Okay, it’s not going to win any graphics awards. But it’s got lots of information about abusive disabled-access suits in California.
Notable and quotable
This case, if it were allowed to proceed, would deserve
mention in one of those books that seek to prove that the law is
foolish or that America has too many lawyers with not enough to
do.
— from the court’s opinion in Hollister v. Soetoro, an “Obama citizenship” case.
“Architects now more sue-able than ever”
So says Edificial (via Above the Law).
CPSIA: what retailers need to do
“There is an underlying belief that retailers are out of the loop on this law or that it doesn’t affect them. That couldn’t be any further from the truth.”
Plaintiff operated vehicle “in a safe and prudent manner”
Except for, you know, falling asleep.
“Exxon’s Endless Lawsuit”
Dirk Olin at Portfolio magazine on the Valdez spill litigation.
Schools, school suppliers, and CPSIA
Turns out there is a trade association sounding the alarm (earlier)
Telemarketing consumer site menaced by foreign suits
Julia Forte of North Carolina
operates a pair of web sites — 800notes.com and whocallsme.com — that provide an interesting consumer service. These web sites include message boards that permit consumers who receive calls from telemarketers to comment on their experiences; other consumers who receive a call from a given telemarketer can take a look and make a decision about whether they want to take a particular call.
U.S. law protects her in this mission, but telemarketers who don’t like the critiques made available on her sites have begun suing, or threatening to sue her, in other countries where protections for online speech are less robust. [Paul Alan Levy, CL&P Blog]
“Adopting hospital quality measures too quickly can harm patients”
Wachter’s World (via KevinMD) reports on what can happen when promising innovations are too rapidly accorded the status of obligatory standards of care.
U.K.: Mom ticketed for stopping to revive 4 year old son
You do have to wonder what the cops are thinking in some of these cases.