The plaintiffs won, and that's all I am going to pass on about this opinion on an environmental-law issue, which (no offense meant to environmental-law practitioners) is dull enough to serve as a sleep aid for Charlie Sheen. EPA provides as an example…
I guess this would be cheaper than getting a divorce. According to the Daily Mail, an immigration officer who worked for the UK Border Agency managed to get his wife out of his hair for three years by putting her…
Despite the chaos in the Middle East, rising sea levels and dwindling oil reserves, the asteroid that is likely hurtling toward Earth as you read this, and worst of all, the possibility that there might be another sequel to "The…
Is it better or worse to know that airport security in other countries can be as stupid as ours? I can't decide. A Canadian couple that visited the Royal Signals Museum during a trip to the UK said that officials…
On or about August 9, 2008, [Clown] negligently jumped onto [Plaintiff's] chest causing him to fall to the ground and sustain substantial and permanent injuries to his back. Despite repeated requests by [Plaintiff] for [Clown] to get off his chest,…
A new report that evaluated 200 law-school websites around the country, and found that the University of Illinois had the best, also noted that over 30 percent of the websites included pictures of students in close proximity to trees, a…
It's Dennis Kucinich vs. the Longworth House Office Building cafeteria, in a battle to determine who should pay for injuries allegedly suffered when Rep. Kucinich bit into a sandwich wrap and encountered an olive pit. Kucinich alleges that he sustained…
If only there were people whose job it would be to say what the law means.
Hypothesis: One who announces while giving a gun-safety demonstration that he is “the only one in the room professional enough to carry this Glock 40” will shoot himself in the leg with that Glock 40 shortly thereafter. Research Protocol: Examine…
From a report of new filings last week: Chom P. v. YMCA of The East Bay, Case No. RG11-556438 (Alameda County Super. Ct. filed Jan. 18, 2011). Premises liability action where the plaintiff fell while attempting to dismount a treadmill at the Oakland…