How did this ever make it to court? It shouldn’t have, and it sure as shit shouldn’t have been heard in front of a jury. Why the hell did he win? Here’s a quick summary. The guy was working at some docking company, and was either dared to jump into a shallow river, or said …
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If You Slipped in a Bathtub and Can No longer View Images, You May Be Entitled To A Huge Random Blog Post
I had a few thoughts going through my head, so thought I’d write them down. Every so often I get the CNIB newsletter, and at the top, there’s a link that makes me chuckle, cackle, giggle and guffaw. It says “If you have trouble seeing images, click here.” Heeheeheehehehehe. I know what they’re trying to …
Being Grounded? That’s Something They Did In The Olden Days
Remember back in June when that girl took her dad to court for grounding her? Remember how I said I saw bad things on the horizon? Well, here they come. It’s not so much that he’s asking what the rights of parents are, it’s the fact that a court might define them even more strictly. …
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Deal With The Tooth, the Whole tooth, And Nothing But The Tooth
I mentioned a dentist who liked to give chest massages, um, apparently in an attempt to illeviate a rare jaw disorder in my original pile of dentists from hell, but since that link is no longer working, I can’t verify if this one, Mark Anderson, is the same guy. If he isn’t, well we can …
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Disservice Dog
Don’t let me ever have to ride a train with Estelle Stamm and her dog. By her own words, her previous dog belonged nowhere near anyone, and since she’s proud of that, why should her new one be much different? Ug, it’s people like this that make me twitchy.
Goodbye Good Samaritans
Is it really a good idea to ok lawsuits against good samaritans who happen to inadvertently injure you in the process of saving your life? with all the sue-happy folks out there, we’ll have people refusing to help somebody for fear they’ll get sued later. I mean, being a good samaritan shouldn’t give someone license …
Say A Little Prayer For Mr. Fancy Pants
Roy Pearson, owner of the $54 million pants, is finally all out of appeals. Good! He’s lost his pants, his job, and further chances to make these poor people miserable. What an asshole.
Today’s Worst Legal Argument Ever
This one’s good. James Pischel, 31, had been sent to prison for arranging a meeting with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl, a girl that actually turned out to be officer Ed Sexton of the Lincoln, Nebraska police. Yes, they’ve got a guy with sex in his name handling luring cases, I did notice …
Epic Fail
Your friends at Vomit Comet world HQ would like to remind you of the following, especially if you are Frederick Tanne of Manhattan: Filing suit against your wife for giving you herpes due to her cheatin’ ways is fine, but making sure you actually got the herpes from her is significantly more fine. We thought …
What’s Up With this?
Here’s a puzzler. If a police officer says “What’s up?” to you, should it be considered the beginning of an interrogation, and should you be read your rights? I can see both sides. I think it could mean “What’s up with you?” or “What’s up in this spot where we stand?” What do you guys …