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Finding of conversion and fraudulent concealment affirmed where brother signed sister’s name on check

Day on Torts

The trial court found, based on the testimony of the parties, that the purpose of the annuity was to ensure that the mother would eventually qualify for Medicaid benefits. Defendant signed both his own name and plaintiff’s name on the check, then deposited the proceeds into a joint account he shared with his then wife.

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Waste Not, Want Not: Airline Dumps Human Waste on Englishman Sunning Himself in his Backyard

JonathanTurley

468 (1852): “When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence. ” This personal injury was, of course, to a pedestrian but would certainly constitute a “gross” tort. 33, 164 S.E.

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The Curious Ethical Case of Kevin Morris

JonathanTurley

As discussed below, those concerns were magnified by Morris’s recent deposition where he seemed to struggle to separate matters falling under his roles as friend, donor, investor, and lawyer. When I was reviewing the investment I was going to make, I did it in — as part of my diligence on evaluating that transaction.

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