Miscellaneous

I know Jonathan Lee Riches. Jonathan Lee Riches is a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Jonathan Lee Riches!

Posted on January 22, 2008
Over at Above the Law, David Lat thinks that a new pro se litigant is giving our favorite crazy man, Jonathan Lee Riches, a run for his money. Lat, you're nuts. Riches is the best litigant, pro se or otherwise, ever. ...Ever. Will never be beat. Of course, that doesn't mean that Gregory Newman's new lawsuit isn't a peach anyways...

The mayors at night, steal your dogs on sight ... deep in the heart of Texas!

Posted on January 22, 2008
This story is about as fucking nuts as they come. It involves a Shih Tzu name Puddles and a small-town mayor being indicted for stealing the dog. The mayor's twin sister is also involved and as one reporter explains, the mayor even tried to pass herself off as her twin at some point...

The Daily Memo - 1/20/08

Posted on January 21, 2008
QuizLaw's taking the day off in honor of the good Reverend King, so this Daily Memo is all you're getting for the day. See ya' tomorrow.... The Supremes don't like them some Dennis Kucinich. (FindLaw) Now why would Virginia want to go and stop letting criminals and the mentally ill buy guns at gun shows? Makes no sense! (FindLaw) Speaking of guns, who don't love the law school gunners? (Above the Law) Lawyers are people too...

I'll see your Dance Party Friday, and I'll pull its sweater over its head and beat the shit out of it!

Posted on January 18, 2008
Folks seemed to like last week's Dance Party Friday, and I can't blame them. But we're going a different route this week. And I'm not even going to pretend that there's any sort of connection between these two videos and the kind of stuff we typically cover here on QuizLaw, because there's not...

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Defensive Much?

Posted on January 18, 2008
If you haven't seen the dustup that Mitt Romney had with an AP reporter yesterday yet, then you're missing arguably the highlight of the Republican's campaign so far. The reporter catches Romney in a half-truth, and Romney gets all get-off-my-lawn on him...

The Daily Memo - 1/18/08

Posted on January 18, 2008
Stupid Austrian Supreme Court, not allowing chimpanzees to be declared people. (FindLaw) That's a whole lotta cop. (Above the Law) Reader Three Elle e-mailed us to point out how proud she is that one of her professor has yet to learn the fine art of the BCC...

Eye Exams Now Come with Complimentary Toe Licks

Posted on January 18, 2008
Roman Tesfaye is suing an eye doctor and the doctor's former assistant after she got more than she bargained for during a recent eye exam: Tesfaye claims in the suit that when [Joseph] Vernell [the doctor's assistant] came into the exam room, he said he had to perform "a strip test" which involved him placing a strip in her eyes, after which she had to keep her eyes closed for five to seven minutes...

That's a lot of hooch!

Posted on January 18, 2008
Late last month, sheriff's deputies in Oregon found a Toyota sitting in a snowbank on a local highway at 11:30 a.m. It was still running and when they approached the car, 42-year-old Terri Comer was found sitting unconscious in the driver's seat. The car window was broken and rescuers pulled Comer out of the car...

Sisterly Love

Posted on January 17, 2008
Forty-four year old Geraldine Magda recently sat next to her older sister, Mary Ulwelling, as she was dying in a nursing home bed. Geraldine held her sister's hand and, one assumes, tried to comfort her. Shortly after Geraldine left, Mary passed, and other family members there began to mourn her loss...

Which one is the better headline?

Posted on January 17, 2008
"Cross-dressing groom turns up at his own wedding in a bride's dress and tells guests 'I'm a transvestite.'" ...or "Urinating soldier blamed for falling Fiji tourism."

That's the Honorable "No-Good Son of a Bitch!"

Posted on January 17, 2008
Man, a local judge down in Jacksonville is getting hammered right now. Seems that Circuit Judge Aaron Bowden decided to give his judicial assistant an early Christmas, firing her twelve days before the day of the birth of the Christ. The Chief Circuit Judge in Bowden's court has since called him a "no-good son of a bitch," and others are similarly hammering Bowden...

I'm Hot for Teacher

Posted on January 17, 2008
British commercials are way better than American ones. And so, apparently, are their teachers. A teacher has been suspended from her post at an independent school after pupils identified her on the internet as a model shown simulating sex in a ?raunchy? advertisement for workwear...

Five Arrests in Schenectady Prostitution Sweep

Posted on January 17, 2008
If prostitution sweeps were fishing trips, I think I'd probably throw them back in the lake. Ladies of Schenectady: Represent!

Packer Fans Bleed Crazy

Posted on January 17, 2008
If you're a fan of the Green Bay Packers, but you can't get your toddler son enthused about their playoff victory over the weekend, what do you do? Ask Mathew Kowald: Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn't wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team's playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him...

The Daily Memo - 1/17/08

Posted on January 17, 2008
Oh man! Hasbro and Mattel are trying to put the kibosh on Srabulous, the Scrabble rip-off over on Facebook. That's about the only thing I ever do with my stupid Facebook account. (Legal Intellects) A settlement gets a big fat nothing for the plaintiff, but a juicy $9...

Pick Flick!

Posted on January 17, 2008
This Slate V video is fantastic. Just fantastic....

Law Firm Advertisements that Work

Posted on January 16, 2008
Soft synthesizer music? Splattered watermelon? Cute child's testimony? Scare tactics? Check. Check. Check. And Check. You just can't get sleazier than this.

Stop Yer Bitchin': The Rectal Exam was a Freebie!

Posted on January 16, 2008
A construction worker who was hit in the forehead has filed a lawsuit against a NY hospital claiming that they forced a rectal examination on him. Brian Persaud, 38, says in court papers that after he denied a request by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital emergency room employees to examine his rectum, he was "assaulted, battered and falsely imprisoned...

That's Why the Stalls Have Doors!

Posted on January 16, 2008
Not Gay Senator Larry Craig's continuing efforts to withdraw his guilty plea have taken a turn toward the unexpected: Craig, of Idaho, is asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to let him withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct stemming from a bathroom sex sting at the Minneapolis airport...

The Daily Memo - 1/16/08

Posted on January 16, 2008
This bitch needs to be locked away forever -- a 25-year-old babysitter killed a 19-month-old toddler when she stuffed him in a sleeping bag and swung him around ... for fun! (WFSB) A British senior sales executive is going to receive a nice hunk of money now that she has won her sex discrimination claim...

Mike Huckabee scares the hell out of me

Posted on January 16, 2008
This is what he said on Monday: And that's what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards. Uhm, thanks Huck, but I'm all set with God's standards staying the hell out of my Constitution. Asshole.

MyMayor

Posted on January 16, 2008
In Arlington, Oregon, Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist has embraced the MySpace. Turns out, some of her constituents (of which there are only about 500, making Arlington the definition of "backwoods") aren't a fan of the MySpace. Or, rather, they're not a fan of the Mayor's page on MySpace...

Oh, Canada

Posted on January 16, 2008
Two great stories coming out of the Great White North: In Whitehorse, Yukon, Thomas Wood pulled off a DUI defendant?s slam-dunk dream: He basically convinced a judge that he?s too cheap to have bought enough beer to give him a .13 reading. And in Saskatchewan, a drug addict has won her lawsuit against her supplier for a particularly bad batch of crystal meth that sent her into a coma...

I dunno man, the year's still pretty fresh

Posted on January 16, 2008
South African police are laying claim to possibly having arrested the "dumbest criminal" of the year. As I say, it's a bit early to start talking about the dumbest criminal of the year, particularly considering how quiet Florida has been lately. But this dude probably has a good claim to the title of Dumbest Criminal of January...

I Got a Crush on Hillary

Posted on January 15, 2008
While I'm getting as tired as everyone else with the constant YouTube campaign videos, the latest, "I Got a Crush on Hillary" really does sort of belong in the upper echelon of crappy YouTube campaign vids. I mean: Shitty poseur rock! And calling Obama Girl a skank? It's catchy, too...

Let's Throw the Lawyers off the Empire State Building

Posted on January 15, 2008
Now, wait a second: Security guards, in 2006, prevented a daredevil from parachuting off the Empire State Building, possibly killing himself, and what do they get in return? A $30 million lawsuit. The dopey daredevil who tried to parachute off the Empire State Building is coming down on the landmark with a $30 million lawsuit...

QuizLaw's Picture of the Day

Posted on January 15, 2008
From the Daily Mail: Hurtling through the traffic, the cyclist probably thought he had got away with jumping a red light and nearly knocking over an elderly woman. But the pedestrian in question was 84-year-old Tory peer Baroness Sharples who perhaps inspired by Lady Thatcher, swiftly delivered her own form of retribution...

Crazy by Copyright Infringement

Posted on January 15, 2008
With all the good ol' original indie crazy out there, this guy has to rip off someone for his. And doesn't even credit the original? What a world! A man who believed he bore the biblical "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said...

The Daily Memo - 1/15/08

Posted on January 15, 2008
"I don't care if you've got cancer -- you'll show your chemo-bald head in my court or I'll find you in contempt!" (Above the Law) New Jersey joins Maryland in a compact that the states hope will eventually lead to the death of the Electoral College. (FindLaw) The "supernote" counterfeit $100 bills have folks flummoxed the world over...

Warning: Impending Pun Alert

Posted on January 15, 2008
Listen, I am not a big sports guy. I have no idea what the big deal is. One thing I do know is that the name Tom Brady elicits very strong emotions in people, including the two proprietors of this site. So when I found this, I figured it was crazy enough to go here...

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