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[32m Stupid Lawsuits![59C
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[35m The question here is not if the plaintiff is stupid but just how dumb was  
[36m the attorney who took any one of these cases:[30C
[34m * A young high school girl, Shelley, missed an algebra class one day.  When
[32m   she returned to class her teacher informed her that her grade point[6C
[31m   average would be lowered since Shelley offered no excuses for her ab-    
[32m   sence.  This took Shelley's grade point average down from 95.478 to[6C
[37m   95.413; a reduction of only .065.  Shelley didn't think much about it but
[35m   when she told her father about it, he decided to sue the school board -- 
[36m   not just for the reinstatement of the .065 points but for 1 million[6C
[34m   dollars as well.  Their attorney stated that Shelley's rights had been   
[32m   violated under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights.  The judge,    
[31m   though why it is not clear, consented to reinstating the grade points but
[32m   denied collection of the 1 million dollars or any portion thereof.  This 
[37m   wasn't enough for Shelley's father and he appealed the case, with the    
[35m   hope he would at least have his attorney's fees paid - The Appeals Court 
[36m   Judge mumbled "Patently insubstantial" refused the fees, and punitive    
[34m   and ended his ruling by taking the grade point way again.[16C
[32m * Anyone who has seen John McEnroe knows he has a flash type temper.  A    
[31m   fan in the stand one day during a preliminary round of the U.S. Open was 
[32m   about experience this hot, but short lived temper flare.  The fan was    
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