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The Municipal Court in Morrow County, Ohio (two counties up from Columbus), has just decided that, due to budget cuts, no new cases (civil or criminal) can be filed unless whoever files (private citizens or the district attorney) brings in his own box of paper so the court can print up the required notices (Seriously). Columbus Dispatch
Mexican Carlos Slim made the Forbes magazine richest-people list as numero tres (after Gates and Buffett), but a countryman ranked lower down on the list of the world's 793 billionaires got even more press: Joaquin Guzman Loera, the well-known head of the country's Sinaloa drug cartel. (Colombia's Pablo Escobar was on the list for 7 yrs!) CNN
Everybody knows there's no suing in baseball. If a spectator gets hit with a foul ball, or a splintered bat, he can't sue anybody. It's printed right on the ticket, and judges always uphold that. It's an"assumption of the risk" by the fan, judges say. Except for these five judges . . on the Iowa Supreme Court. Little spectator Tara Sweeney got hit when the bat slipped out of a player's hands, sailed 120 feet, and smacked her on the head, for which Mother Sweeney wants the big bucks. The trial judge dismissed Mom's lawsuit out of hand (because there's no suing in baseball!), but now the Supreme Court reversed and ordered the case onward. (Bonus: Mom had additionally signed an actual waiver of liability because Tara was on a sponsored field trip!) Des Moines Register
Mexican Carlos Slim made the Forbes magazine richest-people list as numero tres (after Gates and Buffett), but a countryman ranked lower down on the list of the world's 793 billionaires got even more press: Joaquin Guzman Loera, the well-known head of the country's Sinaloa drug cartel. (Colombia's Pablo Escobar was on the list for 7 yrs!) CNN
Everybody knows there's no suing in baseball. If a spectator gets hit with a foul ball, or a splintered bat, he can't sue anybody. It's printed right on the ticket, and judges always uphold that. It's an"assumption of the risk" by the fan, judges say. Except for these five judges . . on the Iowa Supreme Court. Little spectator Tara Sweeney got hit when the bat slipped out of a player's hands, sailed 120 feet, and smacked her on the head, for which Mother Sweeney wants the big bucks. The trial judge dismissed Mom's lawsuit out of hand (because there's no suing in baseball!), but now the Supreme Court reversed and ordered the case onward. (Bonus: Mom had additionally signed an actual waiver of liability because Tara was on a sponsored field trip!) Des Moines Register
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no suing in baseball Did little Sweeny cry? Cause if she did then the baseball commission should sue her. There's no crying in baseball.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/16/09 at 12:35 PM
(1) An important lesson for killers in Morrow County, Ohio: if you kill someone, steal all their stationery.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 03/16/09 at 12:39 PM
Baseball - They, and everyone around them, had 120 feet to see it coming and NO ONE caught the thing?!?!?
Morrow - Where's the guy residing who keep filing the inane lawsiuts? Transfer him to Ohio!
Morrow - Where's the guy residing who keep filing the inane lawsiuts? Transfer him to Ohio!
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/16/09 at 01:06 PM
Forbes - I wonder how much the gals in Chattanooga make...I'll bet if I move there I can make this list in no time considering the competition I'll be up against.
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/16/09 at 01:08 PM
Jules - Let me know when you make the move. I'll plan a trip there to help you get started.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/16/09 at 01:11 PM
It's gonna cost ya...
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/16/09 at 01:13 PM
You can't make payments in maple syrup, Maxx.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 03/16/09 at 01:16 PM
Just wait until you see what I want you to do, Jules.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/16/09 at 01:20 PM
Not sure if I should be intrigued or frightened?
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/16/09 at 01:27 PM
Be afraid....be very afraid. mwahahahahahahaha!!!
Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/16/09 at 01:29 PM
In that case it's going to cost you A LOT!
Any by the way, how do you know it's out of my comfort zone - I could be a total freak in that area - you don't know 😉
Any by the way, how do you know it's out of my comfort zone - I could be a total freak in that area - you don't know 😉
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/16/09 at 01:33 PM
Jules, when I close my eyes and rely just on my imagination...oh, yeah baby!...you are freaky!
Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/16/09 at 01:39 PM
Both y'all are freaky! Now get a ream of paper and go watch some baseball.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/16/09 at 02:02 PM
But I bet Morrow County has seen a huge decline in the number of frivolous lawsuits brought about because people have too little brains and too much free time. And if we can prove such a decline has occured, I think we should adopt this strategy everywhere else. Just think of it, no more time and money wasted on lawsuits such as "I'm suing my neighbor because his apple tree dropped apples on my side of the fence."
Posted by Nethie on 03/16/09 at 06:18 PM
Jules - I think that you and I should set up shop in Chattanooga. MM can be our first customer. *note to self: set up some sort of delivery schedule for maple syrup*
Paper - I have to provide a ream of paper for my daughter every school year. Sometimes they need more or ask for donations. Perhaps we can get Mexican Carlos Slim to donate some of his drug money to Texas schools?
Paper - I have to provide a ream of paper for my daughter every school year. Sometimes they need more or ask for donations. Perhaps we can get Mexican Carlos Slim to donate some of his drug money to Texas schools?
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 03/16/09 at 09:05 PM
I ask again (rhetorically): Where's all this money that's supposed to come in from the state lotteries?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/17/09 at 12:54 AM
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