Litigation (Non-Arizona) Archives - Page 28 of 46

I Am Not Afraid of My Toyota Prius

I am very skeptical that Toyota is to blame for the small number of acceleration problems. So is the author of a column in the Washington Examiner: “I’ve been driving Toyota Priuses since 2001. As a junior defense lawyer in the mid-90s, I litigated a number of bogus sudden acceleration cases that were brought against General Motors. So the recent kerfuffle over alleged mysterious electronic problems with the Prius and other Toyotas has certainly caught my attention beyond just throwing my floor mat in the trunk.”

Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade for $100 Million Because Ad Used the Word Lindsay

Can you say bad publicity is better than no publicity? Former actress and paparazzi favorite party-girl Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit that should be a lot of fun to follow. She sued E-Trade over a commercial in which a baby had the audacity to say “Lindsay” without LiLo’s written permission. Everybody knows that when anybody says “Lindsay” they are referring to the one, the only Lindsay Lohan who must be properly compensated before her name can be used in vain in any commercial way.

See “Lindsay Lohan wants $100M over E-Trade ad” and “Lindsay Lohan sues over ;milkaholic’ E*Trade ad.” Here’s the complaint.

Junk Science Begets Junk Lawsuits

Investors Business Daily: “The rush to the courts is under way, triggered by two recent rulings allowing global warming claims to go forward against energy defendants for their emissions of carbon dioxide. A third such ruling may be coming soon, even though it becomes more obvious every day that man-made global warming is a myth and such lawsuits are frivolous. But plaintiffs’ lawyers love these suits because the financial stakes — and their contingent fees — are potentially enormous.”

Appeals Court OKs Hot Burger Lawsuit

Frank Sutton claims he was injured over five years ago when he bit into a McDonald’s hamburger and grease exploded onto his skin. The lawsuit went to trial in 2008, but just before the jury ruled, the judge threw out the case. Sutton appealed and now the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the case and sent it back to the trial court. Mr. Sutton was asking for $2 million in damages, which includes difficulty kissing on the lips. His doctor treated the injury with lip balm. I think the trial judge may have hit the ball out of the park when he dismissed the lawsuit and said:

“We all have some responsibility as a reasonable person to test the temperature of what we’re going to eat before we dive into it.”

Here’s the ruling of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. See also “Fourth Circuit Reinstates Exploding-Sandwich Lawsuit.”

Blimpie Sued for Not Having Double Meat in Its Sandwiches

Forget all the problems in the United States and the world, two crusaders who love to attack windmills are fighting our battles for us. See the story in Above the Law. The two plaintiffs sued Blimpie in a class action lawsuit for allegedly skimping on meat in Blimpie sandwiches. The plaintiffs claim that a 12 inch sandwich contains 50 grams of protein, but the double your meat version of the sandwich contains only 73 grams of protein. Holy false advertising Batman! Here’s the part of the complaint that really ticks me off:

They also claim that other Super Stacked sandwiches should not be called that because there are no regular-size sandwiches to which to compare them.

Dude, doesn’t Blimpie have any shame? Surely the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration or the Consumer Products Safety Commission will assign 20 or 30 staff to investigate and spend millions of dollars of our tax money prosecuting this travesty of justice and force Blimpie to get its sandwich names in line with applicable federal and state law and nail Blimpie for a massive fine to teach it a lesson. Where is the Food Police when you need them? Whoops. I forgot. The Food Police are busy busting bake sales in New York City Schools and going after dangerous hot dogs.