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Pennsylvania Woman Killed By Roommate’s Three Pit Bulls

JonathanTurley

We have previously discussed animal liability in torts. It is often said the every dog gets one free bite in American torts. However, the “one free bite rule” is a commonly misunderstood torts doctrine — suggesting that you are not subject to strict liability until after the first time your dog bites someone.

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The History of Inmate Education

Blackstone Career Institute

In 1913, 50 inmates at a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas were enrolled at the state’s Agricultural College. In the early 20th century, the first true college programs within a prison took place. We also offer correspondence Advanced Paralegal Certificate Courses for incarcerated individuals.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

When you dig a little further into the statistics, the metropolitan area with the highest annual mean wage was Napa, CA, where hourly rates run $44.76, while the nonmetropolitan area with the highest employment of paralegals and legal assistants was the Kansas nonmetro area with an hourly wage of $15.03.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. The next scary moment is likely to be in the form of a torts complaint.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

Phillips posted a side image of Holden at a game of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Las Vegas Raiders, showing his face painted black. The writer has long been controversial, but Deadspin retained him. It could now come at a high cost, but the defamation action will face challenges. ” Phillips went into full attack mode.

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Rutgers Professor and Law Student Under Fire for Reading Racial Slur From Judicial Opinion

JonathanTurley

.” We have been discussing professors who have been investigated or sanctioned for the use of the “n-word” in classes or tests at Georgetown , Duquesne , John Marshall , Augsberg , Chicago , DePaul , Princeton , Kansas , and other schools. There were also recent incidents at Wake Forest and Emory. That does not make them racists.

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