I rode down the elevator yesterday with a coworker. She asked me what kind of trial we had going on right now, and I told her it’s some labor commission appeals case. Basically, this guy felt he was underpaid when he worked at a particular company, and that he should’ve been paid double-manager’s salary because he was doing the job of 2 managers. He lost the case, so he appealed and changed his theory; he’s now saying he should’ve been paid more than he was paid because he was NOT a manager and thus should’ve been paid salary plus overtime. Real interesting stuff, I say with more than a teaspoon of salt.
“At least that’s better than our gassing case,” she said. Gassing? What kind of gas? Is someone suing for gas leakage in a home? Or gas fume damage? Did someone get gassed by the police and is now suing over it? Did someone’s car blow up at the gas station cuz they used a cell phone while stepping back into the car, thus igniting a static electricity spark? My mind turned over all the possibilities. They were all wrong.
Apparently “gassing” to law enforcement means that someone flung his poo and pee at a peace officer. “Like monkeys?!” I GASped in wonderment. Yup. This happened in jail. The inmate is being charged with this bio attack on a prison guard. She was more awed that the officer who got hit was dumb enough to stand there and get hit.

How come we never get the interesting cases?