The Altoona Curve a minor league baseball team is sponsoring—Salute to Frivolous Lawsuit Night
ALTOONA- Inspired by a Los Angeles Angels fan who filed a lawsuit against the club because he did not receive a red nylon tote bag as part of the major league club's Mother’s Day promotion last May, the Altoona Curve have announced that they will be holding Salute to Frivolous Lawsuit Night as part of their Sunday, July 2nd game at Blair County Ballpark.
The Curve’s salute to all ridiculous lawsuits ever filed will include the following:A Pink Tote Bag Giveaway to the first 137 men in attendance ages 18 and over
The first 137 women 18 and over will receive lukewarm coffee so they will not burn themselves
The first 137 kids will be given a beach ball with a warning not to ingest it
Angels merchandise and novelty items given away throughout the game
Honoring some of history's "Most Frivolous Lawsuits" during the game
A grand prize drawing in which one fan will receive a “clue” and their own frivolous lawsuit.
via Dave Berry See commentary at Overlawyered on what started this line of nonsense.
May 18, 2006
Tons more frivolous lawsuits at FuckedSuit.com, and some not-so frivolous...
Posted by: garraeth | May 19, 2006 at 02:00 AM
There are no doubt many frivolous lawsuits, the fan's suit against the Angels being one of the more humorous. OTOH, there are also many rightful claims that never get brought--and these of course are much harder to identify or count. Just for the record, the fact that the McDonald's coffee case has become the poster child for tort reform is ONE BIG MISTAKE. McDonald's was so far in the wrong in that case--the poor woman suffered third-degree burns in her groin--that the case instead ought to serve as the poster child for the success of spin. Check out the facts at the webpages below, or Google for yourself.
http://www.lizardkingdom.org/archives/2006/05/reality_check_o_2.html
http://lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm
Posted by: Fred Tung | May 19, 2006 at 01:56 PM
That's not to mention the fact that the jury reached that decision precisely because the plaintiff's lawyer revealed the fact that 23 other people had also suffered serious burns from the same over-hot McDonald's coffee. That is, the case ended up as a de facto class-action suit. Do be a bit less selective in your presentation of evidence, Professor.
Posted by: Bruce Moomaw | May 30, 2006 at 07:52 PM
Correction: that's over 700 burns, although the number of third-degree ones is only described as "some".
Posted by: Bruce Moomaw | May 30, 2006 at 07:57 PM
There is another side to the McDs story too.
http://www.overlawyered.com/2005/10/urban_legends_and_stella_liebe.html
Posted by: Martin | May 31, 2006 at 08:59 AM