Oh sure, plenty of people have issues with their mother-in-law, but people are smart to try to keep it civil—nobody wins when their fiance's manner-obsessed mom's emails go viral. But has your mother-in-law ever been so determined to humiliate you she's gotten your medical records and spread rumors that you were infertile and ridden with so many venereal diseases you would be dead in a few months? According to the Post, a Brooklyn man has sued his mother-in-law and his medical center for just such behavior. more ›

A New Jersey stand-up comedian got the "last laugh" (har, Post) when she won a suit brought upon her by her mother-in-law two years ago. Sunda Croonquist had spent years using her marriage into a Jewish family as comedy fodder, but after a while her mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin wasn't finding her act so funny, and sued her over her "malicious" shtick. Husband Mark signed on as Sunda's lawyer, and courtroom hilarity most likely ensued. Now, a judge has ruled that Croonquist's jokes are protected speech. more ›

A man has filed a suit against his mother for allegedly attempting to break him and his wife up. Lia Joseph allegedly went too far in her quest to prove that her son's wife, Diana David, was a gold digger that she got David fired from her job and lied to her sick father. One source told the Post her quest "seems to be some sort of twisted Freudian thing." more ›

An executive at a subprime loan company that was financially circling the drain stated that the murder of his wife and consequent suicide was not related to money worries, but personal problems. Walter Buczynski was a 59-year-old vice president of Fieldstone Mortgage Corp., a mortgage lending company sinking into bankrupty. He'd told neighbors that he would soon be looking for a new job, but they didn't sense an irregular level of distress. more ›