A billboard worker wound up in the hospital Tuesday morning when he tumbled off a rooftop sign in Brooklyn that happened to be touting the famed personal injury law firm Cellino & Barnes, family and officials said. David Fricker, 49, was working on the billboard around 10:28 a.m. near the corner of Church and Flatbush …
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You Not Deserving A Ticket Doesn’t Mean That Nobody Else Does
Civil Liberties group seeks amnesty for bylaw tickets issued during COVID-19 I agree with their argument up to a point. When they say that we can’t police our way out of a pandemic, they’re not wrong. At least not entirely. What they should be saying is that we shouldn’t be trying to zero tolerance our …
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Hickory Dickory Dock. I’m Watching You Bone With My Clock
I’m all about privacy rights and curbing police overreach, but this doesn’t sit right with me at all. Police had no right to seize hidden bedside camera from Airbnb condo, judge says Owner argued police breached his rights by entering apartment, seizing camera without warrant The gist of the story is basically what the headline …
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We Lost A Court Case? What Do You Mean? I Don’t See Any Court Case Here
Who could have possibly seen this coming? The Ford government is trying to use the new powers it buried in the budget bill to dismiss at least eight lawsuits against it, including ones that it’s losing or has already lost. Tell us about the case of Adam Capay. This is a former inmate who was held …
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Today In Just Plead Guilty, Dude
David Antonison was recently found guilty of attempted murder and a few other charges for unloading some bullets from a .44 into the home of neighbours Bruce and Joyce Coghill during a dispute over the location of some dog crap. Why we needed a trial though I’m not really sure, because this, apparently, was the …
On The Bright Side, You’ll Be Able To Watch Your Career Go Down The Toilet
New Jersey man found camera taped to urinal at his company’s office, suit says The employee who found the camera claims that after he reported the incident anonymously, the company retaliated against him. A few quick observations here. Gross. If the discovery of the camera happened the way Jason Savage says it did, David Swerdloff …
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But If Only Part Of Me Hits You, How Can You Sue All Of Me?
Not that you should need one, but here’s another reason to avoid getting yourself hit by a train. If part of your silly ass ends up injuring someone nearby, your estate might end up having to pay for it. Ruling in what it called a “tragically bizarre” case, an appeals court found that the estate …
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Punch Cock
Listen up, everyone at work right now. Maybe this feels like it might be a good time to take a break, head to the bathroom and rub one out. But before you do, I want you to ask yourself a couple of questions. How quiet am I? Is it worth getting my ass fired if …
When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go To The Hospital
And now, let us take a few moments to read of the to my eye completely over the top workplace pranking and subsequent totally justified legal proceedings between firefighter Thomas Wengerter and his and fate’s aptly named victim, fellow fireman Raymond Johns. • On November 27, 2015, Johns was on duty at the firehouse. • …
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We Hope So, Yes
There’s not much funny about Dellen Millard, but I kind of loled at this. The Crown was pushing for a consecutive sentence, while Millard’s lawyer, Ravin Pillay, asked for it to be served concurrently. Pillay said during his sentencing submissions that a third consecutive sentence would be “extraordinarily harsh and excessive.” “He will die before then,” …