Legal News Roundup

Still reflecting on the $10 million cheeseburger lawsuit.  I'm pretty sure that's not even really cheese on those burgers.  Put aside the high-minded talk of contributory negligence.  Might I be the first to suggest the pasteurized process cheese food defense in this case?

Speaking of clowning around with allergy liability, this via Shopfloor:  British clown Barney Baloney has been told by his employer he cannot make balloon figures for fear children may be allergic to latex.  This follows a previous restriction on his work in which he was told not to twist balloons in the shape of guns lest it spur children on to violence (although swords were allowed).   And if the Baloney weren't already sliced thinly enough, his liability insurance company made him stop blowing bubbles, lest anyone slip and fall on the soapy residue. 

And finally:

(Soon to be ex?) Judge Roy Pearson has filed a Notice of Appeal in his ongoing dispute with the Chung family over the now infamous $54 million pair of pants, a lawsuit the D.C. Superior Court rightly tossed.  This was his way of thanking the Chungs, who earlier withdrew their request for reimbursement of their $83,000 in defense costs in an effort to make the whole sad event go away.   Says the Chungs' lawyer:

The Chungs “continue to be baffled by Mr. Pearson’s actions,” Manning told the Post, adding that the Chungs are considering closing their business “just to be rid of the memory of this case.”

That's true lawsuit abuse.