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True Stella awards : honoring real cases of greedy opportunists, frivolous lawsuits, and the law run amok
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- Randy Cassingham
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Dutton, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- x, 350 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780525949138, 0525949135
- OCLC
- ocm59881698
- Genesis : the birth of the Stella awards, Stella! -- 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 and the McBandwagon plays on -- 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 -- 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