You don't say!
Pizza Hut plaintiff Amanda Verett inspired an outpouring of unsympathetic jabs on www.fark.com last week.
Represented by Thomas Maag -- who also brought us Madison County serial plaintiffs Armettia and Ashley Peach -- Verett's suit says she came down with a shoulder injury after opening a door for a man at the Edwardsville pizzeria. The attention also prompted more than 55,000 readers to check out the Record story.
Among the amusing Farkisms:
Living without it
The Lakin Law Firm-sponsored website www.ReallyGoodInfo.com promises to dish timely information on a variety of topics "that can make the difference between living a good life and a great life."
A panel of Lakin experts touts knowledge of relationship success, stress management, career advancement, health and fitness, time management, financial success, family bonding and, of course, consumer law.
In hopes of catching a whiff of tips we're told we can't live without, Dicta signed up for the free monthly e-newsletter months ago. It may just be an oversight, but at this writing, we're still living without it.
Uncivil civil justice
Justice may be blind, but it's not always civil. Jurors in a recent slip and fall trial against Ramon's El Dorado Restaurant of Collinsville apparently had had enough of one another's company during their relatively short week-long encounter.
During deliberations, the panel's arguments reverberated well outside the jury room's closed doors.
Sources tell Dicta the plaintiff's verdict was expeditiously reached, which backfired on the unhappy campers. The jury was forced back into deliberations when a polled juror told Judge Crowder she didn't agree with the announced verdict.
In the end the jury cut the plaintiff's $204,375.77 award in half, assessing 50 percent blame to each plaintiff and defendant.