http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102906493.html
A Judge in New York City decided that a 4 year old is old enough to appreciate the danger of riding a bicycle into a elderly lady, who later died of injuries sustained from the collision.
Why this isn't so significant. Parents can be held responsible for the negligence or intentional torts of their children. Even though it's a stretch to hold a girl who probably finished watching the latest episode of Yo Gabba Gabba, to that of a person who knew that riding a bicycle could possibly kill a elderly lady, this particular judge found there to be enough awareness to get past a summary judgment (can go forward to trial). I can easily see a similar outcome in many states and jurisdictions throughout the U.S.
A four year old child was held accountable. Again, it happens all the time, that parents are held accountable for their childrens torts.
Parents should have home owners or renters insurance for such a dilemma.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Simply Incredible
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/25/florida.hiccup.girl/index.html
Many times handing unheeded attention to kids and the stunts they perform on Youtube seem innocent enough. In this case this girl could not get enough.
That being said, I hope that she is accorded a fair examinination of her true actions and complicity in this horrible event. Everybody deserves a fair investigation!
Many times handing unheeded attention to kids and the stunts they perform on Youtube seem innocent enough. In this case this girl could not get enough.
That being said, I hope that she is accorded a fair examinination of her true actions and complicity in this horrible event. Everybody deserves a fair investigation!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Support those with Mental Health Issues
http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/ohstate/story/Ohios-mental-health-system-on-verge-of-collapse/0C48714Z9kaZE87NbYcucw.cspx
We should definitly help those who can't help themselves. Those who suffer with mental health issues should not be treated like it is their fault.
We should definitly help those who can't help themselves. Those who suffer with mental health issues should not be treated like it is their fault.
Cleared by DNA
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/21/new.york.exoneration.judgment/index.html
As a practitioner in criminal defense, I step foot in jails and prisons regularly. It's hard being in those places for a couple minutes, yet alone years.
On a side note: I really respect people who work in those facilities, as they live a portion of their lives behind bars daily. Though they do get to leave at the end of the day.
As a practitioner in criminal defense, I step foot in jails and prisons regularly. It's hard being in those places for a couple minutes, yet alone years.
On a side note: I really respect people who work in those facilities, as they live a portion of their lives behind bars daily. Though they do get to leave at the end of the day.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Online Privacy?
www.newsweek.com/2010/10/22/forget-privacy-what-the-internet-knows-about-you.htm
I read this article after thinking the same thing earlier in the day. I am guilty of "googling" myself. It is incredible the amount of information that I picked up about myself. Some information that I voluntarily provided to the world, and information that I have not.
Some of these social networking sites, give us a false sense of security, by placing privacy settings. The problem is that all our likes, interests, ideas and thoughts leaves a footprint of who we are accessible to the world in some form. The groups and "likes', tweets we follow and whatever else we join are being counted.
The most interesting aspect from a lawyers point of view are the havoc that social media is wreaking on private lives, marriages and employment. People are getting arrested for comments made to others, or getting their identities stolen, divorces and break ups are occuring from improper behavior with others, and loss of employment from either preoccupation with social media or evidence of unprofessional shenanigansin our private matters. Yet with all these stories that we are becoming more and more familiar with, we still come back for more. We can't stay away. I think social media has most startlingy brought about a hyper awareness of human insecurities, and how fragile we are.
I think we are just coming into the inception of the legal fallout that social media, and the over connection it brings into our lives. The best or worst is definitly in front of us.
I read this article after thinking the same thing earlier in the day. I am guilty of "googling" myself. It is incredible the amount of information that I picked up about myself. Some information that I voluntarily provided to the world, and information that I have not.
Some of these social networking sites, give us a false sense of security, by placing privacy settings. The problem is that all our likes, interests, ideas and thoughts leaves a footprint of who we are accessible to the world in some form. The groups and "likes', tweets we follow and whatever else we join are being counted.
The most interesting aspect from a lawyers point of view are the havoc that social media is wreaking on private lives, marriages and employment. People are getting arrested for comments made to others, or getting their identities stolen, divorces and break ups are occuring from improper behavior with others, and loss of employment from either preoccupation with social media or evidence of unprofessional shenanigansin our private matters. Yet with all these stories that we are becoming more and more familiar with, we still come back for more. We can't stay away. I think social media has most startlingy brought about a hyper awareness of human insecurities, and how fragile we are.
I think we are just coming into the inception of the legal fallout that social media, and the over connection it brings into our lives. The best or worst is definitly in front of us.
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