At my Cato blog Overlawyered I’ve been pulling together month-by-month highlights of stories from last year. I’m currently up to May in the series. Here’s a small sampling of my favorites:
- “Cleveland police union plans to sue toy gun makers”;
- “Recruiting on campus might be an age discrimination violation”;
- “N.J.: ‘Drunken driver hurt in crash sues bars for serving him alcohol’”;
- Before bringing a monkey into the courthouse in your purse, read this;
- Federal judge orders UPS delivery giant to pay nearly $247 million for not asking questions about bulk shipments from Indian reservations (they contained untaxed cigarettes);
- Third Circuit: neighbors who criticized condo residents over emotional support dogs must face civil rights suit;
- “Cheating Frenchman sues Uber for unmasking his mistress”;
- EPA cracks down on household wood-burning in Alaska, in winter;
- Hit show “Hamilton” sued over lack of audio descriptive services for blind patrons;
- Honda calls car owners to warn of defective airbags, gets sued by class action lawyer under federal junk-call law TCPA;
- Clichés come to life: lawyer’s pants catch fire during final argument;
- Judge greenlights ADA suit by blind man not allowed to walk up to McDonald’s drive-through window after regular store hours.
Read the whole series here.
