Confusion
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Litigious World
Er… The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office has denied a claim for physical and emotional injuries made against the city by two San Jose brothers wounded on Christmas Day by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo. I’m sorry, but I just don’t think I can handle a sensible decision coming out of California. [...]
Tags: only in california, profit via judicial system
You Go Now
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Litigious World, Oddly Not Satire
We haven’t said anything about the “lost pants” (ex) judge because the facts of the case pretty much say it all. A jumped-up public *coff* “servant” used his self-endowed sense of entitlement to abuse the system in pursuit of an apparent personal grudge. His ludicrous lawsuit was properly dismissed, by a judge who actually understands [...]
Tags: death of common sense, profit via judicial system
Does Your Door Bite?*
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Litigious World
We haven’t done a stupid lawsuit in a while, and this one, via Bayou Renaissance Man, is a gem: Paul O’Brien is being sued by a woman who says she trapped her hand in his letterbox while posting mail. Joy Goodman, a cake decorator in her late 40s, is seeking damages for personal injury and [...]
Tags: profit via judicial system
I Want a Refund
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Litigious World
Some quick hits on lawsuits in progress… First, a Mets fan is suing the team because a drunken 300-lb man fell on her, cracking several of her vertebrae. Where is the liability here? The stadium serves alcohol, you know that before you go. I’m sorry you were landed on, Granny, but get a Rascal and [...]
Tags: profit via judicial system
Cuckold Court
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Idiot Legislation
Everyone’s heard of the archaic laws that remain on the books for decades, only seeing the light of day again when some enterprising legal secretary digs them up in the wee hours of the morning over musty coffee and ferro-concrete ex-doughnuts. “Brilliant!” proclaims the junior partner, dozing the entire time on the leather sofa in [...]
Tags: profit via judicial system
Two All-Beef Patties, Special Sauce and a Consent Form
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Nanny Business
As we’re all aware, nanny-ism isn’t confined to states. Due to the proliferation of Stupid Lawsuits the local Burger Joint Who Shall Not be Named gives me my under-filled cup of coffee inside a paper bag. I tell them I don’t require a bag, my vehicle is in posession of an admirable number of cup [...]
