Tort Twit

Three cheers for a judge who still possesses common sense:

When [attorney] Michael Oddenino's teenage daughter complained that her softball coach was insulting her teammates, he took the dispute off the diamond and into a court.

But Superior Court Judge Jan Pluim dismissed the case, writing in her March 14 decision that there is nothing wrong with "a coach pushing an athlete to excel, and in so doing, using words that in another context would be considered rude, demeaning and even intimidating."

This is exactly why tort reform is so badly needed in this country--to punish people who file such obviously money-grubbing lawsuits. Mr. Oddenino should be tarred and feathered and summarily run out town.