At my Cato blog Overlawyered I’ve been pulling together month-by-month highlights of stories from last year. I’m currently up to October in the series. Here’s a small sampling of my favorites: 

• “EEOC to Court: Never mind whether we use background checks too.”
• Forfeiture: “Iowa Troopers Steal $100,000 in Poker Winnings from Two Players Driving Through.”
• “California Destroys Winery For Use of Volunteers.”
• Before you file a claim of amputation of all four of your limbs, be aware that such a claim is checkable.
• Salt Lake City slaps $6,500 tickets on ridesharing drivers. 
• Warning sign: “This Sign that Warned You Will be ‘Exhibit 1.’”
• In California, you can be fined for using water during drought, but also fined for not watering your lawn.
• Texas ruling: “Firefighter’s Fear Of Burning Buildings Does Not Qualify As A Disability.”
• New York Times columnist Tim Egan takes a swing at Wal-Mart, and refreshingly, Wal-Mart swings back.
• “Weapons Policy Bans Fencing Group from Practicing on Campus”; carry work tools, get arrested: New York’s crazy “gravity-knife” law.
• “Of course they handcuffed her. You can’t be too careful with a nine year old.”
• More of this please: “Minnesota ‘unsession’ dumps 1,175 obsolete, silly laws.”
• “This guarantee does not cover shark bite, bear attack or damage by children under five.”
• Mardi Gras time: “Caution! Non-edible baby inside this cake.”
• “Colorado Man Could Sue Divers Who Saved Him From Submerged Car.”
• Ohio school suspends 10-year-old for displaying a “level 2 look alike firearm,” namely his finger;
• “Family sues Bronx Zoo after child swallows souvenir penny.”
• Who killed traditional Edison light bulbs? “Government did it, at the request of big business.”
• “Taxpayer Scores $862,000 from IRS after Tripping over a Phone Cord.”

Read the whole series here.