In Berea, Kentucky, Bobby Jones, 27, faces first degree child criminal abuse charges for leaving his son out in the sun for 90 minutes — enough for the boy to receive serious sunburn due to the lack of sunscreen. It is only the latest in such sunburn cases and raises a question about the criminalization of such negligence.
Category: Torts
While she was once known for a near perfect triple lutz in winning two gold medals for Russia, Olympic skater Oksana Grishuk is now being accused of a double lie with a backstab. Grishuk, 36, implicated James R. Halstead of drugging her drink during a lunch at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel in Dana Point, California. He was arrested, but all charges have now been dropped for lack of evidence before his arraignment. Moreover, his counsel says that he supplied police with evidence that Grishuk had lied about their relationship and his client strongly suggested that she set him up.
Courts have been seeing an increase in work rage and work violence cases. However, on May 23rd, one incident of a man snapping was caught on a security camera. The video below shows how intense such rage and how it can be triggered by as little as knocking over a few papers from a desk.
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There are times when one has to wonder about the future of our species. In the video linked below, Angel Torres, 78, is struck by two cars in the streets of Hartford, Connecticut and left in the street. The video shows a dozen cars passed by without stopping and pedestrians doing nothing to help Torres who is now paralyzed from the neck down. No one even bothered to call 9-11 as they walked away.
Ali Ashgar Soltanieh, Iran’s chief delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency has threatened that Iran may sue Western countries for libel. After some consideration, my view is that this is a contingency case that most lawyers would pass on.
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Now, here’s a malpractice case for you. Doctors operated on a patient in Japan’s Asahi General Hospital to remove a large tumor in his stomach that was causing abdominal pain. Once inside, they discovered a greenish towel that was left in his stomach since 1983.
Continue reading “Keep the Towel: Surgeons Discover that Tumor in Patient is Actually 25-Year-Old Towel”
A New York mother, Tehmina Haque, has sued American Airlines for injuries suffered by her son when he came into contact with peanut oil on a flight due to the in-flight peanuts. Even though her son did not go into anaphylactic shock due to his severe allergy, she sued the airline for negligence. While this is not the strongest case due to the lack of a more tangible injury, it is not a frivolous issue. I remain shocked that airlines serve peanuts given the relatively high number of people (including many children) with potentially life-threatening reactions to the product.
Continue reading “Not So Nuts: Mother Sues American Airlines Over Serving Peanuts”
A Texas couple is suing the city of Denton, Texas for $206,000 for negligently euthanizing their dog. Shawn Snider and Beth Bayless-Snider are seeking recovery for loss of future breeding opportunities and emotional pain and suffering for the loss of their 3-year-old black Labrador, Amicus.
Continue reading “Family Seeks $206,000 Against Shelter for Mistakingly Euthanizing Dog”
Writer Matt Taibbi has a hilarious account of going undercover to the camp of former John McCain supporter Rev. John Hagee. One highlight is requiring the faithful to throw up “demons” that range from “incest” to “hand-writing analysis.”
Continue reading “Puking for Jesus — Writer Details Hagee’s Spiritual Camp”
It is enough to make Tony Soprano and the guys at the BaDa Bing! weep. Patsy Hamaker, a stripper at The Furnace in Birmingham, is suing the strip club over a car accident: claiming that she was pushed to drink with clients to raise revenue and that her employer should have stopped her from driving given her intoxication. Continue reading “Stripper Sues Club After Alcohol-Related Accident”
The parents of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth are fighting to preserve their lawsuit against military contractor KBR, which is seeking to dismiss their wrongful death lawsuit. Maseth was one of a number of soldiers who died of electrocution in showers maintained by KBR. Rep. Jason Altmire is calling for an investigation, but he is only half right. Altmire and his colleagues should be holding hearings on the elimination of the Feres Doctrice, barring soldiers from suing the military in such cases. Continue reading “Pittsburgh Family Sues Over Electrocution Death of Soldier in Iraq”
In Port St. Lucie, the family of nine-year-old Alex Barton are exploring a lawsuit against teacher Wendy Portillo and the school district of his humiliation in front of his class. Alex is in the process of being diagnosed with autism, but Portillo still reportedly punished him by making him stand in front of the class as students were invited to list the things that they hate about him — then led a vote to throw him out of class. This apparently comes from the Lord of the Flies school of teaching.
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A product liability case may be in the early stages this week with the issuance of a warning by the Food and Drug Administration that Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises Inc. of San Rafael, California, is a serious danger to nursing babies. Products connected to infant tend to bring the fastest and most costly litigation — as MOM may soon discover. Continue reading “Suing Mom: FDA Issues Warning on Use of Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream”
Waddah (Martin) Mustapha could not get over the horror of it. The hairdresser was drinking from his bottled water when Waddah found a flouting dead fly. For his suffering (including depression and phobias), he was awarded $341,775. The Supreme Court of Canada had other ideas, and threw out the award — ruling 9-0 that Culligan of Canada could not be liable for psychological damages. Continue reading “Fly Found in Waddah: Canadian Supreme Court Throws Out Emotional Damages”
The parents of Steven Domalewski are suing Little League Baseball, Sports Authority, and the manufacturer of metal bats over his injury from being hit in the chest with a ball hit by a metal bat. The injury caused brain damage and his severe disability. The case will become part of a national debate over the use of the bats. Hillerich & Bradsby Co. is the maker of the 31-inch, 19-ounce Louisville Slugger TPX Platinum bat involved in the case. Continue reading “New Jersey Couple Sues Metal Bat Manufacturer”