Katrina Victim Sues For Three Quadrillion Dollars
He must have lost everything. Literally, everything in the universe.
Civil
Consumer Advocate Successfully De-Taxes Toilet Paper in Pennsylvania
Not too many tax cases make the cut here, but this one seems important. On November 29, 2007, Mary Bach struck a blow for all Pennsylvania consumers when a judge agreed with her that, in that state, toilet paper is…
Trekkie Sues Auction House Claiming Trek Prop Is Fake
The Associated Press reported Friday that a Star Trek fan who paid $6,000 for what he believed to be a poker visor worn by the android "Data" on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is now suing, claiming it is a…
Another Football-Related Trial Continuance Granted
Last season, a judge agreed to continue a trial date after counsel pointed out that the date would impair the parties’ ability to watch the New Orleans Saints play for the NFC championship. Now a judge in Baton Rouge has…
Jury Finds Pool Store Not Liable For Goose Attack
Earlier this month, a jury in Maryland found against a woman who sued a shopping mall and pool store in Rockville after being attacked by a goose while on the mall’s property in 2004. Suzanne Webster said the goose’s ferocious…
Hindu Gods Ignore Court Summons
Ram and Hanuman apparently have not been answering their mail.
First Santa Attack of 2007 Results in Arrest
In what I believe was the first Santa-related attack of 2007, a college student in Missoula, Montana, was charged with misdemeanor assault last Friday after he hit a shopping-mall Santa in the face with a pie. The assaulter, a 22-year-old…
Cartoon Characters Subpoenaed
Last Friday, a court in Naples, Italy, sent trial subpoenas to Mickey Mouse, Tweety, and Donald and Daisy Duck, in what appears to have been a clerical error. The defendant awaiting trial there is charged with counterfeiting Disney and Warner…
UPDATED: Patriots and Belichick Sued for “Violating Integrity of the Game”
A Jets season-ticket holder has filed a $184-million class-action suit against the New England Patriots and their coach, Bill Belichick, based on the penalties assessed against them for videotaping their opponents’ signals in the season opener, in violation of league…
Ostrich Murderer Sentenced to Five Months in Jail
Timothy McKevitt, one of the two killers who murdered Gaylord the ostrich last October, has been sentenced to five months in jail. His accomplice, Jonathon Porter, was released earlier this year after also serving five months for the crime. As…