Yeah, firing a bottle rocket out of your butt is never a good idea. And it’s even worse if it fails to launch! From the recently filed West Virginia case of Helmburg v. The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and Travis Hughes: Defendant Hughes was highly intoxicated … and decided in…
Articles Posted in Strange Court Filings
Wait, You Mean Metal Gets Hot In The Sun? Get Out!
So, you’re telling me that if metal is exposed to the sun, it’ll get hot? NFW! Who would have thought that? Not this woman, who had some wire in her bathing suit (guess where) and got burned. As reported by The New York Post: A Long Island sun worshipper landed…
Having Sex While Driving 85 MPH?
You can allege anything. The question is, can you prove it? Check out the allegations in a lawsuit currently pending in Fairfax County (Virginia) Circuit Court, as reported in The Washington Post: Paragraph 10. “At the time of the collision, Defendant was going 85 miles per hour.” Paragraph 12. “At…
Drug Trafficker Appeals Over Dog In Courtroom?
If you’re serving 15 years in prison, how better to spend your time than trying to get yourself out of prison? This gent came up with an interesting theory that, though it hasn’t yet succeeded, it at least passed one court’s smell test. As reported in The South Florida Sun-Sentinel:…
Seriously? A Motion To Continue A Trial For That?
Regular Juice readers may recall that this will not be the first post involving a Motion to Continue a trial due to … a football game! I’m sure it won’t be the last, unfortunately. And just in case you think that maybe The Juice just doesn’t like football … He…
A Most Unusual Pleading
The Juice can say with near certainty that such a pleading has not been filed before. The pleading? A writ of possible simcha. Say what? Was it granted? Click here to read it, and Judge Wood’s ruling. (It’s short.)
Yes, An Interrogatory About Beer Pong, And A Truly Awesome Response
Clearly, the attorney asking the question needs to get out more. Not so for the responding attorney. From an actual case… NTERROGATORY NO. 16: Please describe how “beer pong” is played, including the needed equipment and/or materials. RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 16: Defendants object to this Request as vague, ambiguous,…
Oh No You Didn’t Just Call Your Client That
I know you’re probably wondering, how could a sexual harassment claim arise from a cocktail waitress’s employment at a strip club? Well, suspend your disbelief, and take my word for it. Or click here to read about it in the Gothamist. Anyway, that’s not the point of the post. The…
Dude Sues For His Penthouse
The magazine, that is, not the dwelling. Unfortunately for Jorge Niebla, his current dwelling is a prison cell. And he’s having a real hard time getting his Penthouse subscription. So, feeling aggrieved, and having plenty of time on his hands, he sued. Per the New York Post: A Florida prison…
Really? A Motion To Continue A Trial For That?
Regular Juice readers may recall that this will not be the first post involving a Motion to Continue a trial due to … a football game! I’m sure it won’t be the last, unfortunately. And just in case you think that maybe The Juice just doesn’t like football … He…