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Judge Judy files suit against Connecticut lawyer
Associated Press ^ | Mar 12, 2014 8:14 PM EDT

Posted on 03/12/2014 5:54:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Television’s Judge Judy filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Connecticut personal-injury lawyer, alleging that he used her image without authorization in advertisements that falsely suggested she had endorsed his firm.

The lawsuit filed in federal court seeks more than $75,000 in damages from Hartford attorney John Haymond and his firm.

Judith Sheindlin, a retired Family Court judge who has starred in “Judge Judy” for 18 years, said this is the first time she has filed a lawsuit against anyone. She said the unauthorized use of her name and image is “outrageous” and requires action. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: connecticut; johnhaymond; judgejudy; judithsheindlin; lawsuit; useofimage

1 posted on 03/12/2014 5:54:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Wow...you have to really be a dumb ass to use her image without permission....


2 posted on 03/12/2014 5:56:28 PM PDT by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Olog-hai
good for her; better for him, "there's no such thing as bad publicity."

3 posted on 03/12/2014 5:59:12 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: Popman

well... Some lawyers really really stupid. Makes the other 3 or 4% look bad ya know.


4 posted on 03/12/2014 5:59:49 PM PDT by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

That only applies to rock stars, really.


5 posted on 03/12/2014 6:00:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Good. She obviously is doing this on principle. She makes 25 million a year on Judge Judy so 75,000 dollars is like twenty minutes for her at most.


6 posted on 03/12/2014 6:01:11 PM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: Olog-hai

Good for her and where an money award will end up going.

Class act has no equal.


7 posted on 03/12/2014 6:01:15 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Olog-hai

How did that Conn. lawyer pass the bar? They teach this stuff in basic torts. .


8 posted on 03/12/2014 6:03:39 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: cableguymn

Yea like the lawyers in the bratty kid case suing her parents.


9 posted on 03/12/2014 6:03:53 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: cableguymn
well... Some lawyers really really stupid.

Case in point - Congressman Hank (Guam is gonna tip over) Johnson is a lawyer.

10 posted on 03/12/2014 6:06:49 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor 13: 33)
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To: Olog-hai

” Mr. Haymond, are you on some sort of medication??”

I love when she says that to someone.


11 posted on 03/12/2014 6:22:37 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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