Fifth Circuit Smacks Down Disgruntled-Cheerleader-Mom Lawsuit
“It is a petty squabble, masquerading as a civil rights matter, that has no place in federal court or any other court.”
Lawsuits
Lawsuit Demands End to Use of Term “Inmate”
According to the New York Post, a new lawsuit demands that the state stop using the word "inmate" because it is offensive to inmates the imprisoned the involuntarily freedom-challenged. Or, at least, the plaintiff demands that the state stop referring to…
Judge Dismisses Google-Walking-Directions Case
As you may recall, Lauren Rosenberg sued Google last year, alleging that its dastardly Google Maps service had given her walking directions that caused her to walk across and then along a highway, where she was allegedly hit by a…
Homeowners Foreclose on Bank
It's sad, even if sometimes necessary, when the sheriff's deputy and moving trucks show up to seize assets because of an unpaid debt. Actually, though, I guess it's not that sad when it's the bank that's getting foreclosed on. According…
Plaintiff Seeks Freedom From Granfalloonery, Harassatoriness
From a complaint filed last week in San Francisco: Michael M ____ v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Superior Court; Dennis Herrera; Wayne Snodgrass; Andrew Gschwind; Harry Gower III; Robert Baysinger; Alisa Hollander Ella Yip; Adena Gilbert; Charlotte Woolard;…
Law Blogger to Defamation Plaintiff: “Go Sh*t in a Hat” [Updated]
Eric Turkewitz at the New York Personal Injury Law Blog has come up with a new affirmative defense he says he's planning to use when he answers the complaint that another lawyer recently filed against him, and other bloggers, and the Washington…
Trump Files $100 Million Counterclaim in “Trump University” Lawsuit
Via Overlawyered: Donald Trump has filed a $100 million counterclaim against the "Trump University" graduate who sued him over allegedly disappointing results, and this is another one of those lawsuits that you hope nobody wins. I'm guessing that there is a…
The Case of the Dangerous Dachshund
Plaintiff: Plaintiff enters the Penny Pinchers grocery store in West Point, Mississippi, on August 16, 2006. She says hello. She walks down the aisle. Suddenly, the bark of a savage dog rings out! Plaintiff flees, terrified, with the clicking of the…
Man Who Sued Parents for His Allowance Instead Gets 30 Days to Move Out [UPDATED]
Well, that lawsuit didn't go quite as planned. CNN reports that a 25-year-old Spaniard who sued his parents for not paying his allowance not only lost, but was ordered by the court to get the hell out of his parents' house…
The Man Who Sued Himself
Well, one of them, anyway.