A stand-up comedian sued for making mother-in-law jokes has had the last laugh after a federal judge threw the case out of court, finding the jokes were protected speech. Sunda Croonquist, whose act describes her life as a half-black, half-Swedish woman who marries into a Jewish family, was sued after her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law said her jokes were holding them up to public ridicule. Another family twist to the case: Croonquist's husband is a partner in the law firm that represented her.
May 06, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A standup comedian who was sued for making mother-in-law jokes has had the last laugh after a federal judge threw the case out of court.
Sunda Croonquist, whose act for years has been to describe her life as a half-black, half-Swedish woman who marries into a Jewish family, was sued two years ago after her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law said her jokes were holding them up to public ridicule.
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