Dumb Lawsuits

When it comes to Barry Bonds dealing with the press, on the one hand he can be a rude, mean, short, curt, sarcastic, cutting, angry, short-tempered, touchy little bastard. But on the other hand, wait a minute, this guy’s only got one arm. Moving on…
SAN FRANCISCO (Chronicle) — Barry Bonds’ lawyers say they will ask [...]

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Coca-Cola runs one of the most aggressive advertising campaigns in the history of the American economy. They don’t just spend millions on television ads. They buy thousands of inches of newspaper space, billboards on the side of skyscrapers, junk mail outs, elaborate online pop-up ads, radio spots, movie product placements and forehead tattoos that are [...]

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Boy, teachers have it pretty rough today what with all the paperwork, and the disrespectful students and the lawsuits…
MARYLAND (Rochester Democrate and Chronicle) — A federal judge has ruled that a Rochester School District teacher — who has been labeled a “serial” litigant by district lawyers — must pay $270,000 in legal fees to the [...]

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Remember the woman who first spilled hot McDonald’s coffee in her lap? How could I forget her? I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for her. Well, her soul has escaped from her body and jumped into another…
An Oklahoma woman who burned herself with Burger King coffee has settled her Greene County lawsuit against [...]

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Now it seems that bathing too much won’t just get you prune hands and a candidate for obsessive compulsive disorder, but it can also land you a hefty lawsuit.
DENVER (Denver Post) — Many people find the sound of running water soothing and peaceful.
Not Marvin and Goldie Smith, who have sued their neighbor over her 5 [...]

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