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Admit it – you’ve thought of it.  Could you just stay all day at your local lunch and dinner buffet and eat all day long?  And a related question: Could a buffet kick someone out who was eating an abnormal amount of expensive food – say, crab legs?  I admit, it’s crossed my mind before – especially the poor law school student me. Legally, your entry and payment for a buffet is an implied contract. An implied contract is where there are no written terms but both parties actions show the desire to enter into an agreement. In our buffet […]

And win? Believe it or not someone has tried. And lost but Not because God is almighty. But because the court dismissed the case. So what was the problem? In 2005, a man sued God for all sorts of intentional torts and atrocities against mankind – disease, pestilence – intentional flooding of the world (hmm…sounds like a great insurance claim #lawyerdream). In any case, the problem was with service of process. A lawsuit can’t just be mailed to someone’s home like an Amazon delivery. The law requires that a copy of the lawsuit be hand delivered … placed into the […]

You own your house, your car, your clothes. But do you legally own your own body? The answer may surprise you. Most people know that the thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery. But now in the 21st century, do you legally own your own body? If you think about it for a moment, even here in the liberty loving United States of America, there are numerous laws and regulations about what people can do with their own body. For example: It is illegal to put certain drugs in your body. Prostitution in certain places is illegal. Abortion […]

Objection! On television, it seems like us lawyers are always objecting all the time. But what are we objecting about? Lawyers generally object for one of two reasons. First, we object because we don’t think the question asked of a witness is proper. Second, we object because we don’t think the answer the witness is giving is proper. After a lawyer objects to a question, the judge either sustains or overrules the objection. If the judge sustains the objection the lawyer cannot ask that question and must move on. The most common objection is hearsay. Hearsay is when a witness […]

I recently vacationed in beautiful Montego Bay, Jamaica and the issue that came up was: What laws do I, as a U.S. citizen, have to follow? The focus really is on jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is the “legal power” over someone or something. There are essentially three types of jurisdiction you would need to be aware of when traveling abroad. First, territorial jurisdiction.  While I was in Jamaica, Jamaica has jurisdiction over me because I am physically present inside its territory and must abide by the laws of the country I am in. Remember Amanda Knox? She was accused of murder in […]