Comments on: Sued for taking baths too early

By: Shecky Svoboda

Shecky Svoboda — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:30:15 +0000

The trial of the century is coming up March 22. We will finally learn if the “tyranny of the tub” will finally be brought to heel by Mr.Montgomery Burns, er, Smithers, er Smith, as he champions the cause of his own well-heeled progenitors as they seek what will no doubt be sizeable damages from this wreckless and negligently impudent member of the lesser class. Bluebloods everywhere (whose own baths are drawn for them at civilized hours of the day) will no doubt breathlessly await the results of Mssr. Smith’s “full frontal” assault.

By: f/k/a (formerly ethicalEsq)

f/k/a (formerly ethicalEsq) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:04:25 +0000

get that lawyer out of my shower

Is “My Mommy made me do it,” a defense for bringing a frivolous claim? How about, “Plaintiffs threatened to disown me”?

By: Unused and Probably Unusable

Unused and Probably Unusable — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:40:08 +0000

Blawg Review #47

Welcome one and all to the 47th Blawg Review. Much as the 78th annual Academy Awards last night celebrated excellence in film (congratulations to the…

By: PunditGuy

PunditGuy — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:48:41 +0000

Our Warm and Fuzzy Litigious Society

This sets a new standard. A couple, aged 83 and 78 respectively, are suing their upstairs neighbor, Shannon Peterson for bathing too early in the morning. h/t Overlawyered via Coyote Blog…

By: Coyote Blog

Coyote Blog — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:15:16 +0000

Sued for Taking a Bath

Via Overlawyered, is the incredible story of Shannon Peterson, who is being sued for taking a bath before work. Really:Many people find the sound of running water soothing and peaceful. Not Marvin and Goldie Smith, who have sued their neighbor

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:47:03 +0000

The Denver Post story sez that the condo homeowners association board has already told the plaintiffs that their demands are out of line and if the noise bothers them they should insulate their own unit.

According to the newspaper story, Ms. Peterson had already spent plenty of bucks having her bathroom tile removed, pipes insulated – and even hired sound engineers to measure the sound levels, who found no excessive noise.

I suspect they didn’t sue the HOA board because they figured they’d get too much pushback if they did that, vs. cutting a mere schoolteacher out of the herd and drawing a bead on her.

By: h0mi

h0mi — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:22:40 +0000

This is easily the most bizarre lawsuit I’ve heard of… I’d imagine there should’ve been discussions with the HOA to resolve the actual problem- noisy pipes, rather than go after another tenant.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:10:54 +0000

I started to e-mail Holland & Hart to shame them for allowing an employee to enter into such trivality, then stopped out of fear thet I would find myself being sued for making too much electronic noise!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:11:10 +0000

There must be more to the story than has been told. Why did they not complain to or sue the more likely candidate: The apartment management firm or the condo board? Sounds like a blatant case of intimidation to me.

By: BlogOfStupidity.com

BlogOfStupidity.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:59:10 +0000

Teacher being sued for bathing too early

Shannon Peterson is being sued by her upstairs neighbors. Seems Ms. Peterson, a special education teacher, is in the habit of bathing before she goes to work. The elderly neighbors, the Smiths, have complained that Peterson running the water causes …