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Author Cassingham, R. C. (Randy C.)

Title True Stella awards : honoring real cases of greedy opportunists, frivolous lawsuits, and the law run amok / Randy Cassingham.

Imprint New York : Dutton, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  347.7353 Cas    ---  Available
Description x, 350 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents Genesis : the birth of the Stella Awards -- Agents of change : abusing the courts to further an agenda -- Medical cases : the wrong medicine -- It's not my responsibility : someone else needs to pay -- Petty squabbles : we need a jury for this? -- It's my right! : the infinite expansion of the Constitution -- It ought to be a crime : lawsuits by inmates and criminals -- The class-action lottery : the queue forms here -- School daze : what are our kids really learning? -- That's just stupid or, don't tell me I don't get my day in court! -- SLAPPs and other corporate abuse : another side of the coin -- Your turn : "try" a few cases -- We appeal! : some lawyer-readers respond -- Conclusion : "what happens" is really up to you.
Subject Frivolous suits (Civil procedure) -- United States.
Law -- United States -- Humor.
ISBN 0525949135 : $18.95

 
    
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