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

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

Lawrence King's Deadbeat Parents Suing Taxpayers for His Murder

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 [...]

Are Court Fees as Wrong as Poll Taxes?

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 [...]

Frivolous Lawsuits: Maybe the Baboons Will Countersue for Defamation

Lawsuit stole her baby!

Frivolous Lawsuits: They're Not Blaming the Park …

…they're just suing it.

Another Frivolous MySpace Predator Lawsuit

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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