As a torts case, it certainly does not get stranger than a case filed in Lynn, Mass. Continue reading “Mass. Case Raises Question of the Reasonable Sadomasochist”
Category: Bizarre
Academics and students are shocked by the recent appearance of a noose outside the door of an African-American professor at Columbia University. Continue reading “Columbia Refuses to Turn Over Videotape in Noose Incident”
In a challenging case of count the torts, a Plymouth, Indiana teacher’s aide tried to staple a post it to the forehead of a fourth grader. Continue reading “Teacher Tries to Staple Post-It to Student’s Head”
Leading attorneys in Texas has filed a rare complaint against a judge who refused to keep an office open for 20 minutes in a final death row appeal. Continue reading “Complaint Filed Against Judge After Locking Court Door in Blocking Death Row Appeal”
It is well known that letters supporting an accused can lead to some reduction of a sentence — unless you write them yourself. Continue reading “Convicted Porn Defendant Found to Write His Own Letters of Forgiveness from Victims”
In Orange County, Florida, the city elders do not like people feeding the homeless, so they made it a crime. Continue reading “Man Found Not Guilty of Feeding the Homeless”
The basis for arrest in many cases is often a field test of suspicious substances. A case out of Tampa Florida shows how unreliable these tests can be. Continue reading “Field Tests Under Question: Woman Jailed for Contraband Cat Urine”
A North Carolina judge on Monday dismissed murder and robbery charges first filed in 1993 against a mentally retarded defendant without trial for murder and robbery. Continue reading “Judge Frees Man After 14 Years Without Trial”
In Missouri, they take their doughnuts seriously. After a man store a single doughnut from the County Mart and shoved a store worker, prosecutors are seeking a conviction for strong-arm robbery and potentially 30 years. Continue reading “Doughnut Thief May Get 30 Years”
It appears that allegedly soliciting sex in a public bathroom is not a barrier to entry in the Idaho Hall of Fame, which has announced the induction of Sen. Larry Craig. Continue reading “Sen. Craig Chosen for Idaho Hall of Fame”
Oral Roberts University has long been controversial, ever since God was going to “call him home.” Now his son and new head of the university is involved in a raging scandal involving his family and has said, as with his father, God has intervened to tell him to deny everything. Continue reading “Professors Sue Oral Roberts University Alleging Corrupt and Seedy Practices by Roberts Family”
In a shocking crime in Nebraska, three teenagers stole a car, kidnapped a baby, then threw the baby out the window. Continue reading “Teenagers Beat Mother, Steal Car, and Throw Baby Out Window”
A prosecutor joined a worrisome trend by trading criminal charges for push ups. Continue reading “Prosecutor Drops Charges for Push Ups”
A jury awarded $6.1 million in damages in the case of Louise Ogborn who alleged that she was tricked into sexual acts by a caller pretending to be a police officer. Continue reading “McDonald’s Hit with $6.1 Million Award in Hoax Case”
Karlene Chambers, of Pembroke Pines, Florida had a considerable surprise after her C-Section: the doctor had left a foot-long sponge in her body. It is one of the most common examples of surgical malpractice is leaving sponges in the bodies of patients. Continue reading “Doctors Liable for Foot-Long Sponge Left in Patient After Surgery”