Dueling Lawsuits Filed Over Copyright Claim by Mental Spoonbender
Uri Geller’s also trying to bend the law with this one.
Lawsuits
Man Who Expected to Die, But Didn’t, Threatens To Sue Over Wrong Diagnosis
John Brandrick, a 62-year-old British man who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, is threatening to sue his doctors because he hasn’t died. Specifically, Brandrick went on a spending spree after being told that he had just one year…
Professional Beer Taster Successfully Sues Employer After Becoming An Alcoholic
A judge in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has ruled that a local brewing company must pay damages to one of its former beer tasters, after the taster alleged that his job — drinking alcohol — caused him to develop alcoholism. In…
Attorney Demands $50K For Injury Caused by Pizza Hut Door
Amanda Verett, an attorney in Edwardsville, Illinois, has sued Pizza Hut and another customer for injuries she says she sustained from a door. Verett alleges that on February 12, as she was exiting the Hut, she held the door open…
Further Details Emerge on $65-Million-Pants Lawsuit
We learned more this week about the lawsuit by a D.C. administrative law judge against his diabolical neighborhood dry cleaners, who allegedly lost or stole or set fire to or irradiated or otherwise acted tortiously towards a pair of pants…
Magicians Make Lawsuit Appear Out of Thin Air
The AP reports today that a group of forty-nine Japanese magicians have sued two broadcasting networks for allegedly revealing the secrets of various coin tricks in programs that aired last year. In a press conference, magician/plaintiff Shintaro Fujiyama told reporters…
City Council Successfully Prosecutes Itself; Feels “Vindicated”
Who wouldn’t?
OJ Suing Goldmans to Stop Them From Profiting on His Book on How He Would Have Killed Their Son, If He Did
Well, that’s … terrible.
Post-Traumatic-Internet-Addiction Claim is Back in the News
Not sure why this story is popping up again right now — it may be that the report last December was of a threatened lawsuit, and now it’s actually been filed, but you know what? It doesn’t matter. Because James…
Lawsuit Demands Restaurants Warn Customers Their Food May Be Cooked
Guess what? It’s a California story. Some of you may know about California’s "Proposition 65," passed by the voters in 1986 and intended to help consumers by requiring warnings of any known exposure to a variety of chemicals that the…