Avvo’s Lawyers in the News.
Blondes have more fun… in court.
1. Miss Paris Hilton is being sued this week over the promotion of a film called “National Lampoon Pledge This!”. Hilton, who plays a sorority president in the film, was paid a million dollars to promote the film. Attorney Michael Goldberg, who filed the suit against Hilton and her entertainment company, is seeking millions of dollars in alleged lost profit. Goldberg said, “Hilton failed to attend any talk shows or telephonic or in-person interviews.”
2. Suing the Stone. “He was just doing his job when he got hurt.” says lawyer John Torjesen, who represents Peter Krause (no, not the Six Feet Under star). Krause suffered “severe and permanent injuries” while he was working on Sharon Stone’s home back in 2006. Apparently “he fell past an array of landscaping plants that masked a steep drop off”. Krause is seeking unspecified damages to cover lost income, medical expenses , pain and suffering and other causes of action.
3. Donald Trump is suing his former lawyers at Morrison Cohen for 10 million dollars for using his name without permission. The Donald claims they are in violation of a “New York Law that forbids anyone from using someone else’s name for advertising without written consent.” Morrison Cohen and one of its partners, David Scharf, “have commercially exploited plaintiff’s name repeatedly and flagrantly,” the suit declares. Trump is represented by his attorney, Morrison Stephen B. Meister.
