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