The original headline for this item, "Mayor that accidentally kicked giant human tomato in the head costs council £24,000," was very good but not quite accurate. Jim Rodgers, who at the time (September 2007) was Lord Mayor of Belfast, technically…
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…
Steven Seagal is weird, but this lawsuit was weirder still.
I hope that since April 26 you have been able to spend some time contemplating the stupendous ginormitude of the one sentence that comprises the Mittal Steel Point order, each of its 538 words so carefully chosen and placed with…
Two recent stories again make the point that if you have decided to commit fraud by falsely claiming to be disabled, you really should try not to draw attention to your not-disabled self. Ronald Hunt, an interior designer in California,…
One of the bad habits that lawyers have trouble breaking is using all capital letters, especially in the headings of legal documents. (Okay, not nearly as interesting as the bad habits Tiger Woods has trouble breaking, but I think enough…
A Canadian woman who has been on long-term leave from her job since being diagnosed with major depression had her benefits taken away after her insurer found pictures of her on Facebook having fun. After Nathalie Blanchard's benefit checks suddenly…
From a recent report of filings in San Francisco Superior Court: Bryerton v. Westar Marine Services, CGC-09-493160 (10/2/09) Marine personal injury action. The plaintiff was throwing a line to another ship when his ship's captain, who was distracted and talking…
Link: Brant v. The Chop Shop, Inc., Civ. No. 09-3464 (E.D. Pa. filed Aug. 31, 2009) (PDF)Link: On Point News
I'm a little miffed that my hometown, Kansas City, waited until after I moved away to elect crazy people to run it. Actually, the voters elected one person, Mark Funkhouser, to be mayor, but he brought along his wife Gloria…