Lawsuits in the News

The filing of lawsuits has increased to such an extent that it could be described as a national pastime. Below are links to just a few of the recent reports found in the press. If you’ve read about a ridiculous lawsuit in your local media, please share the link with us.

Please keep in mind that some newspaper links become outdated within two to four weeks and no longer work. We apologize for any non-working links.

• Woman Sues Miss California USA Pageant New York Times · Apr 11, 2008
• Injured jet ski passenger claims operator jumped wake of another vessel Madison County Record · Apr 10, 2008
• Neighbors’ lawsuit says school soccer violates noise ordinance York Daily Record · Apr 10, 2008
• NJ high court ices lawsuit on puck injury Newsday · Apr 10, 2008
• Tampa fights lawsuit over Civil War-era loan WWSB - ABC 7 Florida · Apr 9, 2008
• Canceled Season Has Football Players Riled Law.com · Apr 8, 2008
• Lawsuit: Woman can’t be president Reno Gazette-Journal · Apr 8, 2008
• George Lucas sues British designer who made Star Wars storm-trooper helmets Mirror · Apr 7, 2008
• Lawsuits arising from online video games and virtual worlds Sun-Sentinel.com · Apr 6, 2008
• Video game fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from World of Warcraft Sun-Sentinel.com · Apr 6, 2008
• Lawsuit Claim: Students’ Lecture Notes Infringe on Professor’s Copyright Wired · Apr 4, 2008
• Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Bra Injured Her WYFF4 · Apr 3, 2008
• Jerome Kerviel to sue SocGen over sacking Times Online · Apr 3, 2008
• Cockfighting fans battle federal ban, file lawsuit in Ohio WTOL11 · Apr 3, 2008
• School held liable in students’ DUI wreck Miami Herald · Apr 1, 2008
• Lawsuit: Huge Atom Smasher Could Destroy World Fox News · Mar 31, 2008
• Bertuzzi files court action against Crawford National Post · Mar 28, 2008
• Low graduation rate draws Florida lawsuit Christian Science Monitor · Mar 26, 2008
• Lawsuit Claims Oprah Audience Got Rough ABC News · Mar 21, 2008
• Starbucks Ordered to Pay $100 Million for Tip-Pooling Law.com · Mar 21, 2008