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...woman named Anna Ayala claimed to have found a severed finger in a bowl of chili she ordered at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, Calif. The fast-food chain became the butt of every late-night comedian's jokes, and its CEO, Jack Schuessler, faced an embarrassing lawsuit and more than $15 million in lost business, thanks to the unwelcome publicity. Then things took an even more bizarre twist. Authorities in San Jose turned their attention to Ayala, alleging that she fabricated the story and that the finger belonged to an associate of her husband's. Ayala dropped...
...This lawsuit, filed by Cantabrigian Kevin Hill in February, had put a halt on the construction plans until now, but Mary H. Power, Harvard’s senior director of community relations, said that the University intends to proceed now that the suit has been dismissed...
Once a judge grants the request to start the discovery process, the RIAA can then subpoena the identity of the individual in question. Once an identity has been revealed, the original lawsuit is changed to include the subscriber’s name, according to information sent by Engebretsen...
...lawsuit does not call for any specific damages, although it does state that Gould earned $300,000 a year from speaking engagements and that “a seven figure income was his norm.” The suit also states that Gould was negotiating a two million dollar book contract before his death...
...lawsuit is not expected to go to trial for another two years, according to MacDonald...