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Friday, July 14, 2006
What better way to honor Mom's birthday than a lawsuit!
Happy Birthday Visit Ends with Lawsuit Between Daughter, Mother
July 14, 2006 (AP)
An Illinois woman is suing her Wisconsin parents for negligence, claiming a surprise birthday visit to her mother in January 2005 left the woman with a broken ankle after a fall on her parents' icy driveway.
A federal judge has refused to throw out the lawsuit, setting up a potential mother-daughter courtroom showdown at a trial scheduled for November.
The daughter, Carriel Louah, 25, is brandishing an apology letter from her mom as the smoking gun in her lawsuit seeking damages for medical bills and lost wages.
In the letter, dated months after the fall, Wendi Reichling wrote that she and her husband "should have fixed that damn (gutter) years ago. We have learned we have to take better care of our sidewalks."
On Jan. 14, 2005, Louah, of Rockford, Ill. traveled to Darlington, Wis. to surprise her mother on her birthday, which she was celebrating at a local tavern. Louah spent the night at the home of her mother and stepfather.
The next morning she slipped on their driveway, breaking her left ankle and injuring her foot and leg, according to court records. ¶ 1:31 PM
July 14, 2006 (AP)
An Illinois woman is suing her Wisconsin parents for negligence, claiming a surprise birthday visit to her mother in January 2005 left the woman with a broken ankle after a fall on her parents' icy driveway.
A federal judge has refused to throw out the lawsuit, setting up a potential mother-daughter courtroom showdown at a trial scheduled for November.
The daughter, Carriel Louah, 25, is brandishing an apology letter from her mom as the smoking gun in her lawsuit seeking damages for medical bills and lost wages.
In the letter, dated months after the fall, Wendi Reichling wrote that she and her husband "should have fixed that damn (gutter) years ago. We have learned we have to take better care of our sidewalks."
On Jan. 14, 2005, Louah, of Rockford, Ill. traveled to Darlington, Wis. to surprise her mother on her birthday, which she was celebrating at a local tavern. Louah spent the night at the home of her mother and stepfather.
The next morning she slipped on their driveway, breaking her left ankle and injuring her foot and leg, according to court records. ¶ 1:31 PM
Another goofy lawsuit from CFIF.ORG...
Like Mike
An Oregon man has filed an $832 million civil lawsuit against basketball star Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight, claiming that he has been subjected to harassment, discomfort, unpleasant feelings and permanent injury because he physically resembles the basketball icon. The plaintiff is seeking $52 million from each defendant for "defamation and permanent injury" and $364 million from each in punitive damages for "emotional pain and suffering."
The nearly six-foot tall Allen Ray Heckard filed suit last month in county court claiming to have been mistaken for Michael Jordan (who is six inches taller) nearly every day for the past 15 years. According to Heckard's suit, he cannot attend religious services and public functions, ride public transportation, go to a restaurant, play sports in public parks, attend movies or walk the streets without people thinking he's Jordan. Heckard, who is representing himself, said, "I'm constantly being accused of looking like Michael, and it makes it very uncomfortable for me."
--Source: The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) and Chicago Tribune ¶ 8:47 AM
An Oregon man has filed an $832 million civil lawsuit against basketball star Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight, claiming that he has been subjected to harassment, discomfort, unpleasant feelings and permanent injury because he physically resembles the basketball icon. The plaintiff is seeking $52 million from each defendant for "defamation and permanent injury" and $364 million from each in punitive damages for "emotional pain and suffering."
The nearly six-foot tall Allen Ray Heckard filed suit last month in county court claiming to have been mistaken for Michael Jordan (who is six inches taller) nearly every day for the past 15 years. According to Heckard's suit, he cannot attend religious services and public functions, ride public transportation, go to a restaurant, play sports in public parks, attend movies or walk the streets without people thinking he's Jordan. Heckard, who is representing himself, said, "I'm constantly being accused of looking like Michael, and it makes it very uncomfortable for me."
--Source: The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) and Chicago Tribune ¶ 8:47 AM
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Which came first, the chicken or the Allah egg?
Chicken lays mystery Allah egg
Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:06 AM ET
ALMATY (Reuters) - A chicken in a Kazakh village has laid an egg with the word "Allah" inscribed on its shell, state media reported Thursday.
"Our mosque confirmed that it says 'Allah' in Arabic," Bites Amantayeva, a farmer from the village of Stepnoi in eastern Kazakhstan, told state news agency Kazinform.
"We'll keep this egg and we don't think it'll go bad."
The news agency said the egg was laid just after a powerful hail storm hit the village.
Kazakhstan is a large, thinly populated Central Asian state where Sunni Islam is a dominant religion. ¶ 5:31 PM
Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:06 AM ET
ALMATY (Reuters) - A chicken in a Kazakh village has laid an egg with the word "Allah" inscribed on its shell, state media reported Thursday.
"Our mosque confirmed that it says 'Allah' in Arabic," Bites Amantayeva, a farmer from the village of Stepnoi in eastern Kazakhstan, told state news agency Kazinform.
"We'll keep this egg and we don't think it'll go bad."
The news agency said the egg was laid just after a powerful hail storm hit the village.
Kazakhstan is a large, thinly populated Central Asian state where Sunni Islam is a dominant religion. ¶ 5:31 PM
