Hey, I Found Some Lawsuit Abuse

A lot of times when you hear tales of lawsuit abuse the cases they talk about, if real in the first place, are often not all that awful. Unless you're an insurance company. Alas, sometimes stupid lawsuits are filed and need to be called out as such. Here's one from - where else - Los Angeles:

A Los Angeles psychologist who was denied a tote bag during a Mother's Day giveaway at an Angel game is suing the baseball team, alleging sex and age discrimination.

Michael Cohn's class-action claim in Orange County Superior Court alleges that thousands of males and fans under 18 were "treated unequally" at a "Family Sunday" promotion last May and are entitled to $4,000 each in damages.

Read that again. I'll wait. That's right - this dipshit is suing because he didn't get a free tote bag when he went to a baseball game (must have been a nice bag - he wants $4000 per deprived fan). While I can see, in some law school hypothetical, how this claim might be valid, this is not the type of thing that should be gumming up the courts. Attorneys can, and in this case should have, said, "I'm sorry, sir, but that's not really worth suing over."