby Einstein" videos and the Walt Disney Company (which bought the original company) falsely claimed that the "Baby Einstein" videos were educational products that would make…
Censure for Judge Who Ordered Attorney Be Paid In Gift Cards, Like Class Members
Last year, Los Angeles County Judge Brett Klein was presented with a proposed class-action settlement in which the plaintiffs' attorney would get $125,000, but class members would get only a $10 gift card, usable only at the store that allegedly…