New Legal News

Dougherty, 57 , was found glued to a toilet inside home depot.

He sued the DIY megastore for negligence as employees alledgedly ignored him. He claims to be suffering from post traumatic stress as a result, and says that during his toilet entrapment his suffered a panic attack.

He was stuck to a toilet seat  for 20 minutes before an employee entered, and then promptly left figuring Dougherty to be a prankster. Later he finally convinced another employee to summon help. WHen EMs arrived they were unable to remove him and so detached the seat transorting him to the hospital with a seat attached to his rump.

Dougherty asked for 3 million. Home Depot offered 2000.

A lawsuit brought by a woman named Macie Meckler against the “old orchard mall” due to a excitable squirrel. This squirrel jumped upon the womans leg while she was visiting the outdoor mall.

Meckler had her confrontation with the squirell back in 2004. While she was running and  attempting to remove the squirel she fell and suffered severe injuries.

The suit says its the fault of the mall that the squirrel attacked her.

The suit claims that the squirrel was known and was allowed to remain on the property despite having harrassed customers before. And claims it was encouraged by employees who fed it.

Trees in “The Garden” heh, who woulda thought….

The plaintiff contends that the managment failed to warn her that squirrels live in trees.

Great way to net 50 grand hey?

Insurance companies are well hated for a reason. Sentry insurance is suing an 81 year old woman becuz the insurance company had to pay workers comp to a parcel delivery worker becuz that worker fall on some ice located on the the seniors property.

Insurance companies are largely frowned at because of some practices that, while legal, are considered immoral. Things like lying, or making people feel bullied, or denying katrina victims claims. theres been instances where the insurance company has compensated doctors to dispute claims as well.

Sentry Insurance profitted 245.5 million in the year 2005, and is now suing a senior citizen becuz it paid on one workers worker compensation.
Insurance companies want you to pay them, but they want to never process a claim. Oddly, they have lawyers, but they always advise you not to get one… Definately get one!

Looks like Peter Pan peanut will be in stores again. The peanut butter brand was removed from stores previously after an enormous salmonella episode.

The manufacturer ConAgra is offering us a 100% satisfaction gurantee, I guess i assumed that we had that previously?

the salmonella present in the product affected 635 people across 47 states. Thats a large area of coverage, i hope we wont see this kind of thing in the future. What is most disturbing in my opinion is the number one consumer of peanut butter is the wee ones. The kids were affected the worst but this illness. I wish them all the best!

The man, was riding a motorcycle. He was in the village of Waterford. There was just one car in front of him at the stop light. When out of nowhere a very large truck comes at him from the opposite lane, hitting him, and driving him into a SUV.

The victim loss part of his foot in the accident, a chunk of his foot was actually found on site. He recieved many fractures from the hip all the way down.

The man was rushed to AMC. In a very short time he when in surgery. Surgeons worked very hard to repair the victim, and in due course, his foot was amputated. No dice. Less than 2 weeks later he had yet another operation, this time to amputate his leg, just under the knee. He spent a total of a month and a half in the hospital.

The jury gave a unanimous verdict, and found the defendant responsible.