Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly
A biweekly newsletter documenting cases of lawsuit abuse by trial lawyers.
Lawsuit Abuse
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-1
Six Months to Go and Counting In October 1999, notorious asbestos and tobacco plaintiffs’ attorney Ron Motley boasted to The Dallas Morning News that ... (read more)
Six Months to Go and Counting In October 1999, notorious asbestos and tobacco plaintiffs’ attorney Ron Motley boasted to The Dallas Morning News that ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-10
Asbestos: Stampeding to the Exits In late September, all but two dozen of the 250 companies being sued in an 8,000-plaintiff asbestos trial in West Virginia ... (read more)
Asbestos: Stampeding to the Exits In late September, all but two dozen of the 250 companies being sued in an 8,000-plaintiff asbestos trial in West Virginia ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-11
Take that, Mississippi! Mississippi may rank last among the 50 states in per-capita income, but it ranks first in lawsuit abuse. Since 1995, Mississippi ... (read more)
Take that, Mississippi! Mississippi may rank last among the 50 states in per-capita income, but it ranks first in lawsuit abuse. Since 1995, Mississippi ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-12
An Enormous Victory . . . for Consumers On November 1, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly upheld the settlement between Microsoft, the U.S. Department ... (read more)
An Enormous Victory . . . for Consumers On November 1, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly upheld the settlement between Microsoft, the U.S. Department ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-2
A Crushing Burden “The tort crisis,” writes Michael Freedman in the cover story of the May 13 issue of Forbes, “is really tomorrow’s news. If the momentum ... (read more)
A Crushing Burden “The tort crisis,” writes Michael Freedman in the cover story of the May 13 issue of Forbes, “is really tomorrow’s news. If the momentum ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-3
Acne Medication Made Al Qaeda Wannabe Do It The family of the 15-year-old boy who crashed a single-engine plane into a Tampa high-rise, Al Qaeda style, ... (read more)
Acne Medication Made Al Qaeda Wannabe Do It The family of the 15-year-old boy who crashed a single-engine plane into a Tampa high-rise, Al Qaeda style, ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-4
Ronald McDonald on Trial The tobacco industry warned for years that legal precedents set in lawsuits against it would lead to class action suits against ... (read more)
Ronald McDonald on Trial The tobacco industry warned for years that legal precedents set in lawsuits against it would lead to class action suits against ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-5
Win Big! Lie in Front of a Train The New York Times reports a New York City woman was awarded $14.1 million by a state supreme court jury after she was ... (read more)
Win Big! Lie in Front of a Train The New York Times reports a New York City woman was awarded $14.1 million by a state supreme court jury after she was ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-6
He’s Demanding a Lifetime Subscription to Penthouse A man who uses a wheelchair has sued a Florida strip club because an area where private lap dances ... (read more)
He’s Demanding a Lifetime Subscription to Penthouse A man who uses a wheelchair has sued a Florida strip club because an area where private lap dances ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-7
Tick, Tick, Tick, Mr. Motley A few months ago we noted that famed plaintiffs’ attorney Ron Motley had vowed in October 1999 to bring the former lead ... (read more)
Tick, Tick, Tick, Mr. Motley A few months ago we noted that famed plaintiffs’ attorney Ron Motley had vowed in October 1999 to bring the former lead ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-8
Udder Madness Reversing a lower court decision, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in July after three vehicles consecutively hit a Black Angus cow wandering ... (read more)
Udder Madness Reversing a lower court decision, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in July after three vehicles consecutively hit a Black Angus cow wandering ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-9
Canadian Hookers to Sue Hollywood for Lost Wages A group representing Vancouver prostitutes, beggars, and drug addicts is threatening to sue 30 movie ... (read more)
Canadian Hookers to Sue Hollywood for Lost Wages A group representing Vancouver prostitutes, beggars, and drug addicts is threatening to sue 30 movie ... (read more)
