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Everything Else => Off Topic => Topic started by: Dare on January 01, 2012, 03:05:27 PM
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I like 1 and 2
•Convict sues couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police
•Man illegally brings gun into bar, gets injured in a fight, then sues bar for not searching him for a weapon
•Young adults sue mother for sending cards without gifts and playing favorites
•Woman disagrees with store over 80-cent refund, sues for $5 million
•Mom files suit against exclusive preschool over child's college prospects
•Man suing for age discrimination says judge in his case is too old
•Obese man sues burger joint over tight squeeze in booths
•Woman sues over movie trailer; says not enough driving in "Drive"
•Passenger's lawsuit says cruise ship went too fast and swayed from side to side
•Mother sues Chuck E. Cheese – says games encourage gambling in children
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Possible cases on the longlist:
* Personal injury lawyers filed a suit against Greg Mortenson for duping book readers across the USA into buying his books (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/06/another-silly-lawsuit-against-greg-mortenson-over-three-cups-of-tea.html), and some other lawyers are suing President Carter on similar charges (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2011/02/president_carter_named_in_5_mi.html). Next time you don't like a book, maybe try getting a refund instead?
* Starbucks sued because when their tip jars are stolen, chasing after them can be dangerous (http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/03/starbucks_sued_over_tip_jar.php). There was me thinking chasing after anything could be dangerous...
* Man sues casino for allowing him to gamble $1 m when drunk (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=101277). I'm taking a wild guess that he didn't win his bets...
* An artist sued someone for selling balloon dog bookends (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/22582312959/jeff-koons-drops-silly-lawsuit-over-balloon-dog-bookends-not-before-helping-to-sell-bunch.shtml), claiming to have invented the concept. Did he never get an entertainer visit him when he was a child? You will be relieved to know this case was soon dropped, and the disputed bookends even increased in sales during the case...
* Personal injury lawyer (do I detect a theme?) sues local gym for not serving breakfast any more (http://cfif.org/v/index.php/jesters-courtroom/1245-no-breakfast-for-champions-leads-to-lawsuit).
* Resident sued because lawn is slightly untidy (http://cfif.org/v/index.php/jesters-courtroom/1147-unkempt-lawn-grows-lawsuit). I'm sure this case can be trimmed to size pretty quickly...
* Seismologists sued for not predicting an Italian earthquake (http://www.skepticblog.org/2011/06/01/litigation-gone-wild/). The science isn't that precise yet...
* Man sues gas company because he blew up his own house (http://www.louisianarecord.com/arguments/240300-whats-the-most-ridiculous-louisiana-lawsuit) and other occupants of the house were injured. I think he may be suing the wrong entity there...
* Laywers with too much time on their hands are suing MySpace, Facebook and Twitter for sending messages confirming to people that they've taken them off the text message messaging lists (http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110429/16381114089/lawsuits-filed-against-twitter-facebook-myspace-confirming-that-user-no-longer-wanted-text-messages.shtml).
* Two women have a fight in a restaurant toilet and then sue the (male) owner for not breaking up the fight (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/03/a-roundhouse-kick-to-frivolous-lawsuit/). How about, you know, avoiding having the fight in the first place? Would have been simpler...
* Someone known only by their initials and informed guesswork sued Twitter for breaking a UK-only injunction (http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/20/twitter-sued-for-breaking-uk-super-injunction-oh-yes/). Note that Twitter is not UK-based and is instead bound by USA law...
* Mum sues school cheerleading squad for leaving daughter out of the cheerleading team (http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Court-kicks-out-frivolous-Title-IX-cheerleader-s?urn=highschool-wp3831) (who'd been feuding with another cheerleader on the team over a boy). Surely a team is better off if its members aren't arguing with each other? This case was literally laughed out of court. Accompanied by the prosecution being declared guilty of crimes against grammar and subject-verb agreement (http://cfif.org/v/index.php/jesters-courtroom/1166-rah-rah-sis-boomyoure-outta-court).
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If Lawyers had to pay a personal fee for frivolous lawsuits, it might cut down on stuff like this. But all they invest is a bit of their time, somebody else pays the fees.
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This has to be the worst I've heard in a long time. A man running to catch a train was struck by another train. Part of his body was thrown 100 feet and struck a bystander on the platform. She's suing his estate, and the courts are letting her do it!
http://jonathanturley.org/2012/01/02/illinois-court-rules-pedestrian-can-sue-estate-of-train-accident-victim-over-flying-body-part/ (http://jonathanturley.org/2012/01/02/illinois-court-rules-pedestrian-can-sue-estate-of-train-accident-victim-over-flying-body-part/)
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This has to be the worst I've heard in a long time. A man running to catch a train was struck by another train. Part of his body was thrown 100 feet and struck a bystander on the platform. She's suing his estate, and the courts are letting her do it!
In court does that make it 'the party of the first part'. :confused: :DntKnw: :D
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In the UK, there's a "loser pays" rule, meaning that if the court thinks your case is stupid (or you're the defendant and the judge thinks the case was 100% justified), you pay the fees for both sides and possibly a compensation fee depending on the accusation. It reduces the number of frivolous cases a lot... ...but as the attempt to sue Twitter for breaking a UK-only injunction shows, it doesn't remove them all.
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Loser pays does not affect the lawyers, only the losing client. If the lawyers had to open their wallets, they might refuse some of these cases.
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Brilliant Lonny. I'd love to carry that across the board. If a banker loses money, or causes a client to lose money - pay up. If a CEO runs a sinking ship, he needs to pay the piper, not get handed a golden handshake, and finally in ANY business, if the company has a bad year, the employees should expect to share the pain...as long as they share the gain in good years. Just like business owners take home less when we have a bad year, whether it was our fault or not.
Rant over...
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and finally in ANY business, if the company has a bad year, the employees should expect to share the pain...
Well at least as a business owner your role can't just be made redundant Scott, :P
- unlike a lot of us others. ........We have felt the pain mate. :'(
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and finally in ANY business, if the company has a bad year, the employees should expect to share the pain...as long as they share the gain in good years.
That's why I lost 100 lbs in the year after we lost our biggest account. ;)
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and finally in ANY business, if the company has a bad year, the employees should expect to share the pain...
Well at least as a business owner your role can't just be made redundant Scott, :P
- unlike a lot of us others. ........We have felt the pain mate. :'(
Sure it can. McDonald's opens up down the street, or Marriott opens up a Courtyard hotel. Finito bandito. We're just lucky (if you can say that) they haven't tried feasibility studies around here yet. The whole business would be redundant.
Actually I worked at a company that had a 'black Monday'. We locked ourselves in our office (me and my assistant) while we watched a full third of the company walked out to the parking lot with boxes by security. We were just lucky our department was a bit of a linch-pin in the company.
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Actually I worked at a company that had a 'black Monday'. We locked ourselves in our office (me and my assistant) while we watched a full third of the company walked out to the parking lot with boxes by security. We were just lucky our department was a bit of a linch-pin in the company.
There's a world of difference in witnessing the long knives to actually feeling them cutting your job Scott, I've had both happen in the last couple of years and I know which I prefer.
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Loser pays does not affect the lawyers, only the losing client. If the lawyers had to open their wallets, they might refuse some of these cases.
This is correct except when the lawyers are of the "no win, no fee" type which have become increasingly prevalent in certain sectors of British law. If such a lawyer accepts a case and loses for whatever reason, they get the bill that would otherwise have been delivered to the client.
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Brilliant Lonny. I'd love to carry that across the board. If a banker loses money, or causes a client to lose money - pay up. If a CEO runs a sinking ship, he needs to pay the piper, not get handed a golden handshake, and finally in ANY business, if the company has a bad year, the employees should expect to share the pain...as long as they share the gain in good years. Just like business owners take home less when we have a bad year, whether it was our fault or not.
Rant over...
For the most part, employees round where I live get to share the pain in lean years and never get the benefit in good ones. CEOs and bankers (along with most other specialist professionals), on the other hand...
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Ain't that the way it is everywhere Ali.
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For the most part, employees round where I live get to share the pain in lean years and never get the benefit in good ones. CEOs and bankers (along with most other specialist professionals), on the other hand...
Never heard of any redundancies or wage cuts of union officials either. :crazy:
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They don't lose any money when there's a strike either do they. they are all fat-cats now. Union members now forget that THEY are the union, not your Bob Crow's.
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Here's a new one to add to the list :
http://autos.aol.com/article/why-a-convicted-drunk-driver-is-suing-his-victims/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl10%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D128517 (http://autos.aol.com/article/why-a-convicted-drunk-driver-is-suing-his-victims/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl10%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D128517)
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For the most part, employees round where I live get to share the pain in lean years and never get the benefit in good ones. CEOs and bankers (along with most other specialist professionals), on the other hand...
Never heard of any redundancies or wage cuts of union officials either. :crazy:
That's because they're company bosses too! (EDIT: None of them call themselves "CEOs" but I think everyone knows that's what they are).
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These are some actual settlements people won in
lawsuits.Number one shows the jurors are as stupid
as the people that sued
It’s time again for the annual “Stella Awards”! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald’s in New Mexico where she purchased the coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right?
Here are the Stella’s for the past year:
7TH PL ACE :
Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.
6TH PLACE :
Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles, California, won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn’t notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor’s hubcaps.
5TH PLACE :
Terrence Dickson, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn’t re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count ‘em, EIGHT, days on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner’s insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish.
Scratch. There are more…
4TH PLACE :
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella’s when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor’s beagle – even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner’s fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.
3RD PLACE :
Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, because a jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. Wha t ever happened to people being responsible for their own actions?
Scratch, scratch, scratch. Hang in there; there are only two more Stella’s to go…
2ND PLACE :
Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware, sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000….oh, yeah, plus dental expenses.
Go figure.
1ST PLACE : (May I have a fanfare played on 50 kazoos please)
This year’s runaway First Place Stella Award winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, hav ing driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner’s manual that she couldn’t actually leave the driver’s seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down, $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.
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I sincerely hope some of these are appealed. On appeal they will be heard by a judge who presumably (though not necessarily) will have more sense. Some of this can be attributed to the popular belief that large companies like Winnebago, have piles of money and can afford to pay the little guy a bit. What actually happens is their insurance company will raise the rates and Winnebago raises the price of motorhomes to cover the additional expense.