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“Documentary Gives Hot Issue Caffeinated Jolt”

From Sunday’s New York Times television section, an article about an upcoming HBO documentary dealing with the heretofore infamous “Lady sues McDonald’s for being burnt by a cup of spilled coffee” case. You’ll have to watch it for me: I … Continue reading

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A quartet of new and notable lawsuits

From the NYT: Florida: Lawsuit Alleges That Arrests Are Retaliation for Atheism. An atheist in Central Florida filed suit in Federal District Court in Tampa on Friday, accusing the Polk County sheriff, an evangelical Christian, of harassing and unnecessarily arresting … Continue reading

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My Notice of Claim against the City of New York

If a case is going to name a municipality as a defendant, the plaintiff must give the municipality a heads up, via a fairly short form called a Notice of Claim. You’ve focused on Notices of Claim in newspaper articles, … Continue reading

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