BULLETINS FROM ALOHA

BIZZARE LAWSUITS  --  The Plaintiff, an Episcopal Bishop,  hurt his knee while playing tennis at the Naval Training Center.  He claimed the injury prevented him from genuflecting and sued the U.S. government for $200,000.  The government counterclaimed alleging the holy man had been sneaking onto the tennis courts in the first place and otherwise had no right to be there.  The case was dismissed with neither side paying anything.

Some years ago Nike sued Runners World because Nike was unhappy with the test results on Nike shoes as published in Runners World, a magazine for joggers and the like.  The battle of titans ensued with both sides alleging libel and other bad things.  Each side hired the top law firms in Portland and San Francisco.  After each side expended about $1 million dollars in attorney fees,  the entire matter was dismissed with neither side paying anything.  Epilogue  --  Nike, ever the aggressive company,  then sued their own insurance company for the cost of defense even though they sued in the first place.