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Tag Archives: lawsuits
400-Pound Felon Sues Over Lack of Clothing
Elias Diaz, who recently spent eight months behind bars at New York City’s Riker’s Island and the Vernon C. Bain Center (on gun charges), weighs about 400 pounds, and wears clothing size 7X. Since the prisons wouldn’t issue him clothing in his size, he says, he had to spend his … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Editorials, Lawsuits, Polls
Tagged lawsuits, polls, prisons
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Penises Injured and Fake, and Bigfoot’s Freedom of Speech
New Hampshire Supreme Court Upholds Bigfoot’s Freedom of Speech Going the Extra Inch: a law firm’s press release finds humor where their client probably doesn’t Pennsylvania Woman Claims She Was Fired Because of Her Fake Penis (corrected URL)
Posted in Court Rulings, Lawsuits, Lighter Side, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged lawsuits, Weird World of Crime
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Update: Escaped Convict Sues His Hostages For Breach of Contract
The judge dismissed the lawsuit today. Why this decision took more than a month is another question entirely.December 8, 2011: Jesse Dimmick, a murder suspect who abducted a Kansas couple while he was on the run in 2009, is now suing his former hostages for breach of contract. Well, “breech … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Lighter Side, Strange Lawsuits, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged hostages, lawsuits
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Monday Morning Miscellany
Burglars Becoming Pickier Call it Car-Ma: While a Utah couple was inside a supermarket shoplifting, somebody broke into their getaway car and stole the stereo, a drum set, and cigarettes How Facebook Can Ruin Your Legal Case (.pdf file) Woman Robs From Neighbors Using Keys They Gave Her (but she … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter Side, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged burglary, Facebook, lawsuits, Twitter, Weird World of Crime
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Passenger Who Helped Subdue ”Underwear Bomber” Sues Airlines For His Injuries
A passenger who helped subdue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the “Underwear Bomber” who tried to take down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas 2009, is suing Delta Airlines (who owned Northwest at the time) and Air France-KLM for negligence for “allowing a bomber to board their aircraft with an … Continue reading
Posted in Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Lawsuits, News, Polls
Tagged airlines, lawsuits, polls, terrorism
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Life is Not Like the Movies
I know this may seem crazy and you’re probably right, but the truth is I haven’t stopped thinking about you. On the screen, it’s the plot of a romantic comedy: police officer gives a pretty woman a speeding ticket, realizes he’s smitten, tracks her down, and leaves a hand-written note … Continue reading
Terrorist Cupcakes, Bernard Goetz Aftermath, California Death Penalty, and Abusive Language
Sticks and Stones? Under a proposed British law, words alone can constitute domestic abuse What Bernard Goetz regrets about the death of one of his “victims” This article leaves out an important fact: Goetz shot his would-be muggers in a New York City subway in 1984, when New York City … Continue reading
Brave, Braves, and Big Bang
I could also call this “Wednesday Morning Buzzkill,” because I’m going to take two stories about how “silly” people are, and then ruin them by suggesting they might have acted somewhat reasonably after all. Disney, in conjunction with Pixar, has an upcoming movie called Brave (I’m going to go out … Continue reading
Posted in Lawsuits, Lighter Side, Weird World Of Crime
Tagged lawsuits, terrorism, trademarks
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