Heartland Newspapers - Lawsuit Abuse

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls

Maureen Martin
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October 10, 2011
A Nebraska school has rejected a Parent-Teacher Organization’s offer to donate and install a small waterfall as part of new landscaping at the school.

To Serve (Food and Drinks) and Protect (from Attacks by Fake Ninjas)

Maureen Martin
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October 07, 2011
A Long Island catering hall has no duty to protect patrons from a surprise attack at a Halloween party by a man dressed as a ninja.

Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby ... Or Is It?

Maureen Martin
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October 05, 2011
A Brooklyn court has tossed out a case against a Long Island hospital where nurses temporarily and accidently switched newborn babies.

Stop Me Before I Drink More!

Maureen Martin
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October 03, 2011
An Idaho college student and her parents are suing a University of Idaho fraternity, her sorority, university officials, and others for failing to prevent her fro

Unsafe at Any Speed

Maureen Martin
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September 30, 2011
Police in Tennessee have warned the mother of a ten-year-old daughter the mother will face child neglect charges if she allows her daughter to continue to ride he

Nuts to You

Maureen Martin
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September 27, 2011
A Pennsylvania judge who has handed out thousands of hollowed-out acorns to people in or around his courtroom, each stuffed with an unwrapped condom, will not be

Porn Loser

Maureen Martin
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September 21, 2011
An inmate in the Macomb County jail (near Detroit) is suing the state for imposing cruel and unusual punishment because jail rules don’t allow him to have pornogr

Chain-Link Gang

Maureen Martin
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September 19, 2011
City officials in Alexandria, Virginia ordered a homeowner who illegally removed a chain-link fence in her front yard to put it back because it’s historic.

Reward and Punishment--Simultaneously

Maureen Martin
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September 16, 2011
Under Obamacare, one federal agency will be rewarding health care providers if they merge to form networks to coordinate patient care.

They Snooze, Clients Lose

Maureen Martin
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September 05, 2011
In a classic case of lawyers protecting their own, a federal circuit court of appeals ruled recently a lawyer who takes a catnap in court isn’t “ineffective” unle
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