Claim of the Week

Thanks, ClaimsJournal: A judge has thrown out a New Jersey man’s lawsuit against a Greenwich Village pub over injuries he suffered following a beer pong game. The man played for 3½ hours, then got hit by a car while crossing a highway in Manalapan, NJ, 45 miles away. Berger claimed the bar should have been [...]

Claim of the Week: Twitter edition

ClaimsJournal: PhoneDog LLC filed a lawsuit in July against Noah Kravitz, a writer who worked for the Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, company from 2006 until last year. Attorneys for the website, which reviews mobile devices like phones and tablets, said Kravitz owes them $340,000. The company said when Kravitz resigned, he changed his Twitter name [...]

Claim of the Week – Cop writes ticket, seeks date, gets sued

A Chicago police officer allegedly turned a $132 speeding ticket into a pick-up opportunity when he later tracked down the female driver and asked her out, saying the least he could do for the money he cost her was to treat her to dinner, according to a lawsuit  the woman filed in federal court. This happens quite [...]

Claim of the Week: The meteor made me do it.

Via L.A. Times: Man drives off cliff while watching a meteor shower. A man trying to catch a glimpse of the Geminid meteor shower ending up driving his Mustang off a cliff in the Angeles National Forest, officials said Wednesday. Fortunately, minor injuries.

Claim of the Week: The Million-Dollar Crash/Fraud

Via Houston Chronicle: GALVESTON – Lufkin auto dealer Andy House had no idea a video camera was running as his $1.2 million Bugatti Veyron EB plunged into a La Marque lagoon two years ago. House told police that a seagull made him veer off the Interstate 45 feeder road and into 3 feet of salt water. The [...]

Claim of the Week: Sno-Globe Hazard Edition

A couple weeks ago TSA busted me for trying to smuggle a sno-globe in my carry-on. I had no idea . . . . PETOSKEY, Mich. — An insurance company has filed a lawsuit seeking $1.8 million from Hallmark Cards and another company over a defective snow globe blamed for a fire that destroyed a [...]

Claim of the Week: Puppy love

Via Advisen and the Houston Chronicle: FORT WORTH — A Texas appeals court reinstated a couple’s lawsuit against an animal shelter that accidentally euthanized their 8-year-old dog, ruling that they can sue to recover the sentimental value of their pet. Randy Turner, the attorney for plaintiffs Jeremy and Katherine Medlen, said this would be the first [...]

Claim of the Week: Comp fraud, Vol. Whatever

Ohio Man Caught on Camera Roofing While on Workers’ Comp. Common enough news story, except the video also showed him . . . . . . leaving the worksite to attend a hearing on his workers’ comp case, and later returning to finish the job.  

Claim of the Week: Hiding over the Hill Edition

Amazon sued in Seattle over revealing actress’ age. SEATTLE — An actress is suing Amazon.com in federal court in Seattle for more than $1 million for revealing her age on its Internet Movie Database website and refusing to remove the reference when asked. The actress is not named in the lawsuit filed Thursday that refers [...]

Claim of the Week: Hybrids and the Hurst tool

Interesting this week from ClaimsJournal: On Interstate 84 recently, a taxi became lodged under a tractor-trailer after being struck from behind. The first priority for firefighters was getting the victim out of the car but because the vehicle had been so severely damaged, no one noticed it was a hybrid. If the battery pack was [...]