A court in Australia has ruled that three children will share in the estate of their sperm donor father. It turns out that the man they thought was their father was infertile. When he died, their mother told them the truth, including the identity of their biological father, Mr. Wijma.…
Mr. Washington’s “Motion for Reconsideration” (click hereto see the document) reads as follows: A while back I filed a Motion for the American People to Kiss My Ass Also Skin Change Operation to White. It’s all right to be white. I think it’s cool and groovie. But I think I…
Ms. Kirkland works at Morton’s of Chicago as the catering manager, where her boss is Mr. Hickey, the restaurant manager. According to the court, there is no genuine dispute as to the following (in other words, “it’s true”): that Hickey told Kirkland that she “needed to get laid”; that Hickey…
You would think this is not something any parent needs to be told. You would be wrong. A Staten Island, New York woman put her 3-year-old son in a running dryer. Prosecutors said that the child suffered burns and bruises on his nose, neck, forehead, ears, back and buttocks. As…
In almost every jurisdiction, male lawyers must wear a jacket and tie when they appear in court. The idea is to appear dignified and professional – we are, after all, officers of the court. Most attorneys would probably agree that the courtroom is not the place to make a fashion…
So here are the crimes: 67.5. Theft of crawfish A. Theft of crawfish is the misappropriation or taking of crawfish belonging to another or proceeds derived from the sale of such crawfish, whether done without the consent of the owner to the misappropriation or taking, or by means of fraudulent…
So it’s 1978, and two women meet in California and fall in love. They move to New York, where they live together for a number of years. Since they are not allowed to marry in New York, in 1991, they go to Maine, where Ms. Watson, the IBM heiress, legally…
It’s 1944 in New Jersey. Louisa Strittmater died, with some money, or you wouldn’t be reading this. In her Will, she left her entire estate to ……. the National Women’s Party. Mercy! This did not sit well with her cousins (whom she saw very little during the last few years…
The world apparently is aware of only half the dangers of jail showers. Mr. Flandro, a former inmate of the Salt Lake County Jails, brought a shower-related lawsuit against a Utah jail. In his suit, Mr. Flandro claimed that the jail showers violated his 8th Amendment rights because they were…
Whatever you do, make sure you don’t grab Mr. Green’s raincoat! Mr. Ryan, an Illinois attorney, was on his way into the courthouse. As described by the court (Mr. Ryan is the “Respondent”): Deputy Kennealy, who was assigned to first-floor security at the Daley Center during May of 1999, testified…