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Jill Bangle of Los Angeles sued her veterinarian for $1,500 in expenses and additional surgery in September after he removed too much skin while performing a face-lift on her Shar-Pei.
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Hugh Craig Jr., angry that he scratched his car on a high curb in a Wendy’s restaurant parking lot, sued the Wendy’s chain in June in Indianapolis, and decided to throw in all the legal claims he could think of, including false advertising (because the hamburgers contain no ham). He is seeking “$1.99 quadrillion” but says he will accept that amount in cheeseburgers if Wendy’s buys them from White Castle.
An Illinois appeals court ruled in a legal malpractice case in November that a lawyer’s sexual relationship with his client had no effect on the quality of legal services provided. The court reaffirmed that every lawyer owes a fiduciary duty to his client, but refraining from having sex with them is not part of that duty.
Casey Kronberger, 10, sued Dustin Zins, 8, for $78,000 in 1989 in Bismarck, North Dakota, for a 1988 dirt-throwing incident, but a jury ruled last year that both boys were equally at fault for Casey’s dental damages. In November 1990 a new trial was ordered, but the court affirmed that Dustin’s parents would not be liable for damages under any circumstances, so Casey can collect only from Dustin.
