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Category Archives: Lawsuits
Friday Morning Miscellany: Kindergarten Psychopaths, How to Prepare for a Police Line-Up, and NFL Lawsuits
Can a psychopath be identified as early as kindergarten? And then what? Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man? Yes, according to a just-published book How to Prepare For a Police Line-Up: This segment is part of a podcast, which will only be online for a few more days Could class-action … Continue reading
Posted in Lawsuits, Polls, Stay Out of Jail
Tagged capital punishment, children, death penalty, football, lawsuits, line-ups, NFL, polls, psychopaths
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Well, SOMEBODY was apparently distracted…
A law firm attempting to drum up clients for “distracted driving” lawsuits sent out a press release that began:A couple that sustained life-altering injuries during a 2009 car accident caused by a texting teenager is seeking to hold the person the driver was texting liable for their injuries by adding … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Editorials, Lawsuits, Lighter Side
Tagged lawsuits, lawyers, Weird World of Crime
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Walmart Sued Over Racist Public Address Announcement
Back in March of 2010, when I was still writing the Crimeweek newspaper column, I reported that a teenage boy had slipped into the main office at a Walmart store in Turnersville, New Jersey, and announced over the public address system “Attention Walmart customers: All black people must leave the … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Editorials, Lawsuits, Polls
Tagged Bill Bickel, Editorials, lawsuits, negligence, polls, racism, Wal-Mart
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Unmarried Pregnant Woman Fired; Not For Being Pregnant, But For Having Had Sex
Jarretta Hamilton, a teacher at the Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Florida, got pregnant, married the baby’s father, asked for maternity leave, and got fired. They didn’t fire her for being pregnant — that would have been illegal under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 — but rather for … Continue reading
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sues Maid Who Accuses Him of Raping Her
Last year, rape charges against former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn were dropped after New York City prosecutors determined that the hotel maid who had accused him was not a credible witness and that no physical evidence supported her version of the incident (Strauss-Kahn claimed the sex was consensual). … Continue reading
Posted in Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Lawsuits, News, Polls
Tagged Dominique Strauss-Kahn, lawsuits, polls, rape
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Nutella Pays $3.5 Million To Customers Who Thought It Was a Health Food
Two mothers, who assumed from Nutella’s television ad that “Nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa” meant it was a health food, spearheaded a class action suit for false advertising that ended in a $3.5 million settlement. Clearly there is no … Continue reading
Texting While Driving Leads to a Serious Accident: Should the person who SENT the text to the driver be held partially responsible?
Texting while driving is illegal in New Jersey (quite incredibly it’s not illegal in all states, but that’s a matter for another day), and that’s what Kyle Best was doing three years ago when he ran into David and Linda Kubert’s motorcycle. The accident cost the married couple their left … Continue reading
Sydney Spies, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Violence on College Campuses, and Teachers and Students Online
The first update is a non-update: Remember Sydney Spies, the Colorado high school senior who was going to sue her school (or the school board, or somebody) because the yearbook wouldn’t run any of her racy photos as her official graduation photo? With just a bit over three weeks remaining … Continue reading
New Jersey Family Sues Landlord, Claims House is Haunted
A New Jersey family is suing their landlord (to be allowed to break their lease), claiming the house they rented is haunted. What intrigues me about this is how they expect to prove their case without finding some friendly ghost willing to testify. Of course if this were a television … Continue reading
Posted in Lawsuits, Lighter Side, Strange Lawsuits, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged ghosts, lawsuits
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Mixed Ruling for Actress Suing IMDb For Revealing Her Age
Huang Hoang’s attorneys have amended their complaint against IMDb, essentially trying to reinstate the claim Judge Pechman threw out last month by saying the same thing in a different way. Your interpretation may differ. The details are here. Really a non-update for now, but it could become meaningful if Judge … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Lawsuits, News, Polls
Tagged Amazon.com, IMDb, lawsuits, polls
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