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"Wipe That Smirk Off Your Face" Was Sound Legal Advice
Category: Torts For Our Time
A former cop expressed glee when a civil rights attorney was indicted on tax charges. He has been sued for causing extreme emotional distress. Talk about being thin-skinned!
I never thought of suing over gleeful expressions. It opens a whole new world of tort litigation. If this case is successful a smirk may become the whiplash of the 21st Century.
Thanks to Overlawyered for providing the exciting news.
"A prominent civil rights attorney who was indicted this month on tax charges has sued a retired police detective for writing a letter that expressed 'glee' at the news. Stephen Yagman claims in the suit filed Wednesday that the three-paragraph letter he received from Jerry Le Frois caused him 'extreme emotional distress.' Le Frois' June 23 letter says he felt 'glee and profound satisfaction' when he learned that Yagman had been charged earlier this month in a 19-count federal indictment. Le Frois identified himself as a former member of the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Investigations Section, which was a frequent target of Yagman's civil rights suits." ("Attorney sues former L.A. cop who expressed 'glee' he was indicted", AP/Sacramento Bee, Jun. 29).
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