TGIF! As a special Happy Hour treat brought to you by your Bar-tender, why not revisit some of the more memorable cases served up right here?
Where are they now?
Take a look at these links covering suits first reported here on Bar-tender.
Dog Uses Balcony As His Bathroom was followed up by Micah Maidenberg on the Chicago Journal. Read the post here entitled Fido's Poop Must Go Now.
Brookfield Zoo Sued for Dolphin Splash Leading to Slip and Fall was reported on by many outlets. Check out this commentary at Lowering the Bar and this link at The Landmark.
Palatine Man Alleges Sexual Harassment by Female Boss was discussed on NBC Chicago at this link.
In other legal news
Today, police Supt. Jody Weis had something to say about suits against police officers. Read about it here.
There've been a few of those types of cases reported on Bar-tender. Remember this one?
Man sues Chicago Cop for Arrest While "Breaking Into" His Own Car. Read it again here.
A Brief Respite
Now, I must inform you that I will not be at my desk next week. But, I'll be back!! In the meantime, during my absence, I'm conducting a poll. Sort of. A very unscientific poll. I want to know ~ What case reported here or anywhere grabbed your attention the most? Register your vote by commenting below.
2 Comments
jack said:
Dead Priest's wife got the most reader comments, and seems to have raised interesting issues of trust law, both express and constructive.
However, the ones that grab my attention most are those that seem to be frivolous in the sense of being open to an easy motion to dismiss or summary judgment, the topper being the guy who supposedly remembers sucking on a plastic piece of toy food when 2 and immediately being seriously and permanently injured (and, as someone points out, is apparently being represented by a relative), followed by the guy believing that he was a victim of racial discrimination on the CTA, but not pleading any facts to support that, the red light fine one, and the folks suing mommy. I thought your predecessor's purpose was to focus on these types of litigation abuse, without comment on her part. On the other hand, those complaints that seem to clearly state a cause of action don't get much of any comment from your readers.
jack said:
Going beyond here to anywhere, I'm grabbed by the fact that the Tribune reports on the Sun-Times bankruptcy, while the Sun-Times reports on the Tribune bankruptcy. Of course, later in the week, each reports on its own.
For instance, the Tribune finally reported on the motion by the preexisting creditors that turning the company over to the leveraged buyout financiers would be a fraudulent conveyance. While the reporters do seek the view of a bankruptcy professor, they write it off as a tactic, not remembering (probably because they are not old enough) that the same thing came up in the Wieboldt's case, about 20 years ago. Of course, you don't see Wieboldt's at the northeast corner of State and Madison anymore. Something for the Trib. to think about.
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