Res ipsa loquitur: Legal Commentary

Posted on February 26, 2009
There is an interesting first amendment case in Clearwater, Florida when a local bait and tackle shop is facing a daily fine for hanging a banner showing the first amendment on the side of its business. The ACLU is representing Herb Quintero, owner of The Complete Angler who was first fined when he put a mural [...

Florida Professor and Wife Accused of Defrauding NASA

Posted on February 26, 2009
University of Florida professor Samim Anghaie, 59, and his wife, Sousan Anghaie, 55, have been accused of defrauding NASA and taking roughly $600,000 for personal use. The Iranian-born Anghaise is the Director of the Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute at the University of Florida while his wife is president of New Era [...

Brush, Floss, Grope, Repeat: California Doctor Claims Fondling Patients Was Part of Medical Treatment

Posted on February 26, 2009
California dentist Mark Anderson has surprised many in his trial for 19 felony counts and one misdemeanor for fondling patients. He claims that his massaging of the chests of various female patients was a legitimate part of a medical treatment for temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMJ...

Nothing to Relish: Georgia Prosecutor Resigns After Alleged Drunken Fight with Hot Dog Vendor

Posted on February 26, 2009
Assistant District Attorney William Michael Olson, 36, has resigned from his position as a prosecutor with Clarke County, Georgia after being arrested for a drunken fight with a hot dog vendor. The vendor says that Olson ate a hot dog and then tried to leave without paying for it, leading to a [...

California Woman Awarded $7 million (and a BMW) in Herpes Transmission Case

Posted on February 26, 2009
There is an interesting verdict out of Riverside, California this week. A 56-year-old woman (identified only as Patricia) was awarded $7 million and a BMW sedan for exposure to herpes but a 77-year-old man. The lawsuit alleged that the man knew that he had herpes for 25 year before the sexual relationship but did not [...

The Mule Menace: TSA Moves Against Possible Mule-Skinner Mujahideen

Posted on February 26, 2009
While the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been ridiculed for inefficiencies, waste, and absurd restrictions, it has taken a bold effort to close one of the greatest remaining threats to the homeland: muleskinners. Under a new anti-terror law, TSA has determined that mule skinners (who actually do not skin mules but drive them) [...

Florida Woman Arrested for Giving Boyfriend Unwanted Hug

Posted on February 25, 2009
While women in Georgia may be running over their boyfriends, Lori Smith was arrested for giving her boyfriend Kevin Connelly an unwanted hug. She was charged with one count of domestic battery in another example of officers using no judgment in overcharging noncriminal conduct...

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