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Old 09-01-10, 07:02 AM   #1
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Default Cheerleader wins $11m, but sued the wrong company
The lawyers must be blonde.....

http://www.news.com.au/business/chee...-1225911011779
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Old 09-01-10, 08:03 AM   #2
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No doubt she'll be suing her lawyers next.
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Old 09-01-10, 08:32 AM   #3
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Sillyness..

I guess words can hurt you after all.
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Old 09-01-10, 12:16 PM   #4
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Who owns the L.A. Dodgers hinges, on a clericl error.
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Sillyness..

I guess words can hurt you after all.
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–noun
the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; calumny: She sued the magazine for defamation of character.

Defamation is more than just words, so yes they can hurt you. What I am interested in here is the consequences that may face the lawyers and the judge. It's obvious where the lawyers went wrong, but did the judge review the case at all? Or did he simply make his decision based off of the fact that the non-offending offending party didn't show up?
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No doubt she'll be suing her lawyers next.
nope, they only won because the other side never replied to the suit, which is because they werent served so they start over without the typo and properly serve the right party in question. it doesnt mean she convinced the judge she was right.

she might get her lawyers commisions reduced IF she wins but suing a lawyer is hard to do, they have a license to be stupid it seams and are rarely held accountable for mistakes unless you prove they did it on purpose.
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Boo-hoo they said i had sex and a disease..where's me 11 million!?
and then the suing the wrong company makes it even more ridiculous
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oh man poor woman, it would be like finding out you just won the lotto then losing the ticket.
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oh man poor woman, it would be like finding out you just won the lotto then losing the ticket.
She can now sue the lawyers as well and double up!
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Boo-hoo they said i had sex and a disease..where's me 11 million!?
and then the suing the wrong company makes it even more ridiculous
What is nuts is being granted $11m for someone saying something not nice about you. How much damage did those words really do?
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TarJak I totally agree...what ever happened to sticks and stones?
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TarJak I totally agree...what ever happened to sticks and stones?
The lawyers said something about quote being an assault with deadly missiles and would see me in court.....

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