Breasts are a Deadly Weapon
A Texan court just ruled that a woman’s breasts were a deadly weapon, defined as anything capable of causing serious or deadly injury. The 33 year-old woman was charged for indecent exposure when she took…
Humour
Fools Abound in Torts
“Chief Justice Rugg’s famous distinctions among negligence, gross negligence and recklessness as being distinctions among a fool, a damned fool, and a God-damned fool.†(Harvard Law Record, April 16, 1959.) h/t Dennis Jansen at No….
Man Suing God Unsuccessful
Just over a year ago we covered Senator Ernie Chambers, the man suing God for making terrorist threats. The case was tossed out this week. But the point of Chambers’ suit, to demonstrate that anyone…
Gee Whizz. False Penises are Illegal?
A Federal Court in the U.S. charged the owners of Puck Technology with conspiracy to defraud the government under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The company produced prosthetic pensises called the…
Lowest Voter Turnout in Canadian History
We’ve Never Been This Bad Before The voter turnout last night in the Canadian Federal elections is estimated at 58% to 59.1%. It breaks the all-time record low of 61% in 2004. This excludes the…
May v. Duffy
It’s one of the few times when a title like that won’t be a legal case. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, took on television journalist Mike Duffy. Duffy suggests that May can say…
Lottery Winnings Denied for Being 7 Seconds Late
A lottery winner has been denied his fortune because his lottery ticket was processed a mere 7 seconds after the day’s deadline. Joel Ifergan of Montreal walked into a convenience store just a couple of…
Profs Can be Funny Too
Check out Funny Business by Professor C. Steven Bradford of the University of Nebraska College of Law. h/t Brian Leiter
Attack by Anaphylaxis
Jay Patrick of World Staff reports, According to the report of Wenatchee Police Officer Steve Evitt, while at lunch at Wenatchee High School on Sept. 8, Hickson heard a conversation in which it was mentioned…
Overheard in Law School (from 10/04/08)
The first-year law students of The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law have some interesting quotes of the week at Fight the Hypo, Crim Law Professor: Yes. Orgy killings are bad. Con Law…
10 Types of People on Facebook
We covered the types of stalkers and the use of social networks for lawyers previously. But our readers claimed that Facebook was the best client development network for them. Cracked has a new article on…
Billable Hours while Breaking a Sweat
Terri Krivosha of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP is a desk jockey. She work-walks 3 miles a day at her WalkStation in their Minneapolis law firm. Krivosha claims she installed the treadmill because, A….