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Best of 2006: November

by Ted Frank on January 3, 2007

  • Judge rules paper money illegal under Rehabilitation Act, criticized by National Federation of the Blind
  • Taxpayer bill for dog food meal: $2.7 million until the mayor vetoed the settlement
  • More on the great 1998 tobacco robbery
  • Place kicker cum Illinois Supreme Court justice wins $7 million libel judgment against newspaper daring to criticize him.
  • Woman hits truck, sues truck-trailer manufacturer, wins millions
  • Thomas Frankovich suspended for vexatious ADA filings
  • Obnoxious Chi Psi frat boys sue Borat
  • Welsh dragon sausages. Warning: does not contain dragon
  • “Wrongful birth” suits reach Germany
  • Activists sue, demanding foie gras ban
  • Lighter manufacturers ask for more CPSC regulation

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