(So sorry if you hate this, but you're going to have to deal with the fact that this is how my posts are going to be until further notice.)
Ricks v. Keebler*:257 Int.Barn. 2 (DCoLIB 2010)
[The plaintiff, Ricks, has sought damages for a heretofore unestablished branch of tort law that his counsel has entitled "Fattery." The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, Keebler, has exploited the plaintiff's debilitating addiction to chocolate chip cookies and has inflicted many pounds of cookie-weight. This has left the plaintiff feeling rather out of shape and flabby. He is saddened by the outcome of his excessive cookie binging. Plaintiff claims that the defendant's actions amount to fattery through creating irresistible cookie treats with chips of chocolate in every bite! He has asked for $3 million for emotional distress and physical harm that will surely only be removed by liposuction due to the plaintiff's lack of time for continuing his P 90 X regimen. The defense has filed a countersuit for court costs, due to what they consider a highly frivolous claim.]
CASSANDRA NIGHT McCONNOR, Judge in the District Court of Lame Internet Blogospheria gives the opinion:
This is a really, really stupid claim. I'm going home.
Case dismissed, and plaintiff must pay defendant's costs for a frivolous claim. Fattery?! Wow, I thought I'd heard it all.
K, see ya.
*This is a real** case.
**Really fake.
