Jerry Seinfeld has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Missy Chase Lapine over comments made about her on national television. Seinfeld insists that he was just joking, but the laugh could be on him under the standard for such pre-trial dismissal. Continue reading “Just Kidding: Seinfeld Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit”
Category: Bizarre
Arizona Bus driver Kim Sullivan has been charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct after the video below was shown to authorities. On the video, Sullivan is shown in a full hair-pulling wrestling match with a student. Three students were also charged. It seems likely that civil litigation will likely result from the controversy. Continue reading “Video: Criminal Charges Filed After School Bus Video Shows Fight Between Bus Driver and Students”
Two unsettling announcements were made today. Scientists have determined the precise date for the end of the world while Starbucks has announced that it will stop serving coffee for THREE HOURS today. Breathe, breathe, . . . now panic. Continue reading “Scientists Establish the End of the World as Starbucks Stops Serving Coffee”
An Austrian lawyer, Markus Groh, 49, was killed near the Bahamas after being attacked by a shark. The tourist boat, Shear Water, of Riviera Beach-based Scuba Adventures, routinely chums the water with fish blood and parts to attract sharks — then invites tourists to dive among them. It raises some interesting torts questions. Continue reading “Chumming for Torts: Tourist Killed by Sharks After Company Chums Water with Fish Parts”
Police in Florida have arrested Moses Rogers, Jr., 28, with cruelty to animals charge for yelling at a police dog in a patrol vehicle. It appears that the dog was deeply offended or agitated by the encounter. Continue reading “Asinine with Canine in the First Degree: Man Charged with Animal Cruelty for Swearing at Police Dog”
Remember the horrific accounts of how Al Qaeda used two women with Down Syndrome to carry out attacks killing roughly 100 people in Baghdad in February? It turns out that there is no evidence that they had any physical or mental ailments and may not have any connection to Al Qaeda. It turns out the the account of the Down syndrome bombers was traced to Iraqi officials who reportedly based their view on the appearance of the women’ heads – which had been severed in the blasts. Continue reading “Government’s Account of Al Qaeda Using Two Down Syndrome Women as Bombers Debunked”
It appears that Elmo is past tickling and moving on to busting a cap in the head of toddlers who mess with him. A family has an interesting complaint against Fisher-Price: Elmo says he want to kill their son, James — as clearly shown on this video. Continue reading “Video: Elmo Threatens to Kill Toddler”
American Airlines is looking as a likely lawsuit after a series of mishaps and mistakes on a flight from Haiti to New York. After refusing repeated requests for oxygen from a sick woman, Carine Desir, the airline crew then used faulty equipment and empty oxygen tanks to treat her. She died on the flight. Continue reading “Mistakes on a Plane: American Airlines Faces Likely Lawsuit Over Refusal to Give Dying Woman Oxygen and Then Using Empty Tanks”
Michigan artist Edward Stross thought that he was painting a classic when he used exteriro wall of his studio as the backdrop for Michelangelo’s “Creation of Man.” The problem was not Adam, but (once again) Eve — or at least her exposed breast. In a legal case with biblical dimensions, it appears that both Adam and Edward were undone by Eve until a Michigan appellate court ruled that the city of Roseville could not force a cover-up. Continue reading “Cover-up Exposed: Court Rules that First Amendment Protects Artist’s Depiction of Seminude Eve”
Angela Nellany has pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon in California . The alleged weapon: a can of wasps. Despite the testimony of a man who alleged that Nellany tried to hire her to kill her estranged husband, Paul Nellany, and testimony on the attempt to use a can of wasps (Paul is highly allergic), she did not admit guilt in her plea and will receive only a few more months of prison on a two-year sentence. Continue reading “Wife Pleads Guilty in Case of Assault by Wasp Case”
An environmental group called OneVoice has started an international campaign to highlight the horrible treatment of animals in Chinese zoos that range from using tortoises for target practice with coins to forcing bears to don boxing gloves and to punch each other. Continue reading “Environmental Group Films Outrages in Chinese Zoos”
The police department in Cookeville, Tennessee, is facing a very serious charge in a lawsuit alleging that its officers first used a police dog to attack a suspect, Carlos Ferell, without cause and then plant drugs on him. The scene is captured on this video — as well as officers mocking Ferell once the drugs are pulled from his pocket. Continue reading “Video Allegedly Show Police Planting Drugs on Suspect After Allowing Dog to Attack Him Without Cause”
Cartoon do not usually make for legal doctrine, but then again most employers can recognize a joke. The managers of Catfish Bend Casino, however, seemed to lack an sense of humor or sense of perspective. They fired Dave Steward, a former security supervisor, for simply posting a Dilbert cartoon — a termination found by a judge to be without cause. Continue reading “The Dilbert Doctrine: Employer Wrongly Fired Employee for Posting Cartoon”
Ok, I am the only one suggesting it. However, the video below should strongly support a ban on further impromptu presidential dancing. Continue reading “Video of Bush’s African Dance Triggers Call for Ban on Presidential Dancing Outside of Controlled Formal Balls”
Madonna Constantine, professor of psychology and education at Columbia’s Teachers College, has been sanctioned for plagiarism. Constantine was previously involved in a controversy over a noose found on her door. Continue reading “Columbia Professor in Noose Controversy Sanctioned for Plagiarism”