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Entries Tagged as 'Frivolous Lawsuits'

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 claim. King was [...]

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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 cases, $397.50 for [...]

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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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Tags: Frivolous Lawsuits

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 pleaded [...]

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Frivolous Lawsuits · Privacy Issues