A couple of stories in a recent News of the Weird column caught my eye just now for all the wrong reasons. A judge in California took the rare step of reducing a mandatory 25 year sentence in a child sex case involving a 3-year-old girl to 10 years because, to make a long story …
Category Archives: lawyers and lawsuits
I’ll See You In Court…Because I’m You!
I’ve seen some strange lawsuits in my time, but a woman suing herself on behalf of her husband’s estate over a fatal car accident she says she negligently caused? That’s a new one. The Utah Court of Appeals has given Barbara Bagley the go-ahead to proceed with a wrongful-death lawsuit against herself for alleged negligence …
Bringing Down The Hammer
Boy, I bet it sucks to be this guy right now. Indian Hills Police Chief Kelly Spratt said Isaacs was hit from behind as he attempted to turn into a residential area and is lucky to be alive. Witnesses and Isaacs told police he was signaling the turn when he was hit and was thrown …
Parton Parcel
As defenses go, this is one. A man on trial for indecently exposing himself to a neighbour claims she mistook a novelty rubber replica for his real penis. A jury at Bolton Crown Court has to decide if 52-year-old Eric Parton was playing a prank on next-door neighbour Alison Burdaky with a fake penis or …
Hey There, City. Can I Hit You Up For Some Money To Fix My Car?
Here’s your stupid lawsuit of the day. Megan Campbell, an employee of the St. Paul, Minnesota Parks and Recreation department, was driving a supply van one day when she turned a corner and hit a parked car, causing what was said to be some serious front bumper damage. As luck would have it the car …
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Your Lawyer Is Funnier Than You
Honestly, I’m not sure what’s worse here. Allison Voner shooting a video of herself near a courthouse using cocaine and heroin, illegally driving a car and ranting about her probation officer, her putting that video on Facebook for everyone to see including the aforementioned probation officer or her lawyer saying with a straight face that …
Dear Rental Companies: Please Don’t Cave And Pay These Idiots
the music business makes a lot less money than it once did. I get it. But when it can still afford to pay people to come up with an argument like rental cars are public places and since they have radios in them everyone should have to pay license fees, it still makes more than …
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Jian Ghomeshi Drops His Lawsuit Against The CBC
It looks like Jian Ghomeshi has dropped his lawsuit against the CBC. It still needs to be formalized in a court order, but from what I’m seeing, it’s as good as done. Oh, and he has to fork over 18 grand in legal fees to the CBC. I’ve gotta say I’m relieved. I felt sick …
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Fakesbook
This is all kinds of wrong. Sondra Arniquett (no idea why her name is spelled two different ways) is suing Drug Enforcement Administration agent Timothy Sinnigen, claiming that after an arrest in 2010, he used pictures and other personal information lifted from her seized cell phone to make a fake Facebook profile in the hopes …
This Might Get Jian Gho-Messy…
Um, what a day yesterday. I’m scrolling through tweets…and…huh? Jian Ghomeshi? Fired? Huh? Suing the CBC? Huh? Where in the world did that come from? He was just taking some time off for personal reasons. And then Jian Ghomeshi put up his own statement saying why he thinks it happened, and…then things got interesting for …