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JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE SERVED

By Rick Karcher, Michael McCann, Geoffrey Rapp, Greg Skidmore, and Howard Wasserman

A state judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana granted a request to adjourn a personal injury trial scheduled to start the same day LSU plays Ohio State in the BCS national championship game. The defendant?s attorney, Stephen Babcock, requested the delay claiming he had tickets to the January 7^th game at the New Orleans Superdome. In his request for adjournment, Babcock wrote: ?All counsel to this matter unequivocally agree that the presence of LSU in the aforementioned contest of pigskin skill unquestionably constitutes good grounds therefore. In fact we have been unable through much imagination and hypothetical scenarios to think of a better reason.? In his papers, Babcock referred to the Buckeyes as ?Slowhio . . .due to their perceived lack of speed on both sides of the ball.?

I have my own reasons for rooting against Ohio State, but this gives me one more.

Full post as published by Sports Law Blog on December 23, 2007 (boomark / email).