Man Forced to Eat His Own Beard After Losing Lawn Mower Fight
“They cut my beard … and forced me to eat it.”
Torts
Another High Court Takes Up Negligent-Golfing Issue
New York's highest court will hear arguments tomorrow in a case that raises the perennial question: Does a golfer have a legal duty to yell "Fore"? A trial judge and a panel of the Appellate Division agreed that Dr. Azad…
Buy Some of Bernie Madoff’s Stupid Crap This Weekend
Including—and this is true—his crystal ball.
Good Reason to Kill #11: Sang “My Way” Poorly
If you must engage in karaoke, do it with great care.
Dancing Polar Bears Sue for False Arrest
Let the bears dance!
Canadian Mounties Proceeding With “Active Investigation” of Bieber’s Role in Laser-Tag Incident
Obviously I am not above writing about Justin Bieber for the purpose of siphoning off some of the massive amount of Bieber-related Internet and Twitter traffic, but I am at least not willing to use the phrase "Bieber Probed" as…
Mayor’s Inability to Leap Over Giant Human Tomato Costs City $38,000
Headlines claiming he kicked the giant human tomato in the head are inaccurate.
Hotel Sued After Employee Caught Wearing Guest’s Underwear
Opinions vary about how much you should tip hotel employees, but in this situation, there is general agreement that it should be zero dollars. A Los Angeles woman is suing the Hyatt hotel chain, alleging that she returned to her…
Tiny Dress, Big Award
Geisy Arruda, a 21-year-old Brazilian woman who was kicked out of her university for wearing a dress that officials considered "too short," has been awarded $23,600 in compensation by a local court. Officials at Bandeirante University, a private school in Sao…
From the Docket: Satan’s Employees, Dangerous Doors
These are third-party summaries of a couple of cases filed recently in San Francisco Superior Court. This first one seems to involve a party admission of the kind you just don't get that often: Rabbi ______ v. Mark Hopkins Intercontinental…