Sep 24, 2009
Lawyer’s ‘Poor’ Stapling Provokes Motion’s Dismissal
In a case of first impression — no pun intended — a New York judge has thrown out a tort action because, in part, the plaintiffs attorneys stapled the complaint in what he said was a dangerously negligent manner. “[T]he poor stapling of the papers was so negligent as to inflict, and did inflict repeatedly, physical injury to the court personnel handling them,” the judge wrote.