lawsuits

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/06/melania-trump-refiles-150-million-libel-lawsuit-daily-mail I say she is absolutely entitled to sue the Daily Mail for reporting rumours such as those ones. The Daily Mail publishes all kinds of lies. Then she ruins the whole story by claiming...

http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/11/dallas-officer-lawsuit-blm/506939/#article-comments My initial reaction is that this is a typical case of manipulating a grieving family member. "Why does New Jersey have more landfills and New York have more lawyers? Because New Jersey got...

I would really like to think that I live in a world in which people can recognize their mistakes and makes amends. P. S. If you accidentally tase a cop, do you apologize with ice cream cake? Or is that a bit too much.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37341801

Cinemark wants Colorado theater shooting victims to pay $700,000 in legal fees. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cinemark-wants-colorado-theater-shooting-170944758.html Ranb

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-milwaukee-gun-shop-ruling-20151013-story.html Guns shop sells to one guy, that guy sells to another, cops get shot and sue gun store for allowing "straw purchase." Wounded cops win to the tune of $6 million. Stay tuned for the appeal. I've...

How about this one? Man sues Chinese actress over her intense stare in TV show I also seem to recall a recent one in which some person sued "all homosexuals" for making the baby Jesus cry or something like that. No specific person, just "all homosexuals".

BBC News: Argentina launches lawsuit against Falkland oil drillers "Argentina has begun legal proceedings against three British and two US companies for drilling oil near the Falkland Islands. Daniel Filmus, Argentina's minister for the islands - called the Malvinas locally - announced the...

Forgive me if already posted He has a point I suppose. Cold Coffee and lack of butter makes me mad too http://rt.com/news/231427-breivik-norway-isolation-lawsuit/

In some positive news the Canadian government agrees that a group of professional Conservative trolls were lying about the work of a scientist. http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/07/climate-scientist-wins-defamation-suit-against-national-post/ Doesn't happen every day.

Donald Trump sues 'malicious' Palm Beach airport for $100 million http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/13/luxury/trump-palm-beach-lawsuit/index.html Looks like his mansion is about 3 miles west of the airport runway which runs east-west; it has another runway that runs NW-SE. Depending on how...

A woman from New Mexico named Veronica Vigil is suing Anne Taintor Inc. claiming the company obtained and used her high school graduation picture from 1970 on gift shop flasks without her permission. In addition, Ms. Vigil (who says she does not drink and has never used drugs) claims to have...

Progress! Whole Foods has a new class action lawsuit against them for selling people fraudulent medicine (homeopathy): https://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/new-homeopathy-class-action-this-time-whole-foods/ I hope this is successful, and that it spawns other lawsuits hitting...

www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/tech/manuel-noriega-call-of-duty-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 And next, Fidel Castro will sue the makers of "Tropico" over that Castoresque guy who is the game's main symbol.... BTW just fixed the URL.

You need a heart of stone not to laugh at this High Court claim What is punto banco?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/george-zimmerman-libel-suit-nbc-thrown-out Well, he always has the option to kill another unarmed black kid.

I have been asked by several national skeptical group members to briefly clarify the legal hurdles that Noreen Renier would encounter in attempting to file a complaint against myself or other groups or individuals. While I’m not an attorney I would suggest her largest hurdle would be a judgment...

http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2014/05/georgia-city-sued-over-law-requiring.html The law, which dates from 2007, also applies to the rental of devices designed to stimulate human genitals. ...... ETA: I am tempted to go to Georgia to test the limits of the law before the suit reaches the...

Unable to give them the doubtful credit of being a religion, I have placed this story where it belongs. Seems that lawsuits against Scientology (scifiology) are piling up. News via The Underground Bunker of a real doozy. A counselling registration organisation has launched a big lawsuit...

LtB link. xkcd link.

A Bostonian, Abdulrahman Alharbi, whom the right-wing loon Glen Beck singled out and accused of being involved in the terror bombings during the Boston Marathon last year, has filed a lawsuit against the aforementioned loon. Peter Haley, Alharbi’s lawyer stated in his filing: Apparently...

So everyone's favourite tax evading felon, young Earth creationist, doctoral faker and failed dinosaur amusement park owner had decided to object to being described as a "convicted tax fraudster" (despite being convicted of 58 charges relating to tax evasion and currently being in prison) and of...

http://www.quackwatch.com/14Legal/dd_suit.html Back in 2010 Doctor's Data sued Stephan Barrett over comments he made about their practice of provoked testing with chelating agents. Unfortunately the great majority of websites with updates on the lawsuit are written by Tim Bolen. Anyone have...

Yep, those Catholics are mostly right-to-lifers, and prone to argue that even a fetus is a human. Most of the time. But when one of their hospitals are on the wrong end of a wrongful death lawsuit, they are likely to change their tune. What could cause this sudden change in position? Money...

Scenario- Bigfoot hunters are out in the woods, well-armed, with the intention of shooting a Sasquatch for scientific research. They have a location in the woods, and are certain that they are in contact with a group of Sasquatches. They have armed themselves and are prepared to collect a...

Apple v. Samsung has been described by various tech bloggers as "the patent trial of the century". Apple has filed for $2.525 billion in damages from Samsung, and this week, Apple released a table and four charts detailing each alleged violation and the damages they expect. It's an interesting...

Last year, the artist of The Oatmeal took issue with his work being uploaded to the website funnyjunk.com without attribution. He wrote a blog post about it, then for the most part just let it go. Now, a year later, he has received a letter from a lawyer representing funnyjunk.com claiming...

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Here's the deal as you may know from the JREF blog. Jessica Alhquist was a high school student who sued to get a prayer banner removed. And then her classmates turned on her. Deciding that the whole "kindness" thing in Christianity is apparently optional they have been harassing and threatening...

In a strong ruling, the Col Supreme Court threw out an order for a new trial on a lawsuit against Wal Mart stemming from an accident caused by company negligence. A lower court had ordered a new trial after the jury had given an award the lower court called: Wal Mart also had contended that...