Weird (and excessive) Litigation

I guess Greyhound will have to update it's job postings....

In January, the brother of one of the seven people killed in October when a deranged man attacked the driver of a Greyhound bus in Tennessee filed a lawsuit against Greyhound and the driver. Apparently, the brother believes that the company should have hired a driver who could safely drive 60 mph while fending off a knife-wielding psychopath (or else trained drivers better to do that). [Atlanta Journal-Constitution-AP, 1-4-02]

...and another...

...a woman in houston won $375,000 after suing a furniture store for allowiing children to run around unsupervised. the woman tripped over one such demon, and severely sprained her ankle.


the fact that the child was HERS was , apparently, inconsequential in the final ruling.