{"id":493813,"date":"2010-03-31T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.cjac.org,2010:\/\/1.1054"},"modified":"2010-03-31T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T15:24:33","slug":"it-may-be-april-fools%e2%80%99-day-but-these-lawsuits-are-no-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/493813","title":{"rendered":"It May Be April Fools\u2019 Day, but These Lawsuits Are No Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long-overdue legal reforms needed in California to reduce the number of foolish lawsuits<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO <\/span>– Many lawsuits are legitimate cases filed by people who were injured in some way and deserve their day in court. Unfortunately, there are many other lawsuits that can only be described as frivolous – or worse, cases in which cynical plaintiffs’ lawyers file suit in hopes of a big payday.<\/p>\n

In recognition of April Fools Day, here is CJAC<\/span>’s annual roundup of cases we can only wish were make-believe, and perhaps would be if the state and the nation enacted meaningful legal reforms.<\/p>\n

What – There Are Other People Named Lindsay?<\/strong> Celebrity Lindsay Lohan recently filed a $100 million lawsuit against E-Trade, claiming the hit ad unveiled during this year’s Super Bowl that depicted a boyfriend-stealing milkaholic baby named Lindsay defamed her. Lohan’s lawyer said the actress is so well-known that her first name brings instant recognition.<\/p>\n

Are They Cereal Litigants?<\/strong> A man filed suit in San Francisco last year, accusing Kellogg’s of misleading consumers by calling its popular cereal “Froot Loops.” The man said he bought and ate several boxes of the product based on his mistaken belief that the cereal actually contained fruit – apparently not bothering to look at the nutrition information prominently displayed on each box. The case was similar to another class action lawsuit in San Francisco in which a woman claimed she was misled by the makers of Cap’n Crunch Crunchberries. Happily, both cases were thrown out.<\/p>\n

Convicted Armed Robber Sues Victim for Fighting Back<\/strong> A Michigan man serving an 8- to 22-year sentence for attempting to rob a party store of cash and cigarettes has filed a lawsuit against the store’s owner and some of its employees for shooting him during the botched armed robbery attempt. The convicted felon is seeking more than $125,000 for pain and suffering and emotional distress.<\/p>\n

She Should Have Turned the Thing Off in the First Place<\/strong> A woman is suing a Niles, Illinois, movie theater for injuries she said she sustained after the armrest fell from the upright position and struck her in the head when she bent down to “discreetly” answer her cell phone during a showing of The Incredible Hulk. The woman claims the falling armrest caused her to lose consciousness, gave her a concussion, experience blurred vision, and suffer “a large bump on her head.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long-overdue legal reforms needed in California to reduce the number of foolish lawsuits SACRAMENTO – Many lawsuits are legitimate cases filed by people who were injured in some way and deserve their day in court. Unfortunately, there are many other lawsuits that can only be described as frivolous – or worse, cases in which cynical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6552,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}