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December 20th, 2007 at 12:03 am

“I Am Lawsuit Abuse”

The Institute for Legal Reform has a new website, I Am Lawsuit Abuse, with some really high-quality production values. At the moment, the site highlights four stories of lawsuit abuse (including the infamously unfortunate defendant Chung Dry Cleaners), with videos for each story, and a smattering of links to news articles about wacky lawsuits. No link to Overlawyered, though.

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I’ve done a bunch of cartoons about frivolous lawsuits (see link).

Stu Rees on December 20th, 2007
2

I was sued for not building a house. The owner used another builder and sued me because he did not like the house.

Donald Hall on December 24th, 2007
3

http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/

Has a link to this page on their homepage.

Fritz_Katz on December 26th, 2007

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