News Flash: Hot Fajitas are Hot
In West Ampton, New Jersey, a court ruled to toss out a lowsuit brought by a man against Applebe’s Nieghborhood Grill & Bar after he leaned over a plate of sizzling Fajitas to pray and was subsuqyently burned. In dismissing the case, an appelate court ruled that the plantif should have known the hot food posed an “open and obvious danger.” March 5, 2015
I Hit My Eye . . . I’m suing!
In Brentwood, New Hampshire, a man who was blinded in one eye by a golf ball that he himself hit has sued the Canadia Woods golf course, saying he was not adequately warned about yard markers on the course that caused the ricochet. The accident occurred when a ball bounced off a yardage marker and struck him in the right eye.The 67-year-old complaintant argues that the markers were too rigid and improperly placed. (USA Today, 2-6-2009, p. 5A)
Suing God
In Lincoln, Nebraska, state senator Ernie Chambers, a registered independent, says he intends to take his lawsuit against God to the state Supreme Court. In October of 2008, a Douglas County judge threw out the suit, saying that chambers failed to serve notice to God. The senator countered that since God is all knowing, he already knows of the lawsuit. Chambers is seeking a permanent injunction against God, who he accuses of bringing death and violence to the world. (USA Today, 11-7-2008, p. 17A)
College Prep in Preschool
In New York City, a woman filed a lawsuit against her daughter’s preschool, saying the school hurt the girl’s chances of attaining an Ivy League education. The mother, Nicole Imprescia, argues that “getting a child into the Ivy League starts in nursery school,” and that the $19,000-a-year York avenue preschool wronged her 4-year-old daughter, Lucia, by mixing her in with a class of 3-year-olds, where an undue emphasis was placed on “shapes and colors.” (The Week, 3-25-2011, p. 6) My God, some parents need to relax. I feel sorry for the poor girl of this tiger mom – and the undue stress that this woman is going to put herself through over the next 14 years.
Improper Alligator Warnings
A man from Ohio was suing the Ocean Creek Golf Club in South Carolina, arguing that the design of the course concealed an alligator that tore his arm off. Though the course has signs warning that native alligators may be present, James Wiencek says that the “dark, brackish” water in the pond on the 11th hole makes it hard to see “large, aggressive alligators” that might be lying in wait for golfers trying to retrieve errant balls. (The Week, 2-11-2011, p. 6)
Suing Mom
In Illinois, an appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by two grown children who had sued their mom for “bad mothering.” While bad parents can certainly do more harm than other things which we award millions of dollars for, this doesn’t seem to be the case here: the suit cites as examples of injustice that she failed to buy enough toys, “haggled” over the amount spent on party dresses, and sent a birthday card that her son didn’t like. (The Week, 9-9-2011, p. 4)
Trauma From Pink Underwear
A Delaware man sued a medical clinic after waking up from a colonoscopy to find himself wearing a pair of pink women’s underwear. The 32 year old was employed at the Delaware Surgery Center at the time of the incident and claims that the “extreme and outrageous” joke his colleges played on him resulted in “severe emotional stress and mental anguish.” (Oct. 2014)