FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Linda Okun
PHONE: (626) 824-8927
November 12, 2003
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Just
in time for Thanksgiving, Los Angeles Citizens Against Lawsuit
Abuse (CALA) is presenting some of America’s greatest lawsuit
“turkeys.”
“Thanksgiving isn’t
the only time for turkeys," commented CALA Executive Director
Linda Okun. "Lawsuit turkeys like these gobble up taxpayer
dollars and fatten up lawyers’ wallets.”
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Yo’ Rocky,
Where’s My Money? -- A New Jersey man is filing
suit against Sylvester Stallone is seeking $15 million in
damages for illegally using his name to promote the “Rocky”
films and other merchandise. Chuck Wepner was the boxer and
inspiration for the 1976 film, “Rocky.” Wepner
waited almost 28 years before filing the suit.
(Associated Press, November 7, 2003)
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Hairy Lawsuit
-- A St. Louis woman sued her local hairstylist for emotional
distress following a hair-straightening job that allegedly
caused her hair to fall out. A St. Louis County jury awarded
the woman $6,000.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 14, 2003)
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If At First
You Don’t Succeed, Sue -- A high school senior
from Moorestown, N.J. sued her school for $2.7 million because
they wanted her to share the title of valedictorian with two
other students. The school ultimately caved and allowed the
student to be the sole valedictorian, and the suit was dropped.
(Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2003)
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Take This Lawsuit
to the Hoop -- A Union City, Calif., parent sued
the New Haven Unified School District for $1.5 million after
his 15-year-old son was demoted from the varsity to the junior
varsity basketball team.
(Washington Post, June 6, 2003
"Frivolous lawsuits
are one American tradition we can do without. When our courts
are stuffed with frivolous lawsuits, real; victims with real injuries
lose their right to swift justice," Okun said.
For more information on these issues, please contact Los Angeles
CALA at (626) 824-8927 or maryann@maryannmaloney.com
.
Linda Okun is the Executive Director of Citizens
against Lawsuit Abuse in Los Angeles, a nonprofit, grassroots
public education organization. Write to her c/o CALA at P.O. Box
262 - Glendora, CA 91740, or via email at maryann@maryannmaloney.com.
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system and those who would seek to abuse it for undeserved gain.
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