TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: lawsuit

  • Casey Anthony sues fake baby sitter

    Mother of Missing Toddler Countersues ‘Baby Sitter’ Who Filed Defamation Lawsuit Against Her:

    I know I said I wasn’t going to talk about Casey Anthony. However, this is the part of the story that fascinates me.

    For weeks Cindy and Casey Anthony kept insisting that Caylee was taken by a baby sitter by the name of Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez. I kept saying that if the Anthonys keep trotting that name out they’re going to get sued by somebody with that name. And they were.

    Now Casey Anthony is countersuing Ms. Gonzlaez. You would think that she would have more pressing matters to attend to yet here we are.

    Let’s hear from Casey’s hugable attorney Jose Baez…

    Anthony’s attorney Jose Baez countersued Gonzalez Friday on the grounds that her lawsuit is “frivolous” and simply a publicity stunt by her lawyer, MyFOXOrlando.com reported.

    Baez said Gonzalez filed her litigation “to harass and embarrass” Anthony, and her attorney John Morgan is attempting to “generate publicity for his law firm.”

    “The Zenaida Gonzalez that Ms. Anthony was referring to drove a different car; she had a different name and she had less [sic] children than the plaintiff has,” the counter claim says. “In Orange County, Florida, alone, there are more than 20 listings for a Zenaida Gonzalez, and the plaintiff cannot prove that she has been defamed.”

    Mr. Baez better watch his mouth before 19 more lawsuits come flying in. Then again it’s hard to be sued by somebody that Casey Anthony made up.

  • Details of Red Lake settlement released

    $1.5 million settlement reached in Red Lake shootings:

    The settlement that the families of Red Lake victims reached with MacNeil Environmental has been made public.

    The families agreed to a $1.5M settlement that will be divided among 21 families. A judge will determine how the money is split between the families.

  • Red Lake families settle lawsuit

    Settlement in Red Lake school shooting:

    The families of the victims of the Red Lake shooting have settled their lawsuit with MacNeil Environmental. MacNeil is a security consulting firm that provided Red Lake High with a contingency plan in case of a school shooting. Obviously, it failed.

    The terms of the settlement were not disclosed but both sides are saying that MacNeil admitted no liability. Of course, they wouldn’t. Did anyone expect them to say ‘our bad’?

    Personally, I don’t think you can have a contingency plan for a school shooting because the acts are so random.

  • Casey Anthony gets sued and I called it

    Woman named Zenaida Gonzalez suing Casey Anthony:

    I knew I said I wouldn’t post about the Casey Anthony circus anymore but this story was too good to pass up.

    Remember how Casey Anthony maintained that the last person she saw Caylee with was a baby sitter named Zenaida Gonzalez? At the time she and Cindy Anthony kept saying that I said that they better be careful because someone with that name is likely to sue them. Behold my prognostic powers…

    If it turns out that Casey was the only one responsible for Caylee’s disappearance Cindy is probably going to be sued by every Zenaida Gonzalezes in Florida or at least have a restraining order slapped on her.

    So it was written, so it has come to pass…more or less.

    A woman caught up in the case of missing 3-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony is suing the girl’s mother saying she was defamed, her lawyer confirmed this evening.

    Zenaida Gonzalez, 37, of Kissimmee, was falsely named by Caylee’s mother as the missing girl’s babysitter, even though they’ve never met. Mother Casey Anthony said she last saw her daughter with a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez in mid-June. Caylee was reported missing in July.

    Since news of the missing girl broke, the Kissimmee woman has been threatened, Morgan said, and people nationwide consider her a suspect in the case.

    Really? There are people still out there that think Casey Anthony is innocent. Then again there are people who believe Elvis is still alive.

    Anyway, I hope Ms. Gonzalez gets a shit ton of money out of this.

    Sweet Lady Justice, let’s make out.

  • Shooting victim sues craigslist

    Victim sues Craigslist, says shooter got gun through site:

    50-year-old Calvin Gibson of New York was shot by local resident lunatic, Jesus Ortiz, back in July. Luckily Mr. Gibson survived even though he was shot six times.

    Ortiz, who suffers from schizophrenia, confessed to police that he purchased the gun on craigslist. I’m going to assume that this was not what you would call a ‘legal’ purchase.

    So now Mr. Gibson is suing craigslist for $10 Million.

    “Defendant owed a duty to the public at large to monitor and supervise what may be bought and sold and by whom, with respect to its Internet ads,” attorney Paul Dalnoky wrote in the lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

    Wait a minute. According to craigslist their users flag ads for illegal sales and that it’s a bastion of users with good moral character. It was hard to type that without busting out into fits of laughter.

    craigslist had their usual response…

    Craiglist did not respond to a request for comment.

    Quelle surprise.

  • Hans Reiser’s children file wrongful death suit against their father

    Hans Reiser’s children file wrongful death suit against their father – San Jose Mercury News.

    The lawsuit claims Rory and Niorline Reiser, who live in Russia with their maternal grandmother, Irina Sharanova, “have suffered a tremendous loss, including the loss of love, support, companionship, comfort, affection and society of Nina,” due to their father’s murder of her.

    Maybe all his defenders can help chip in.

  • Mercades Nichols’ mom files lawsuit

    Legal Action Considered Against Polk Sheriff:

    This one is from the “Boy does that woman have brass ones” department.

    Christina Garcia is the mother of Mercades Nichols. Mercades is one of if not the main suspect in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay.

    You would think that Ms. Garcia has more important matters to attend to like making sure her daughter stays out of jail but no. Ms. Garcia has taken it upon herself to file a lawsuit against Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for making ‘defamatory’ remarks and causing ‘severe emotional damages’.

    In her intent to sue notice, Bernard wrote that Judd failed to handle the arrest of the teens “with integrity and a degree of care” that would have protected them “against unfair treatment and exposure.”

    Judd has described the March 30 beating in published news stories as “animalistic” and said that after the teens were arrested, they were laughing together in a holding cell, saying “Am I going to miss cheerleading practice?” and “I guess we’re not going to the beach this week.”

    I didn’t know you could be sued for the truth. Garcia’s face is causing me severe emotional damages. Can I sue for that?

  • MySpace lawsuit dismissal upheld

    Court sides with MySpace in suit over sex assault:

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision to dismiss the infamous $30M lawsuit against MySpace.

    The family of 24-year-old Julie Doe filed a lawsuit against MySpace after she was sexually assaulted by 19-year-old Pete Solis who met her over MySpace.

  • Solis gets 90 days

    Man gets 90 days in jail assaulting teen met on Myspace:

    Pete Solis has pleaded out to a 90-day sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met on MySpace. Solis was looking at federal charges if he did not agree to the plea. Solis will be a registered sex offender.

    If his name sounds familiar it’s because his victim was ‘Julie Doe’ whose mother failed at suing MySpace for $30M.

  • $30M MySpace lawsuit not dead yet

    Family seeks revival of MySpace suit over alleged sex assault:

    The Texas family that had tried to sue MySpace over their daughter’s sexual assault are trying to get the suit revived.

    The victim, only known as Julie Doe was 14 when she was sexually assaulted by then 19-year-old Pete Solis. Solis had met his victim over MySpace. He’s now in prison for the sexual assault.

    However, the family of Julie Doe sued MySpace for 30 million dollars. The lawsuit was summarily dismissed. Now the family is asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to overturn the dismissal.

    As much as I sympathize with the family for what their daughter went through I just have to reiterate that MySpace is not at fault and this comes off as just a grab for money.