They hooked-up on the Internet and then he allegedly cheated her out of $70,000. She’s mad, not going to take it anymore, and files suit.
I hope her lawyer is getting paid by the hour. I’m not saying she doesn’t have a valid case – she might. I’m just saying that if she does the defendant is going to have at least one year to spend what he has.
Radio station has a contest. If you are the 10th caller during a given hour you get “100 Grand.” Woman wins, and they give her a “100 Grand” candy bar. Woman, disappointed and undoubtedly a little embarrassed because she told her family she had won $100,000, sued the radio station. Read the articlehere.
I don’t know how I feel about this. I would have to hear the announcments concerning the prize to try to see in what context they used the phrase “100 Grand.”
One thing is for sure – the station has gotten alot more than $100,000 worth of publicity out of this little stunt – which may well have been the intention all along.
Here is a fascinating article about what was going on at Merck a few years ago.
Here’s a clip to wet your whistle:
“The widely publicized study in March 2000 found that patients taking Vioxx were five times more likely to have heart attacks than individuals using the generic medicine naproxen. Merck insisted at the time that this was a result of naproxen’s cardioprotective properties and not any defect in Vioxx.
Senator Frist now says that he did not diagnosis Ms. Schiavo by looking at her on videotape.
At the time, the Senator said “I question [the diagnosis of her doctors] based on a review of the video footage. … And that footage, to me, depicted something very different than persistent vegetative state.”
For a man who regularly lets everyone know that he is a doctor (“a transplant surgeon”) that sure sounds like a diagosis. If Tom DeLay made such a statement it would not be a diagnosis – he killed bugs for a living. But from a surgeon ….
Well, we now we know what 12 people thought about the charges brought by the DA against the King of Pop. I did not follow the trial closely enough to offer an opinion about whether or not I agree with the jury, although I must say that the defense seemed to have a field day with the mother of the young man allegedly involved. (I did not follow the trial because the commentators drive me absolutely nuts. A few of them are rational, but I can never remember their names or what network they appear on and I do not want to watch one minute of coverage by the crazy commentators to see if a good one will show up.)
I have heard the DA say “you can’t pick your victims.” True. But, as DA, you can pick your cases. Every DA makes decisions every day about what crimes to prosecute. Not infrequently crimes aren’t prosecuted because the DA, after looking at all of evidence and the people who will be presenting it, determines that it would be difficult to convict.
Here is a nice story about Michael’s lead lawyer who, I am sure, is on Cloud 9 this morning.
The Bush Administration decided to pursue the case against the tobacco companies originally filed during the Clinton Administration. The Justice Department has spent the last 5+ years working on the case and it has been in trial for months. One of their experts said the proposed remedy would cost $130 billion dollars. So what does the Administration request from the Judge?
Ten billion dollars. To be paid over five years.
This caused the Judge to comment “Perhaps it suggests that additional influences have been brought to bear on what the government’s case is.” (Read more here.)
I am embarrassed to say that six months ago I did not even know what a blog was. Well, maybe I knew what one was – I have some recollection about reading stories about political blogs during the last presidential campaign – but I had never looked at one. I was just busy.
I like to think I stay current in my field, but I must confess that I missed alot by not taking advantage of the knowledge that my (now) fellow bloggers have been sharing via their blogs. I hit several blogs everyday; over the next few weeks I will share my favorites with you.
Our firm hopes to add to this body of knowledge by introducing another blog called the “Tennessee Business Litigation Law Blog.” Brandon Bass of our firm is the chief blogger on this one, but other people in our firm will be adding posts as appropriate. The purpose of this blog is to gather and share information of interest to corporate counsel and executives, small business owners, and the people that represent them about recent developments in commerical litigation and business law. It will concentrate on the law of the Tennessee, but will gather interesting and useful information from around the nation.
It has been rumored for over a year that our Chief Justice would retire this year, and in fact his retirement party has been in the planning stages for some time. However, it is now official: effective September 2, 2005 we will be losing Frank Drowota as a member of our appellate court. The Chief Justice has served on either the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court for 31 years. Read his announcement here.
The new justice will be appointed by the Governor from a panel of three selected by the Appellate Court Nominating Commission. I believe that the next judge can come from either Middle or West Tennessee, although I have heard that others have a different opinion. In fact, at least one person thinks that the next justice will be selected in an election.
I will keep you updated.
OAKLAND, Calif. — ESPN has reported that former Oakland Raiders teammates Marcus Williams and Bill Romanowski are settling their legal dispute.
Williams’ career ended after his eye socket was broken by Romanowski, who ripped off Williams’ helmet during a practice drill and hit him in the face. Williams sued Romanowski for battery. A jury ordered Romanowski to pay Williams $340,000 in damages. Williams was dissatisfied with the result and convinced Romanowski to pay $415,000 to end the dispute.
Football is a rough game, particularly in Oakland. But there is – appropriately – a limit to when you play rough and how you do it. Cheap shots can be expensive.
This would be funny – if it wasn’t true.
John Jenkins sat down in a portable toilet to start and finish some personal business and have a cigarette – and the toilet exploded!
Apparently, there was a methane gas leaking from a broken pipe under the toilet. When Jenkins struck the lighter there was an explosion and he was burned.
Day on Torts