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Woman says her fake penis got her fired

DANA DiFILIPPO Philadelphia Daily News 01/13/2012

IS THAT a Fruit-A-Freeze in your pocket - or are you just happy to see me? A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing a South Jersey-based maker of frozen treats and other snack foods, claiming that she was wrongfully fired because she wore a prosthetic penis to work.

38,000 Farmers, Ranchers Sue Former New Jersey Governor Corzine Over Missing Millions ABC News 01/10/2012	Kathleen Mullahy, Witness To Elevator Accident That Killed Suzanne Hart, Files Lawsuit The Huffington Post 01/03/2012
Montana farmers have filed a class action suit against former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, charging that the failed financial firm run by Corzine stole millions from their accounts to pay off its spiraling debts, and that Corzine's "single-minded obsession" with making MF Global a big player on Wall Street led to the firm's collapse.	One of two people who witnessed the horrifying elevator accident that killed ad executive Suzaane Hart last month is so traumatized by the event she's filed a lawsuit.
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Syracuse University, Boeheim Sued Over Fine Sex-Abuse Claims San Francisco Chronicle 12/13/2011	Man Sues Couple He Took Hostage; Jesse Dimmick: Couple Broke Deal Not To Tell Police KMBC 11/29/2011
Syracuse University and its head basketball coach, Jim Boeheim, were sued by two men claiming "years of sexual molestation" at the hands of former assistant coach Bernie Fine.	Can there be no trust between a kidnapper and his hostages? A man who held a Kansas couple hostage in their home while fleeing from authorities is suing them, claiming that they broke an oral contract made when he promised them money in exchange for hiding him from police. The couple has asked a judge to dismiss the suit.
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Family Awarded $1 Million After Daughter Discovers Brother's Brain on Display Fox News 11/26/2011	Madoff Trustee Sues Jewish Association for $5.2 Million Linda Sandler The Washington Post 10/15/2011
A family who found out that their son's brain was on display at the Staten Island Mortuary when his sister visited on a field trip was awarded $1 million by a jury.	The liquidator of Bernard L. Madoff’s firm sued the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged for $5.2 million in fictitious profit over six years.
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Lady Gaga sues Nevada company in New York over its trademark applications in her name The Washington Post 09/28/2011	Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue ‘Rogue’ Book Publisher ABC News 09/26/2011
Lady Gaga says a Nevada-based company is trying to horn in on her fame to market cosmetics and jewelry. She’s suing in New York.	Sarah Palin’s family attorney John Tiemessen has written a letter to Maya Mavjee, the publisher of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, that Palin may sue her, the company, and the book’s author Joe McGinniss “for knowingly publishing false statements” in his book released last week, “The Rogue,” ABC News has learned.
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