• “‘White shoe’ law firms” (on the origins of that footwear association);
• “‘Hot Coffee’ (HBO) documentary reviewed”
• “Diane Schuler’s husband suing state, brother-in-law over wrong-way Taconic crash”
• “Ex-Colts cheerleader sues team over nude body-paint photos”
• “BoingBoing applauds cops’ lawlessness”
• “California bill would mandate fitted, rather than flat, sheets on hotel beds”
• “Drinking is a ‘handicap,’ fired former Florida State administrator says”
• “Rep. Dennis Kucinich sues House cafeteria over olive pit in sandwich”
• “It’s sad that we can’t…report on experiences freely” (moms’ club forum)
• “Schools for Misrule is off to the printer”

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• Milberg settles; Weiss sentenced; Bill Lerach gloats. Scruggs also sentenced, but Fieger beats the rap.
• Yeah, my client’s son jumped two fences labeled with a “danger” warning, but Six Flags over Georgia should have done more to keep him from being decapitated by a Batman roller coaster.
• Another lawyer blames the lawn mower manufacturer for the fact that his client was backed over with it by his father.
• My client’s 18-year-old daughter got drunk and fell off a stranger’s hotel balcony; this is the chaperone’s fault.
• I briefed and argued an objection to a bogus class action settlement–and got New York Times press coverage in the process. I also filed an amicus brief on behalf of economists in Wyeth v. Levine.
• Most-read post: Judge Kozinski’s web site and Cyrus Sanai. A gift that kept on giving.
• Employment lawyer sued by former client and former employee for sexual harassment.
• Jack Thompson finally faces legal discipline. But Stan Chesley gets immunity to testify.
• Two more parts of Jim Copland’s excellent series on asbestos.
• Sued for dangerous workplace if you allow loose-fitting clothing, sued for religious discrimination if you don’t.
• The case against Civil Gideon.
• Judge claims never to have heard of an attorney working a 15-hour day.
• Jackpot justice in Tennessee: $105 million verdict reduced to “only” $5 million on appeal as Chrysler blamed for death caused by car being hit at 70 mph. And, in Texas, forum-shopping plus failure to wear seat-belt leads to $29 million verdict against Ford over tires where car owner ignored recall of ten-year-old tire.
  
• New York court: just because you have proof of insurance fraud doesn’t mean you’re entitled to summary judgment.
• Trial Lawyers Inc.: Michigan.
• Former West Virginia Justice Richard Neely makes implausible claims about his earlier forthright statements about judicial bias in favor of wealth-redistribution.
• Spineless sycophants of the world, unite!

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• Ted objected to the proposed Grand Theft Auto class action settlement.
• FACTA declared unconstitutional by Alabama federal judge.
  
• Merck vindicated in Texas appeal; Mark Lanier throws tantrum.
• Barack Obama and tort reform.
• Waddah Mustafa’s fly in a water bottle not worth hundreds of thousands.
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• Trial lawyer Mark Lanier visits our comments section to talk about the Vioxx settlement. We had continuing coverage of the $4.85 billion settlement, and Ted spoke at an AEI panel on the subject broadcast on C-SPAN.
• Walter’s phenomenal coverage of the Dickie Scruggs scandal: Jan. 13, Jan. 14, Jan. 15, and Jan. 16 (Joey Langston); Jan. 17; Jan. 21; Jan. 29.
• The “pro-consumer” bills before Congress that hurt consumers.
• Three cases of catastrophic injury to children, three deep-pocketed bystanders asked to pay.
• Racially “targeting” predatory subprime loans? The NAACP and Baltimore suits.
• Another case of employment litigation hurting employees.
• The Nataline Sarkisyan case, and the lies John Edwards (and Wikipedia) tell about it.
• Suit: You kept me from jumping off the Empire State Building.
• The Banita Jacks case and followup.
• Police more likely to sleep with than arrest prostitutes.
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• Frequent filer v. Kraft: pay my attorney millions because I didn’t read the label on your guacamole dip.
• ADA Week: drive-by suits and filing mills, $2.5 billion sidewalks, the separatist fringe, paper money redesign for the blind appeal, and an epileptic’s right to operate heavy equipment.
• Jesse Branham v. Ford: $31M verdict against Ford when driver drove off the road while turned around, and followup and more followup. See also multimillion dollar seatback verdicts, again blaming Ford for driver error. Ford did win an Arkansas “sudden acceleration” case, and the losing lawyer wrote in.
• Imams: we want to “hit [US Airways] where it hurts, the pocketbook.”
• Killer’s mom sues high school for not stopping him.
• Warren Buffett’s new insurance company on medmal caps.
• Class action for uninjured Nintendo Wii purchasers.
• GAO on litigation risk and drug development.
• Lawsuit: I should be allowed to anoint cubicles with olive oil
• What do wacky pro se cases teach about legal reform?
• UK patient: doc hurt my feelings by telling me to quit smoking
• California Prop 65: protecting us from cooked chicken.
• 19 year old dies moshing, sues home owner
• Bad facts make bad law—and that’s true even when the defendant wins because of that bad law.

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• 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
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• 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
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• Safety vs. “discrimination”:9th Circuit: UPS must hire deaf drivers; EEOC challenges Exxon’s pilot age limit; “To avoid charges of ‘racism,’ we disciplined black and white students differently.”
• Jackpot justice: $217M for misdiagnosed stroke in Florida (and followup)
• Trespass atop rail car, win $24 million
• Jackpot justice: $20M for $25,000 insurance claim
• Judicial elections and the New York Times
• On picking a jury
• Public Citizen and DMI caught using misleading statistics
• Encore on the falling-out-of-a-loft-bed case
• Why there aren’t DVDs of some of your favorite old TV series
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• Calif. AG sues automakers for global warming
• Plaintiff: McDonald’s should’ve warned me and my boss not to be gullible. Incidentally, the circumstantial criminal case against the guy behind the insidious phone calls fell apart because his defense attorney was able to impeach the victims (in a different Louisville case) by accusing them of trying to shake down McDonald’s for hundreds of millions. So he’s still on the street. Thanks, plaintiffs’ bar!
• The burglar and the skylight: another debunking that isn’t
• First rumblings of NYC trans fat ban gets Wally TV coverage.
• Suit: plaintiff was too stupid to be admitted into law school
• Neglect your kid now, sue for $5 M later
• Lonelygirl 15 creator defends Grand Theft Auto against meritless lawsuit
• NAACP suit: unlawful for clinic to close on Jewish Sabbath
• Can we blame lawyers for pro se claims?
• New Bizarro-Overlawyered blog writers don’t realize they’re arguing for reform, or providing excellent examples of how lawyers hurt medical consumers. See also the relationship between efficiency and safety; Milberg Weiss Fellow Cyrus Dugger visits the comments in an unrelated post to make an unfounded accusation that he refuses to back up.
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