JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law requires that individuals “shall as soon as reasonably possible notify the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, medical assistance, or other public officials.” In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

Aladin was charged with robbery, which is a second degree felony, and Whettstone and Lawrence were charged with first degree misdemeanor assault. million payment in attorney fees. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million. That was upheld and the appellate court also upheld an award of $6.2

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 3, 2021

Other women gave testimony on Cuomo pressing women into relationships, creating a “toxic” environment for women, and attacking not just women but the investigators (which Attorney General Letitia James called “offensive”). Some of these torts could be alleged to have continued through his actions and statements in response to the controversy.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Trump reposted a supporter’s “fantasy” of executing a citizen’s arrest of Judge Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James. ” The right still exists for any felonies (or certain misdemeanors committed in the presence of the citizen). I have also criticized this New York law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

On May 24, 2021, the mandate issued for the Second Circuit’s judgment affirming dismissal of New York City’s tort law-based case against fossil fuel companies. Chevron Corp. City of Oakland , No. 20-1089 (U.S.). City of New York v. Chevron Corp. , 18-2188 (2d Cir. May 24, 2021).

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, in realpolitik we saw evidence of Trump’s victimhood of “rigged” elections starting to ebb in the defeat last week of Jim Jordan of Ohio for the House Speakership and in the guilty pleas of two of Trump’s attorneys and co-defendants Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in the Georgia RICO case.

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