Posts for Litigation

It looks like lawsuit lending may take another state by storm.

The outcome of a lawsuit currently makes its way through a Denver District Court may bring the controversial lawsuit lending business into the Colorado. The lawsuit loan industry left the state in early 2010 “when the attorney general's office declared the firms should have to register as lenders under the law and abide by state regulations for such companies.”

In a victory for common sense, Jesse Dimmick - the man who kidnapped a Kansas couple and then later sued them because they turned him in - received news that his case has been dismissed.

Here’s the backstory:

Dimmick, who was already on the run due to murder charges against him, argued that he had a “legally binding oral contract with Jared and Lindsay Rowley that they'd hide him from police in return for money.” Dimmick held the couple hostage after breaking in their home and holding them at knifepoint. Luckily, the couple was able to escape when their kidnapper fell asleep.

In case you missed it during the holiday shuffle, check out the Institute for Legal Reform’s Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011.

Editor's Note: Project Lawsuit Abuse regularly highlights lawsuit abuse news from across the country. Today’s blog post comes to us from Darren McKinney, Director of Communications at The American Tort Reform Association, the only national organization dedicated exclusively to tort and liability reform through public education and the enactment of legislation. 

It’s that time of year again… and no, I’m not referring to the holidays.