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Xbox 360 Lawsuit Defective Glitch
It had to happen. Some guy has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft because he says that the company sold him a “defectively designed” console that overheats. At the time, a Microsoft spokeswoman told Reuters: “We have received a few isolated reports of consoles not working as expected.” She declined to say how many reports Microsoft [...]
Maria Sharapova Sued by Florida Production
A Florida production company has sued 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in federal court, seeking approval to sell a documentary about Russian women tennis players. According to the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Sharapova objected to the use of her name and image in the documentary, “Anna`s Army: Behind the [...]
Heidi Klum Sued Over Project Runway
A man who claims he created Project Runway has filed suit in Los Angeles against Heidi Klum, Elizabeth Hurley and Greenlight Productions. Joel Lamontagne’s lawsuit claims his reality show, America’s Fashion Designer Search was registered with the Writer’s Guild of America in January 2003 — a year before Project Runway debuted on cable TV’s Bravo [...]
Ontario Canada Mom Faces $2M Libel Suit
A stay-at-home mother of three who created a website to alert the government about allegedly dangerous environmental problems in her southwestern Ontario neighbourhood is facing a $2 million libel suit by one of the developers she reported on. Louisette Lanteigne of Waterloo, Ont., said she grew sick of what she saw during construction in her [...]
Hilary Duff Sued By Canadian Clothing Firm
Hilary’s mom and manager, Susan Duff ahs been recently sued for breach of contract by the Canadian clothing firm, NTD Apparel. The firm claims that Susan Duff violated an exclusive merchandising deal for her daughter’s fashion line and indented a lawsuit worth millions of dollars. Duffs’ entertainment company, Rafter H, apparently violated his agreement with [...]
Home Depot Sued Man Glued Toliet Bowl
US hardware chain Home Depot is in a sticky situation, defending a lawsuit from a man who claims its Louisville store ignored his cries for help after he was glued to a toilet seat. Bob Dougherty, 57, said he was stuck to a toilet seat on which somebody smeared glue on October 30, 2003, and [...]
Netflix Settles Class Action Lawsuit
Netflix has settled class action lawsuit brought against the company last year for allegedly duping potential customers by advertising “unlimited” DVD rentals and “one day delivery.” Current and former Netflix customers will receive a one-month perk, but the real winners of the settlement are the lawyers. While not admitting any wrongdoing, Netflix will provide customers [...]
Strip-Search Case a Class-Action
A federal judge has approved class-action status for a suit by as many as 2,000 women who claim they were illegally strip-searched after being arrested in San Mateo County in 2002 and 2003. The San Mateo suit was filed in April by Shannon Gallagher, who was arrested in Pacifica in July 2003 on a San [...]
Lenny Kravitz Sued Over Toilet, Again
Rocker Lenny Kravitz is being sued for $10,000 over an overflowing toilet. It’s the second lawsuit filed against Kravitz for the August 2004 bathroom mess. The initial suit charged Kravitz’ leaking toilet allegedly caused “catastrophic water damage” to a neighbor’s apartment and now an insurance company wants the rock star to reimburse it for a [...]
Zeta Graff Sues Paris Hilton over Boyfriend
Model Zeta Graff, who dated Latsis for about two years before the Greek millionaire started seeing Paris Hilton, claims the blond star spread a false story about their June 30 run-in at the London nightclub Kabaret. The article appeared in the New York Post and sustained that Graff attacked Hilton on the dance floor, because [...]
Courtney Love Sued by Law Firm
Courtney Love is being sued by the law firm she hired to fight for the rights to distribute unreleased material recorded by her late husband Kurt Cobain – for failing to pay her bills. Bosses at Seattle, Washington, law firm Hendricks & Lewis claim they helped Love win $7m (€5.8m) in advances on Cobain material [...]
‘Da Vinci Code’ Publisher Sued
Two authors are taking Dan Brown’s publisher to court here, alleging “The Da Vinci Code” features stolen ideas. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing publisher Random House Inc., alleging Brown’s best-seller, “The Da Vinci Code,” lifts ideas from their 1982 nonfiction book, “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.” Their work explores theories that [...]
Goodyear Sued Extensive Wear of ‘Run-Flat’ Tires
A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Toyota Motor Corp. and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. alleges the two companies sold “defective tires” to certain buyers of Toyota’s popular Sienna minivans. The suit, filed by a pair of New York Law firms on behalf of Stanley Monk and other buyers of the Sienna, claims “run-flat” tires [...]
State Farm Sued over Salvaged Car Settlement
When State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. agreed to pay $40 million to tens of thousands of car owners to settle allegations that it allowed salvaged automobiles to be resold without appropriate titles, the insurer was lauded for being forthright. But a lawsuit claims State Farm crafted a sweetheart deal with attorneys general for 49 states, [...]
Richard Zaranek Principal Stole Sued by Schools
A former elementary school principal in Chippewa Valley Schools and his wife own at least five residences or properties, including a Florida condominium, of which four have been frozen so he can repay money he stole from the district. Former principal Richard Zaranek, who has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in federal court, and his [...]
Man Sued over Grandson’s Downloads
A 67-year-old man who says he doesn’t even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of his downloaded four movies on their home computer. Lawrence said his grandson, who was then 12, downloaded The Incredibles, I, Robot, The Grudge, and The Forgotten in December, without knowing [...]
Apple Sued Over Scratched iPod Nano Screens
Apple Computer faces a lawsuit that alleges the company knew the iPod nano was defective, yet decided to press on with the product release last month. Disgruntled Consumers have filed a proposed class action lawsuit in San Jose, California, claiming that the nano scratches “excessively during normal usage”. The suit blames nano’s defectiveness on the [...]
Man Sued For Not Giving Woman Orgasms
A Brazilian woman is suing her partner for not giving her orgasms. According to Terra Noticias Populares reports, the unnamed 31-year-old woman filed a complaint at Chacar Urbana Police station in Jundiai. She complained that her 38-year-old partner reached an orgasm and then simply stopped the sexual intercourse. Police chief Jose Roberto Ferraz is investigating [...]
Paris Hilton Sued For Defamatory Statements
The Star Is Being Sued For $10 Million By One Of Paris Latsis’s Ex-girlfriends. Hollywood babe Paris Hilton is being sued over $10 million by one of her former fiancé, Paris Latsis’s ex-girlfriends. Model Zeta Graff, who dated Latsis for about two years before the Greek millionaire started seeing Paris Hilton, claims the blond star [...]
Amex Sues CEO Over $241,000 Topless Bill
American Express is suing the CEO of a communications company for payment of $241,000 worth of disputed credit card charges at a Manhattan topless club. American Express says in papers filed in state court that Savvis Inc. chief executive officer Robert A. McCormick was in the club Scores in October 2003 with at least three [...]
HEU Class Action BC Teachers off Hook
With a lawsuit against the Hospital Employers Union (HEU) making its way slowly through the legal system, the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation (CTF) says it won’t commit to a similar lawsuit against teachers’ unions for their job action. Sara MacIntyre, provincial director for CTF, said while the organization has received a handful of calls from people [...]
Lobby Group Hits BC Teachers With Class Action
While the BC Teachers’ Federation waits a couple more days to find out if a judge will impose financial penalties against the union, a number of angry parents are joining a class-action lawsuitn launched by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. Within 24 hours of the CTF posting a website, BC Director Sara McInrtyre said up to [...]
Class-Action lawsuit against BC Teachers Pushed
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is co-ordinating a class-action lawsuit against the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over its illegal strike. The federation says B.C. public schools are “being held hostage by a government union.” It notes 600,000 students have been shut out of their classrooms, parents are scrambling to find care and the union continues [...]
Best Buy Sued over ex-worker’s Cyberstalking
Nicole Christopoulos took her malfunctioning computer to Best Buy in hopes of getting it repaired. And while the man behind the counter accessed her hard drive, it wasn’t solely to repair a problem. Instead, Greg Schaffter jotted down personal information stored on the Arlington Heights woman’s computer and within days, she began receiving harassing messages. [...]
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