Highlights from Overlawyered—2014
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.
