Empire State Building – Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 23 May 2008 11:12:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 March 21 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/03/march-21-roundup/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:49:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6001 Updates galore: Bogus Michael Boyle v. Ford verdict tossed by appellate court. [Law.com] More on the Patent Troll Tracker lawsuit. [Law.com] Federal district court rejects challenge to Michigan Proposition 2 ban on racial set-asides after far too much litigation over the voter initiative. [Open Market Blog] Criminal charges reinstated against Empire State Building parachutist. [Turkewitz] […]

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]]> Suit: You kept me from jumping off the Empire State Building https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/suit-you-kept-me-from-jumping-off-the-empire-state-building/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/01/suit-you-kept-me-from-jumping-off-the-empire-state-building/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:30:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5750 Jeb Corliss is a professional stuntman and BASE jumper who has parachuted from the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but apparently none of his stunts compared to the trauma of being forbidden from jumping off the Empire State Building in 2006: he’s sued for $30 million, […]

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]]> Jeb Corliss is a professional stuntman and BASE jumper who has parachuted from the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but apparently none of his stunts compared to the trauma of being forbidden from jumping off the Empire State Building in 2006: he’s sued for $30 million, complaining that the stress of being handcuffed to the railing (after security officers pulled him down as he was climbing over the safety railing) has caused “emotional distress” and “adrenal fatigue.” The suit is a counterclaim to a suit the building filed against Corliss (for an only slightly less implausible $12 million) meant to deter other jumpers from endangering third parties; a judge had dismissed reckless endangerment criminal charges on grounds that Corliss wouldn’t actually endanger anyone by jumping, a ruling the city is appealing. [NY Times City Room Blog]

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