Celebrity Justin Bieber is headed back to court, this time summoned by his former Calabasas, California, neighbors whose house was egged by Bieber. That January 2014 "eggscapade" landed Bieber two years probation, anger management classes, community service and a payment of $80,900 in restitution to his former neighbors.

Now, Jeff and Suzanne Schwartz are seeking an additional $25,000 from Bieber for assault and battery, trespassing and infliction of emotional distress. According to the lawsuit, “During his continued residence at the property … Mr. Bieber and his employees, agents, and acquaintances continued to harass, threaten, and intimidate plaintiffs and their family at every opportunity without justification, basis, reason, or excuse.” The family further claims, among other things, that Bieber spit at them, threw loud parties, constantly smoked marijuana and drove recklessly through the neighborhood.

—Source:  eonline.com

The makers of Jim Beam bourbon are facing a lawsuit over the word "handcrafted" on its bottles.

Plaintiff Scott Welk has filed a class action lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages, claiming the use of the word "handcrafted" on the Jim Beam White Label bourbon is inaccurate.  According to the lawsuit, the bourbon is not "handmade by a skilled craftsman as the company claims." Welk contends that the labeling is "immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous and/or substantially injurious to consumers" because "consumers are led to believe that Jim Beam bourbon is of superior quality and workmanship by virtue of it being ‘handcrafted,' when in fact it is not."

Beam Suntory, Jim Beam's parent company, called the lawsuit "frivolous," noting that a similar suit was filed against Maker's Mark, another brand owned by Beam Suntory. News reports further indicate that a similar suit was filed against beer maker Anheuser-Busch for the labels on its Kirin Ichiban beer, which according to that lawsuit are "deceptively advertised as being imported from Japan."

—Source:  eater.com

"America's Got Talent" host Nick Cannon is suing his estranged wife, Mariah Carey, for leaving him in the dark about the $9 million sale of the Bel-Air home the couple once shared.

According to the lawsuit, Cannon claims that Carey and her business manager, Michael Kane, took control of the sale and that he didn't find out about it until after the fact.

Although Cannon claims to be fine with the sale and price, he says the problem is that he was not kept in the loop from start to finish. And he's most concerned about how the funds from the sale will be divvied up. Cannon wants the $9 million frozen until they can determine who will be getting what.

—Source:  tmz.com

A New Jersey man recently lost his lawsuit against a local Applebee's after claiming the restaurant chain was liable for burn damages he suffered while bowing his head in prayer over a sizzling steak fajita skillet.

Hiram Jimenez claims that the waitress failed to warn him that the skillet upon which his steak fajita dinner was served was hot. Court records indicate that when Jimenez bowed his head close to the table to pray he heard a loud sizzling noise followed by a grease pop, and felt a burning sensation in his left eye and on his face. Jimenez said he panicked and knocked the plate of food on his lap, causing more burns. None of the burns left any scarring, records show.

According to news reports, the lower court dismissed the case, finding that the danger posed by the sizzling fajita plate was "open and obvious" and that Jimenez chose to put his face close to it. The appeals panel affirmed the lower court's findings.  

"Here, the danger posed by a plate of sizzling hot food was self-evident," the two-judge panel ruled.

—Source:  nj.com