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A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.
This lawsuit is so amazingly frivolous that it almost makes the whole Twitter thing interesting again - I kind of hope this starts a trend. Amanda Bonnen (who up until she canceled her Twitter account had 20 followers) is reportedly being sued by Horizon Realty for “maliciously and wrongfully” publishing a tweet that may have damaged the company's reputation. Check out the offending tweet.
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/06/reasonable-consumer...
A woman in California sued PepsiCo because she was led to believe that Cap'n Crunch contained actual crunchberries. The U.S. District Court judge had to inform her of the sad truth before dismissing the case. Next thing you know they'll be saying that there is no such thing as “Booberries” and that Coco Puffs don't actually cause people to go “Coo Coo.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html?
The RIAA has just announced it will stop suing people and look for more effective ways to combat music piracy. It's a Christmas miracle! Or, a belated realization that suing teenagers for huge sums of money makes you look like a bunch of jerks.
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American Idol is suing former contestant Josiah Leming for breaking his contract by recording his debut album with Warner Brothers’ Reprise Records instead of “Idol”-approved Sony/BMG. Plus, his mom has terminal cancer, and he used to be homeless. Poor guy.
Business Buzz Not sure if you have a case? A new website will help you sue. Part lawyer referral service, part lawsuit evaluator, WhoCanISue.com will tell you if you’ve got a likely legal claim and pair you with a lawyer. It debuts in September, though the site’s founder is trying to sign up lawyers starting today at the American Bar Association meeting in New York.
Tech Buzz A judge orders Google to turn over its user histories to Viacom in their on-going lawsuit. Every record of every video ever watched — listed by username and IP address — is in Google’s 12 tera-byte file. We’ll finally get to know who’s been clicking on those YouTube porn hack videos.
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