Hypothesis: One who announces while giving a gun-safety demonstration that he is “the only one in the room professional enough to carry this Glock 40” will shoot himself in the leg with that Glock 40 shortly thereafter. Research Protocol: Examine…
Last week, New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis was sued by a Seattle Seahawks fan over a 2008 incident in Seattle in which Ellis threw a giant snowball into the crowd. The Jets had just lost to the Seahawks…
I guess you know your date didn't go very well when you get sued afterward. New York's Appellate Division held on November 23 that a woman could not sue a man for injuries she sustained when she fell off a…
The excellent Legal Blog Watch reports that the Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an argument that an ordinance requiring citizens to mow their lawns constituted an imposition of "involuntary servitude" of the kind prohibited by the 13th Amendment to the United…
"Like many," this opinion begins, "Beverly Stayart was curious about what she would find when she put her name into a search engine." And like many, Beverly Stayart was not happy with what she found. Unlike anybody else, however, Beverly…
According to various sources, Twilight star Taylor Lautner, who apparently plays a werewolf or something like that, has refused an offer to settle a pending lawsuit by means of a contest to see who can do more push-ups. First of all,…
A class-action lawsuit filed last week claims that Apple is guilty of fraud and consumer-law violations because the iPad may shut down under certain "environmental conditions." Specifically, Jacob Baltazar and two other plaintiffs claim that the device may overheat and…
Here's a case report describing a recent filing in San Francisco County: Brendan H__ v. KatachiSF Inc. dba Katachi, No. CGC-10-501116 (San Francisco Super. Ct. filed 6/28/10). Personal injury action in which the defendants failed to warn the plaintiff that…
A possible candidate for (to use a legal term of art) the look-where-you're-going defense: Kim Kreis, et al. v. American Multi-Cinema Inc.; AMC Entertainment Inc., No. CGC-10-501102 (San Francisco Super. Ct. filed June 25, 2010). Trip and fall lawsuit. The…
I somehow failed to notice that the Peeps eviction case had gone to trial in Boulder, Colorado, but I have now learned that the trial ended in a verdict for the landlord. As you may recall, Carol Burdick had alleged…