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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Oprah</p>           WASHINGTON - A lawsuit against Oprah and President George W. Bush, alleging they implanted a camera into a woman with the intention of reincarnating her, topped the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform's (ILR) 2010 Most Ridiculous Lawsuit of the Year Poll. <br /><br />The <a href=\"http://www.wvrecord.com/news/224011-woman-claims-oprah-bushes-doctors-behind-implant-reincarnation-plot<br />/\">story</a> originated in the <i>West Virginia Record</i>, a sister publication of the <i>Madison County Record</i>. Both newspapers are owned by the Institute for Legal Reform, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.<br /><br />ILR announced the top five vote-getters as chosen by visitors to the FacesOfLawsuitAbuse.org website. The stories were selected from the lawsuit stories featured in the website's monthly polls for 2010.<br /><br /> The Faces of Lawsuit Abuse campaign is ILR's public awareness effort created to highlight the impact of abusive lawsuits on small businesses, communities, and individuals.<br /><br />The top five Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2010 are:<br /><br />1.Woman sues Oprah and President Bush, declaring they \"implanted a camera with wire sensors into her with the intent of reincarnation.\"<br /><br />2.Girl sues estate of pregnant woman she killed during suicide attempt<br /><br />3.Convicted killer sues to receive electrolysis as part of state-funded sex change<br /><br />4.Child-molesting teacher countersues boy's parents over negligent supervision<br /><br />5.Restaurant sued for failing to offer artichoke-eating instructions<br /><br />Links to the full news stories from which these were drawn and the complete results of the poll can be found at <br /><a href=\"http://facesoflawsuitabuse.org/polls-archive/\">http://facesoflawsuitabuse.org/polls-archive</a>.<br /><br />ILR seeks to promote civil justice reform through legislative, political, judicial, and educational activities at the national, state, and local levels.<br /><br />The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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