Court: Baseball Fan Did Not Assume Risk Associated With Hot Dog Toss
Debatable.
Lowering the Bar Exam Questions
Another High Court Takes Up Negligent-Golfing Issue
New York's highest court will hear arguments tomorrow in a case that raises the perennial question: Does a golfer have a legal duty to yell "Fore"? A trial judge and a panel of the Appellate Division agreed that Dr. Azad…
Gorilla Update
After I posted the previous item on the gorilla said to be rampaging through Kansas City, the original article was updated (same link) and the ape in question is now reported to be a "large chimpanzee" (pan troglodytes) rather than a gorilla (gorilla…
One Possibly Unforeseen Risk of Escaping While Handcuffed
— is that you might also get charged with stealing the handcuffs. According to the Longview (Wash.) Daily News, a man who was arrested on October 1 managed to escape while being taken to jail, after he was able to…
Hoisting Suspect’s Sagging Pants Not a “Search,” Court Rules
It seems like only yesterday, and in fact it was only yesterday, that I was again lamenting the amount of energy wasted on the fight against sagging pants. I don't like low pants any more than you do, I just…
Why Poland Has Three Presidents Today
According to FOX News, the fair-and-balanced (and, as it turns out, accurate) source of Polish-presidential-succession information, Poland had three different presidents today (July 8), depending on what time it was. When he woke up this morning, Bronislaw Komorowski was the…
The February Bar Exam Approaches!
For some reason I'm thinking about zombies today (tip: do not play super-realistic zombie video game just before bed if hoping to avoid bizarre zombie-related dreams) and so when I wrote the title above I immediately thought of zombies. The…
Police Dog: The Meat-Smuggler’s Nemesis
In August, police in Framingham, Massachusetts, responded to a report that a gas station had been robbed. They brought along a tracking dog and released it in the direction in which witnesses said the robber had gone. Just a few…
Attorney Loses Round One in Battle for First Amendment Right to Wear Hats
Prediction: He will also lose round two.
Man Who Attempted Suicide Sues Hospital That Saved Him
If someone injures you while saving your life, can you sue them? Well, of course you can sue them, since you’re not dead, but can you win? I guess so. Earlier this month, Michael Dexter was paid 90,000 pounds as…