New Defense Strategy: Put Your Client’s Head in a Box
No, I mean you put the box on top of it. Sorry, I guess I should have been more clear.
Brilliant Arguments
Deer Season Cited As Basis for Motion to Continue Trial Date
To the list of possible reasons for seeking a continuance, you can now add the start of deer-hunting season, at least if you live in Arkansas. John Hall, the attorney for Bobby Junior Cox (not “Bobby Cox, Jr.,” but “Bobby…
Ninth Circuit Rejects Right-to-Land-Personal-Jet Case
While the Ninth Circuit is often labeled as a "liberal" court that will accept virtually any civil-rights claim, don’t tell that to Ron Tutor, who is still unable to land his private jet at the airport in Hailey, Idaho. In…
Case Least Likely to Be Successful on Appeal to the Ninth Circuit
One called Ignacio v. Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. All the judges. If you really need a reason, it’s something called “the rule of necessity.” As in, if you sue all the judges…
Absence of Goats Cited as Reason for Speeding
Speeders continue to provide proof of the human race’s endless capacity for coming up with excuses. On Sunday, a Swiss tourist caught speeding in Ontario, Canada, said he had been driving so fast because he cannot do so in his…
Motion for Extension of Time Due to Puppies
There was bad weather on the way, to be fair. But still.
NJ Appeals Court Holds No Duty to Warn About Gravity
This week, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that a bunk-bed manufacturer has no duty to warn the user of a bunk bed that rolling off the top bunk during sleep may result in gravitationally induced injuries. This ruling was…
America’s Proudest Pedophile
Phillip Distasio took a new and different approach to defending against pedophilia charges at his pretrial hearing in Cleveland this week. His defense: admit with pride that you are a pedophile. "I’m a pedophile," he told the judge on Wednesday. …
Clever New Zealanders Self-Reclassify Cars to Save on Taxes
New Zealand’s Transport Registration Center said it will be swiftly contacting residents who, it has learned, registered their cars as "noncommercial hearses" instead of personal vehicles so they could save about $80 in fees. "Noncommercial hearses" and ambulances are exempt…
Man Worried That One of Other Personalities May Have Passed Checks
Authorities in Grand Junction, Colorado, said they would "keep in touch" with a man who reported 12 checks had been stolen out of his checkbook in April. The man told police that he found the checks missing after he had…