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On Service Animals, the ADA and the Return of "Reasonableness"

January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Property owners are pushing back against the ADA's slippery slope of "service animals." Plus: On serial ADA plaintiffs.

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Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Economics & Finance · Frivolous Lawsuits · Property Rights

Lawrence King's Deadbeat Parents Suing Taxpayers for His Murder

August 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yet another act in this theater of the absurd: The family of slain Oxnard eighth-grader Larry King has filed injury claims against the Hueneme School District and the County of Ventura, alleging their failure to protect the boy led to his death. … The county's risk manager, Chuck Pode, said he expected to reject the [...]

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Tags: Frivolous Lawsuits · Gay Rights and Issues

Are Court Fees as Wrong as Poll Taxes?

August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

It's an issue I had not contemplated before: Court fees around the country are on the rise. In some states, including Florida and Kentucky, the increases are prompted by state fiscal crises. … Faced with a budget crisis, Florida has raised its filing fees to among the highest in the country: $300 for most civil [...]

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Frivolous Lawsuits · Law Enforcement Abuses · Libertarianism

Frivolous Lawsuits: Maybe the Baboons Will Countersue for Defamation

July 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Lawsuit stole her baby!

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Tags: Frivolous Lawsuits · New York City & State · Torts

Frivolous Lawsuits: They're Not Blaming the Park …

July 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

…they're just suing it.

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Another Frivolous MySpace Predator Lawsuit

March 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

The twin canards of "sue the deep pockets" and "it's never the parents' fault" strike again: In the lawsuit, the parents allege that Texas resident Kiley Ryan Bowers, now serving a nine-year prison term in California, "utilized the site to contact, seduce, meet, assault and then harass and torment" their 15-year-old daughter, Kristin Helms. Bowers [...]

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Frivolous Lawsuits · Privacy Issues