February 2008



Repeated Demands for Prostitute: Grounds for Termination?

I don’t want to keep you in suspense: the answer is yes. Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, located in Iowa, apparently gives its employees a special bonus to mark their first year of employment.  The bonus, at least in this…


Junk-Mail Deliverer Sues After Mailbox Injury

"When I received a solicitor’s letter," said Paul O’Brien of Leeds in Great Britain, "I thought someone was having a laugh."  This was because the letter explained that Mr. O’Brien was likely to be sued by a woman who had…


“Heavy Hitter” On the Ropes

The Nevada Bar Association said earlier this month that it had received a complaint against personal-injury lawyer Glen Lerner, and that it was investigating.  Lerner is extremely well-known in Nevada, largely because of his ridiculous TV commercials, which have shown…


Police Stop of Ax-Wielding Bike Rider Found Justified

In a classic opinion of which I have just learned, the California Court of Appeal ruled in 1998 that police were in fact justified in detaining a man they saw on a bicycle at 3:00 in the morning, primarily because…





Judge Jumps the Gun on Declaring Defendant Guilty

The evidence against Joseph Nee, on trial for allegedly plotting a Columbine-style attack at his high school, seems to have been fairly strong.  Or at least you could infer that from the fact that the judge in his bench trial…