If you were asked to come up with a list of professionals whose careers were dependent on their hands, you might start that list with people like construction workers, or musicians, or artists. HR Managers, however, probably wouldn’t be high on that list. But not if you ask Carmen Mazo...
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Only a few weeks into 2016, the year so far has been a fast ride. The stock market has plunged. The campaign trail rhetoric is now blazing hot, with the presidential primary season only weeks away. There have been several high-profile celebrity deaths, and nearly a third of the...
Man Sues Makers of “Fallout 4” Video Game, Claiming “Addiction” to Game
A man from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, is suing the Bethesda, MD, gaming company Bethesda Softworks, makers of Fallout 4, claiming that he didn’t know the game would be “so addictive.” “Apparently, after seeing an advertisement for the game, the man decided to download it and spend a few hours...
MasterCard Blasts ‘Baseless’ Lawsuit Over Its ‘Stand Up To Cancer’ Fundraising Promotion
We guess it’s true that no good deed goes unpunished. “Baseless” and “disappointing” is how a spokesperson for MasterCard labels a class action against the company over its “Stand Up To Cancer” charity fundraising promotion. The lawsuit, filed by a New...
Woman Sues Over Alleged Injury She Incurred at Children’s Birthday Party … 12 years Ago
Twelve years ago, former Buffalo Sabres defenseman Grant Ledyard and his wife hosted a birthday party for their son. During that party, apparently channeling the Hanson Brothers from the classic hockey movie, Slap Shot, a child “swung a plastic golf club and struck 11-year-old Brianna...
Hugs — even those from family members — can be uncomfortable, and even unwanted. But can they be “negligent?” That’s what one New York woman claimed in a recent bizarre and ridiculous lawsuit … against her own nephew. Four years ago Jennifer Connell attended the 8th birthday party of her...
British nature photographer David Slater positioned a camera for a 6-year-old macaque monkey for a series of popular “monkey selfies” — and now animal rights activists have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the monkey, not Slater, owns the copyright to the photos. The suit was...
Man robs a bank. Tries to flee. Points a gun at a police officer. Gets shot twice. Then, he sues the county for $3.6 million? Believe it or not, that’s exactly what happened. Todd Kirkpatrick was interrupted by the police in the middle of a bank robbery and ran away from a Snohomish...
75 percent of attorneys at U.S. companies say a state’s lawsuit environment is likely to impact important business decisions at their company, including where to locate or expand according to a new survey released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR). That is an 18 percent...
FedEx, and every other delivery service, places packages on the doorways of homes. That’s what they do. One Florida woman, however, allegedly fell over a package placed in her doorway by FedEx and is seeking money for “severe physical pain, mental anguish and...