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By: Notes from the (Legal) Underground

Notes from the (Legal) Underground — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:16:26 +0000

Meanwhile, at the White House, The Tort-Reformer-In-Chief Is Mulling Legislation That Would Make All Small-Claims Actions Automatically Removable to Federal Court

For four days, good-hearted citizens across the land have been expressing shock and outrage about the two girls who were sued by a neighbor for delivering cookies as a gift–and lost, to the tune of nine-hundred big ones. But today,

By: f/k/a . . . .

f/k/a . . . . — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 12:48:52 +0000

the cookie curmudgeon checks in

Somebody needs to register a cautionary dissent to the tongue-clucking

By: A Stitch in Haste

A Stitch in Haste — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:32:17 +0000

Judge Judy, Please Report to Colorado, STAT!

What exactly is the tort here? Trespass? Negligence? Negligent infliction of emotional distress? I’m stumped. UPDATE: Overlawyered has a good follow-up post with links and excerpts…

By: Six Meat Buffet

Six Meat Buffet — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 21:14:11 +0000

C is for Cookie

Because these girls knocked on the door and left cookies, Young suffered an “anxiety attack” and wound up in the ER the next day claiming that she thought she was having a heart attack.