Bob Loblaw's Legal Eagle

Welcome to Bob Loblaw's Legal Eagle, a feature that appears when crazies as well as money-hungry normals attempt to sue the pants off celebrities and eccentric billionares of Scrooge McDuck-esque portions. And no, we don't care that there already is a real Bob Loblaw.

First up we have Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson. You may know him as Mad Max, the guy who says "Give me back my son!" in Ransom, or even as that dude who called some cop "sugar tits". But today we learned what religiously-named Benedict Fitzgerald sees him as: A LIAR!

• Fitzgerald, who shared screenwriting credits with Gibson, claimed he agreed to "a salary substantially less than what he would have taken had he known the true budget for the film,"
• The lawsuit claims fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and seeks unspecified damages. It also names Gibson's Icon Productions LLC as a defendant.

In other gavel-swinging news, the family of beloved Three's Company star and my childhood hero, John Ritter, are suing a bunch of Burban doctor-types. The suit alleges that two doctors and eight other medical personnel wrongfully diagnosed and treated Ritter, who died from an aoritc tear in 2003.