Careful about letting a friend or relative crash at your house: various Floridians found themselves in for legal complications when temporary guests decided they didn’t want to leave. Calling the sheriff doesn’t necessarily work, and it’s legally hazardous to have locks changed, cut off utilities or put the interloper’s possessions out on the street. (Marcus Franklin, “Law slanted in favor of unwelcome guests”, St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 17).
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Dumb Lawsuit Roundup
Overlawyered.com has several new posts about dumb and/or outrageous lawsuits: see “Five Worst Lawsuits of 2003” (via Common Good); “Brawl escalates into $1.3 M legal malpractice verdict” (in which 34-year-old Jack Muirhead, Jr. wound up getting $1.845 …
Dumb Lawsuit Roundup
Overlawyered.com has several new posts about dumb and/or outrageous lawsuits: see “Five Worst Lawsuits of 2003” (via Common Good); “Brawl escalates into $1.3 M legal malpractice verdict” (in which 34-year-old Jack Muirhead, Jr. wound up getting $1.845 …