Legal Juice
This a blog covers case law, news and events dealing with personal injury law.
Author: John Mesirow practices at Mesirow & Stravitz in Washington, D.C.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Solo / Small Firm • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Legal Juice
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Have I Got A Piece Of Property For You!
A Chinese company called "Beijing Lunar Village Aeronautics and Technology Co Ltd," but operating as the "Lunar Embassy to China," offered land on the moon at the low, low price of 298 yuan (about $40)…
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A Doctor Is Kind Of Like A Tailor, Right?
They both sew with a steady hand, right? Somehow, a 30-year-old Indian man posed as a doctor for almost a year without raising even an eyebrow. So how was he caught? A security guard overheard…
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Robber's Weapon Of Choice? Tough To Conceal
This man didn't walk into Walgreens with no stinkin' pocket knife. No, it's the Powell Doctrine (remember, overwhelming force?) or nothing. Per The Denver Post: A 19-year-old Denver man wielding a samurai sword is suspected…
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"I'm Not The Best Criminal"
That may be an understatement. Sure, if you're in jail, maybe it's not a big deal to steal from another inmate. But what about stealing a computer from the jail? Yup. Per the Kalamazoo Gazette:Kalamazoo…
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Is That Even "Armed" Robbery?
Okay so the guy had a knife, but it was a butter knife. And the motel clerk didn't think much of it either. Per the Rapid City Journal [South Dakota]: The front desk clerk told…
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Easy Way To Make $45 On Your $5 Investment!
You know those ideas that leave you asking yourself "why didn't I think of that? It's so simple." Well, this isn't one of them. The only simple thing about this scheme is the dude that…
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How To GUARANTEE That Your Kid Will Get Better Grades And Higher SAT Scores
The old saw remains true: if it's sounds too good to be true, it is. So how did former high school secretary Caroline McNeal allegedly assure that her daughter increased her grades and SAT scores?…
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A Truly Obscene Number Of Obscene Phone Calls
How many? In Paul Kavanagh's case, 15,000! He's been at it since 1995. On one day in February of this year, he made 65 calls! After all these years, how did they catch a guy…
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Dude, You're Violin Is Killing Me!
What's a person to do when his boarding housemate's violin playing has been driving him insane for three years? Per The Courier Mail: The man approached the violin player, snapped the bow and threw it…
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How Can You Convict One Twin If You Can't Tell Them Apart?
An interesting question, and not an academic one, for identical twins Gavin and Rhys Higgins, and for the alleged victim, Darryl Churchill. Per the Daily Mail: Darryl Churchill had claimed that one of the twins…