Articles By Author edited by Maureen Martin
Articles by edited by Maureen Martin
03/09/2009 12:00 AM
A California Court of Appeal threw the case out, but one wonders why it was brought in the first place. The plaintiffs in the class-action suit had their ...(read more)
02/23/2009 12:00 AM
A Leeds University student plans to sue the school after it accidently threw away about 75 pounds of rare lizard dung.The university offered the student ...(read more)
02/09/2009 12:00 AM
The U.S. Airways plane was still floating in the Hudson River in New York, but one law professor was already speculating on legal theories available to ...(read more)
01/26/2009 12:00 AM
Looniest Lawsuits
The Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse "sick of lawsuits" campaign against frivolous litigation has announced its "top five ...(read more)
10/08/2008 12:00 AM
Let’s Sue It Again
Another lawyer has visions of dollar signs dancing in his head over a lost pair of pants.
Last year a Washington, DC administrative ...(read more)
09/15/2008 12:00 AM
Increasing Access--to Lawsuits
A freight train of frivolous litigation may be en route to America’s small businesses. The U.S. Department of Justice ...(read more)
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
Fighting Fire with Firing
An Erie, Pennsylvania firefighter who lost her job after she admitted setting her father’s house on fire two years ago ...(read more)
08/15/2008 12:00 AM
The Needle and the Damage Done
An Ohio prison inmate is suing prison officials alleging he’s too fat to be executed. The inmate is 5 feet 7 inches ...(read more)
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
Everyone’s a Critic
A Durham, North Carolina lawyer sued his local newspaper in June for breach of contract because it fired 70 staffers. “By ...(read more)
07/15/2008 12:00 AM
Vulture Capitalist
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer earned his legal spurs as state attorney general by prosecuting greedy capitalists. Now he’s ...(read more)
06/15/2008 12:00 AM
Impure Legal Thoughts
Legal bloggers and law professors have been knocking themselves out debating the ethical implications of a raunchy Web site maintained ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
When Your Aluminum Foil Hat Just Isn’t Enough ...
Litigation may be in the air in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where several “electro-sensitive” ...(read more)
05/15/2008 12:00 AM
Hard to Swallow
An Illinois prison inmate who sued prison officials for refusing to feed him vegetarian meals won his lawsuit in a court ruling last month. ...(read more)
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Plunder Road
A Philadelphia traffic court judge is charged with bringing his office into “disrepute,” but not because he’s piled up 55 ...(read more)
04/15/2008 12:00 AM
Warning: Lawyers Prowling
Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch is on the job again, handing out awards in its 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest. First prize ...(read more)
04/01/2008 12:00 AM
I Feel Your Pain ... Now Sign Here
The practice of signing up clients for potentially lucrative contingent fee lawsuits when they’re traumatized ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
Flight Risk
A man prevented from parachuting off the Empire State Building last year by the building’s security guards is suing the building owners ...(read more)
02/14/2008 12:00 AM
Whatever Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Fatter ...
Egged on by obesity lawsuit aficionados such as Prof. John Banzhaf of George Washington University ...(read more)
02/01/2008 12:00 AM
Tough Question
One of Sam Zell’s first official acts after purchasing the Chicago Tribune last year was to rewrite the employee handbook in his characteristic ...(read more)
01/28/2008 12:00 AM
Dogged Determination
A monogrammed polyester dog chew toy shaped something like a purse does not infringe the trademarked monogram featured on Louis Vuitton’s ...(read more)
01/14/2008 12:00 AM
We are pleased to offer some Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly happy endings at year’s end ... and best wishes for a less-litigious New Year!
Nice Guys ...(read more)
11/09/2007 12:00 AM
Bridal Wrath
The bride says she was disappointed, embarrassed, and distressed at her wedding--because she didn't like the flowers. So she's suing the ...(read more)
11/09/2007 12:00 AM
Also in this issue:
Bridal Wrath
Le Mot Juste
Surf and Sue
It’s Just Litigation
A Really Bad Review
Zero Common Sense ...(read more)
10/26/2007 12:00 AM
All Wet
A Florida policewoman who slipped and fell in a puddle of water while on a 911 call to rescue a baby drowning in a swimming pool has dropped ...(read more)
10/26/2007 12:00 AM
In this issue:
All Wet
Rigorous Requirements
Judgment Denied
Stripped of Benefits
At Least We Might Win the Lawsuit!
And the Winner ...(read more)
