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Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Wal-Mart worker, fired for legal pot smoking, suesA Michigan man has sued Wal-Mart firing him after he tested positive for medical marijuana he was using legally to treat pain from an inoperable brain tumor and sinus cancer.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6603OV20100701Court throws the book at shoe-throwerA man who threw a shoe at Israel's chief justice,...

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Woman sues Google over Utah walking directionsA pedestrian injured by a motorist while following an online route has filed a lawsuit claiming Google supplied unsafe directions. Lauren Rosenberg filed a lawsuit on seeking more than $100,000 in U.S. District Court in Utah. It also named a motorist she says hit her....

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Official who sued self can run for officeA Connecticut official has won the right to run for state attorney general after she had to sue herself to prove her qualifications. A superior court judge ruled that Democratic Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz had enough experience as a lawyer to run....

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Court to hear suit over "Tea Party" nameA U.S. judge has agreed to referee a dispute among Florida political activists over who can use the phrase "Tea Party" in their name. A trial has been scheduled to begin on December 6 in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, in...

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Judge calls hockey player an ‘asshole’ Junior hockey player Chris Doyle won the day in court, but not before being subjected to a tongue-lashing from a P.E.I. judge. Doyle was found not guilty of assault after drunkenly punching a door that struck a woman in the face and broke her nose....

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Self-described Jedi alleges discrimination, plans to sueChris Jarvis of Southend, England, says wearing his hood up is his religious right. The subscriber to the Jedi Faith - from the Star Wars fictional universe - was asked to remove his hood in a Southend Jobcentre recently. But instead of using the Force...

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Family, foundation battle over woman’s headA Colorado family and an Arizona nonprofit are fighting in court over who gets the head of a woman who died last month, along with a $50,000 annuity she left behind. At issue is whether 71-year-old Mary Robbins’ head and brain will be preserved by cryonics...

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Malaysian court orders lovers to pay fine of 4 buffaloes, 1 pig for illicit affairA Malaysian court has ordered two lovers to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig after they were found guilty of having an illicit affair. The man's wife filed a complaint last year after finding...

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Man fired for bringing dog to workFiled “under “potential lawsuit”, Eric Favetta, a 31-year-old PetSmart employee, was fired for "theft of services" after bringing his dog to work during an overnight shift he'd picked up as a favor to his manager. Favetta — a former military dog handler who'd worked at...

Odd or Amusing Legal Headlines from the Past Week (or Two):Note - No implied endorsement of, or affiliation with, any linked sites. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Web sites and your use of such Web sites is at your own risk.1 - See You In Court!Restaurant patron hurt by falling stuffed moose headA Web designer says she was struck by the decor at a New York City restaurant - when it fell on her head.  Raina Kumra says in a negligence lawsuit late in December that a 150-pound stuffed moose head with 3-foot-wide antlers plummeted off...