Did You Know?
Paint the Town Red
NFL fans who bought tickets to the 2016 Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, are eligible to receive compensation under a settlement announced in August 2023.
The game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts was canceled because the synthetic turf field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium was deemed unsafe.
Paint applied to the turf to create logos at midfield and in the endzone was not meant to be used with synthetic turf and didn’t dry as fast as officials anticipated. Heating the field to speed the drying melted the rubber in the turf and made areas of the field slippery.
The settlement fund totals $750,000. Claimants may be entitled to the cost of their tickets as well as travel expenses. Go to www.2016HallofFameGameClassAction.com to file a claim.
Source: NFL.com, prnewswire.com
Out There
Silver State Sourpuss
In July, an administrative law judge in Nevada ruled that the state department of motor vehicles (DMV) was wrong to recall a license plate that read “GOBK2CA” (meaning, go back to California).
Adam Steelmon has had the license plate for 20 years. It was never a problem until this year, when the DMV sent him a letter saying his plate was inappropriate and would be recalled.
Steelmon said that in the time he’s had GOBK2CA on his license plate, police officers have pulled him over and told him they liked the plate.
According to a spokesperson for the Nevada DMV, a single complaint is sufficient to send a license plate number to a special committee for review.
Under Nevada law, license plates may not contain any contemptuous phrases or phrases that ridicule a race, ethnic heritage, or gender, or proclaim the superiority of the same.
Source: weau.com
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Quotable
“That’s when they started screaming, and they pooped.”
– Torrey Scow, who brought her triplets to jury duty
A Utah woman who was unable to find a babysitter brought her 18-month-old triplets and four-year-old daughter with her to jury duty in August.
Torrey Scow said she relied upon a pile of snacks to keep her children quiet in the court room. But that only worked for a while. At times, the triplets’ jabbering made it hard for Scow and other potential jurors to hear the judge’s questions.
Then there was the screaming and pooping. Scow said that came when the triplets got sick of being cooped up in their wagon.
Scow and her children were dismissed after two-and-one-half hours.
Source: CNN
Out There
How Now? A Rat?
A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit after eating a rat’s foot in a bowl of soup at Olive Garden.
Thomas Howie was enjoying a meal with friends in Warren, a suburb of Detroit, when he slurped down a spoonful of minestrone and felt something stab him in the cheek.
Howie nearly choked. He thought he was about to swallow a needle and spit the soup out.
That’s when he saw the rat’s foot.
Howie called the police, then went to urgent care. He got a tetanus shot and rinsed his mouth out with an antibiotic.
Howie’s attorney said he tried for weeks to settle with the restaurant, to no avail. Howie is seeking $25,000 for physical and mental damages.
Source: CNN
By the Numbers
114
– The number of cases a Missouri DA must resubmit because the prosecutor was unlicensed
Oops! The prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, must resubmit 114 traffic cases after learning that the prosecutor on the cases wasn’t an active member of the Missouri bar.
A court clerk discovered the prosecutor’s inactive status in August after entering the prosecutor’s bar number.
The prosecutor worked in the office for 25 years before coming out of retirement. His bar membership lapsed because he failed to complete 15 hours of continuing legal education.
“It’s not like his law license was ever revoked or suspended,” said a spokesperson for the prosecuting attorney. “There’s no history of bad acting.”
Source: fox2now.com
» Cite this article: 96 Wis. Law. 8 (October 2023).
