Lawsuit on Shine

The great Baby Einstein scam

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Of course it was too good to be true.

The New York Times reported Thursday that Disney is offering a refund to buyers of its ubiquitous “Baby…

911 abuse: New trend in fast food emergencies

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Remember that customer who spilled hot McDonald's coffee on her lap and was awarded millions of dollars from a lawsuit because she wanted a warning about the coffee temperature? Sure, a tiny part of me wished I'd thought of that, but the other 99% of me was like, why are people such idiots?…

Would You Sue a Salon for $50,000 if They Screwed Up Your Hair?

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Time to play armchair jury, and have I got a doozy of a case for you. A woman in Oregon, who has been bleaching her hair for 25 years, is suing her salon for $50,000 because her hair started snapping off after her most recent bleaching session.

The woman, Sarah Jane Ward, blames an inept stylist and says she suffered humiliation, depression and had to pay for hair extensions. (She should have checked out this video on doing hair extensions at home, would have saved her some cash.)

The salon claims...

Wassup with the Pink Patch?

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I was thinking to myself the other day (I occasionally do have actual thoughts, you know) that we don't do enough for our young girls. I mean, yes, we rear them on a steady stream of unusually thin actresses, musicians, and models, with hardly any size diversity in evidence (and the thin-only...

Anorexic guy sues Rachael Ray show for discrimination

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A former accountant for the Rachael Ray show is suing for one meeeeellion dollars, stating that he was fired after complaining to supervisors that he was suffering from discrimination and a hostile working environment. According to NBC, the offensive comments included "Anorexics are sick in the...