Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly
A biweekly newsletter documenting cases of lawsuit abuse by trial lawyers.
Lawsuit Abuse
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-1
We Report, You Sue An Irish newspaper whose food critic criticized a restaurant’s food was found guilty of defamation by a jury and must pay damages ... (read more)
We Report, You Sue An Irish newspaper whose food critic criticized a restaurant’s food was found guilty of defamation by a jury and must pay damages ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-1 (pdf)
In this issue: We Report, You Sue Sounds Better When You Call It a Disability A Jury of Chers? No Good Deed Goes Unpunished I No Good ... (read more)
In this issue: We Report, You Sue Sounds Better When You Call It a Disability A Jury of Chers? No Good Deed Goes Unpunished I No Good ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-10
Gimme an 'S' ... Gimme a 'U' ... Gimme an 'E' A Yorktown, Texas family whose daughter failed her cheerleading tryout for the junior varsity squad will ... (read more)
Gimme an 'S' ... Gimme a 'U' ... Gimme an 'E' A Yorktown, Texas family whose daughter failed her cheerleading tryout for the junior varsity squad will ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-10 (pdf)
In this issue ... Gimme an ‘S’ ... Gimme a ‘U’ ... Gimme an ‘E’ Thanks a Million Can’t Read, But Can Sue Try Counting Calories, Not Doctors’ ... (read more)
In this issue ... Gimme an ‘S’ ... Gimme a ‘U’ ... Gimme an ‘E’ Thanks a Million Can’t Read, But Can Sue Try Counting Calories, Not Doctors’ ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-11
Every Rose Has Its Thorn For a Houston man, saying it with flowers will probably cost him a bundle. So he’s trying to grab a bundle from the florist. The ... (read more)
Every Rose Has Its Thorn For a Houston man, saying it with flowers will probably cost him a bundle. So he’s trying to grab a bundle from the florist. The ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-11 (pdf)
In this issue: Every Rose Has Its Thorn Look Before You Eat Reputation Took a Beating Support Your Local Lawyer Putting Whales First ... (read more)
In this issue: Every Rose Has Its Thorn Look Before You Eat Reputation Took a Beating Support Your Local Lawyer Putting Whales First ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-12
First, De-Fund All the Law Schools ... Shakespeare wrote we should first “kill all the lawyers.” Wisconsin State Rep. Frank Lasee (R-Green Bay) will ... (read more)
First, De-Fund All the Law Schools ... Shakespeare wrote we should first “kill all the lawyers.” Wisconsin State Rep. Frank Lasee (R-Green Bay) will ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-12
In this issue: First, De-Fund All the Law Schools ... Money for Nutting Legal Gamesmanship Smelly Suits No Fear of Filing Lies, ... (read more)
In this issue: First, De-Fund All the Law Schools ... Money for Nutting Legal Gamesmanship Smelly Suits No Fear of Filing Lies, ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-13
There Outghta Be a Law ... The Illinois budget battle has reached the courts, but not through legal challenges to laws that have been passed. Instead, ... (read more)
There Outghta Be a Law ... The Illinois budget battle has reached the courts, but not through legal challenges to laws that have been passed. Instead, ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-13 (pdf)
In this issue: There Outghta Be a Law ... Really Bad Judgment Where’s the Love? They’ll Be Watching Now Strict Scrutiny Questionable ... (read more)
In this issue: There Outghta Be a Law ... Really Bad Judgment Where’s the Love? They’ll Be Watching Now Strict Scrutiny Questionable ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-14
Case of Beer Perusing some 1,500 decisions penned by Michael B. Mukasey, the nominee for U.S. attorney general, while he was on the federal bench in ... (read more)
Case of Beer Perusing some 1,500 decisions penned by Michael B. Mukasey, the nominee for U.S. attorney general, while he was on the federal bench in ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-14 (pdf)
In this issue: Case of Beer One for the Supreme Court He’s Unfit, But the Elves Are Fine Civil Seuss Lawmaker, Regulate Thyself ... (read more)
In this issue: Case of Beer One for the Supreme Court He’s Unfit, But the Elves Are Fine Civil Seuss Lawmaker, Regulate Thyself ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-15
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)
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)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-15 (pdf)
In this issue: All Wet Rigorous Requirements Judgment Denied Stripped of Benefits At Least We Might Win the Lawsuit! And the Winner ... (read more)
In this issue: All Wet Rigorous Requirements Judgment Denied Stripped of Benefits At Least We Might Win the Lawsuit! And the Winner ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-16
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)
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)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-16 (pdf)
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)
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)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-2
Redefining "Food Police" A Tampa high school student is suing a local McDonald's restaurant for failing to protect him from being shot in the foot in ... (read more)
Redefining "Food Police" A Tampa high school student is suing a local McDonald's restaurant for failing to protect him from being shot in the foot in ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-2 (pdf)
In this issue: Redefining "Food Police" For Lawyer, Katrina Was a "Perfect Storm" Thank You for Not Suing Devilish Business The Art ... (read more)
In this issue: Redefining "Food Police" For Lawyer, Katrina Was a "Perfect Storm" Thank You for Not Suing Devilish Business The Art ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-3
Lawyers Feast on Tainted Pet Food The number of deaths of dogs and cats allegedly caused by kidney failure allegedly caused by pet food allegedly tainted ... (read more)
Lawyers Feast on Tainted Pet Food The number of deaths of dogs and cats allegedly caused by kidney failure allegedly caused by pet food allegedly tainted ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-3 (pdf)
In this issue: Lawyers Feast on Tainted Pet Food Driven to Distraction Will Sue for Food Dogged Determination Diagnosis: Money My ... (read more)
In this issue: Lawyers Feast on Tainted Pet Food Driven to Distraction Will Sue for Food Dogged Determination Diagnosis: Money My ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-4
Brother, Can You Spare 450,000 Dimes? Three homeless men in Las Vegas arrested under a city law banning "sleeping too close to a pile of feces" have ... (read more)
Brother, Can You Spare 450,000 Dimes? Three homeless men in Las Vegas arrested under a city law banning "sleeping too close to a pile of feces" have ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-4 (pdf)
Inside this issue: Brother, Can You Spare 450,000 Dimes? Something Smells Joker’s Wild Hot Enough for Ya? Lawyers’ Red Glare Fred ... (read more)
Inside this issue: Brother, Can You Spare 450,000 Dimes? Something Smells Joker’s Wild Hot Enough for Ya? Lawyers’ Red Glare Fred ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-5
A Real-Life ‘Perry Mason’ Moment It’s not uncommon for medical malpractice defense lawyers to hire investigators to secretly videotape plaintiffs who ... (read more)
A Real-Life ‘Perry Mason’ Moment It’s not uncommon for medical malpractice defense lawyers to hire investigators to secretly videotape plaintiffs who ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-5 (pdf)
In this issue: A Real-Life ‘Perry Mason’ Moment A Slippery Slope Warning to Tavern Patrons: Beware of Walking Taking Them to the Cleaners ... (read more)
In this issue: A Real-Life ‘Perry Mason’ Moment A Slippery Slope Warning to Tavern Patrons: Beware of Walking Taking Them to the Cleaners ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-6
Thanks a Million-Plus The lawyers for the plaintiffs in a class-action case hit the jackpot before a Cook County Circuit Court judge in Chicago but were ... (read more)
Thanks a Million-Plus The lawyers for the plaintiffs in a class-action case hit the jackpot before a Cook County Circuit Court judge in Chicago but were ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-6 (pdf)
In this issue ... Thanks a Million-Plus Dogged Determination A Lesson in Ethics Here We Go Again, Again Playing for Big Money A ... (read more)
In this issue ... Thanks a Million-Plus Dogged Determination A Lesson in Ethics Here We Go Again, Again Playing for Big Money A ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-7
Beating Up on Taxpayers It's a classic rite of passage into manhood. Schoolyard bully beats up boy. Boy develops muscle and courage. Boy beats up bully. ... (read more)
Beating Up on Taxpayers It's a classic rite of passage into manhood. Schoolyard bully beats up boy. Boy develops muscle and courage. Boy beats up bully. ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-7 (pdf)
Inside this issue: Beating Up on Taxpayers Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out ... Once Bitten, Not Shy About Suing Thirty-Three Million ... (read more)
Inside this issue: Beating Up on Taxpayers Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out ... Once Bitten, Not Shy About Suing Thirty-Three Million ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-8
The Right to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of a Tan Do fundamental freedoms such as free speech, religious expression, and due process of law include the ... (read more)
The Right to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of a Tan Do fundamental freedoms such as free speech, religious expression, and due process of law include the ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-8 (pdf)
In this issue: The Right to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of a Tan Tort Law Critic Tripped Up Honest to a Fault Judge Not ... Unexpected ... (read more)
In this issue: The Right to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of a Tan Tort Law Critic Tripped Up Honest to a Fault Judge Not ... Unexpected ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-9
Moral Question A Massachusetts man claims his religious scruples caused him to flunk the state's bar exam. The man refused to answer one of the hypothetical ... (read more)
Moral Question A Massachusetts man claims his religious scruples caused him to flunk the state's bar exam. The man refused to answer one of the hypothetical ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-9 (pdf)
In this issue: Moral Question The Right to Bare Torsos The Things We Do for Love Stuff and Nonsense War of Words Sweet Surprise ... (read more)
In this issue: Moral Question The Right to Bare Torsos The Things We Do for Love Stuff and Nonsense War of Words Sweet Surprise ... (read more)
