In August of 2023 I published a blog post on what really happened with the famous case of a lady who sued McDonald’s because she was burned from coffee that was so hot it started melting the Styrofoam cup. While not wanting to pick on McDonald’s it was interesting that at least 2 more lawsuits … More 2023 and more McDonald’s Cases
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (600 U.S. ___(2023)) The Supreme Court releases it opinions (rulings) for cases on the court’s website. This case got a lot of attention in the media earlier this summer. As is sometimes the case I was asked to several questions by those that … More Case Commentary: Students for Fair Admission, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
On August 18, 1994 a court released the verdict for what has become a joke about a lady suing McDonald because the coffee was hot. However, there is more to case than what has become a joke about coffee being hot. Several reputable organizations have tried to get the facts out there to show that … More Liebeck v. McDonald’s (aka The Hot Coffee Case)
For grammar lovers the Oxford Comma is an important element. For legal writers the Oxford Commas is something that has legal implications, at least the 1st Circuit decided this when they ruled on the O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy No. 16-1901 (1st Cir. 2017). In this case the lack of a comma won several million dollars … More The Oxford Comma Case (O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy)
Recently an injunction that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) granted for the Roman Catholic Diocese who were joined by Agudath Israel of America temporarily preventing an executive order that limited attendance at religious services to no more than 10 or 25 people depending on the severity of COVID-19 in the area. This … More Case Commentary – Injunctive Relief NYC religious services
Korematsu v. United States is one of the landmark cases a law school student will learn about in Constitutional Law. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was decided in 1944 and basically allowed the United States government to relocated United States Citizens to internment camps (Encyclopedia Britannica does a great job at explaining … More Korematsu v. US – why it hasn’t been overturned
A real life food fight resulted in a lawsuit that awarded the plaintiff (Constance Koulmey) over $100,000 in Connecticut. Yup, a man threw a bowl of pasta in a restaurant and the woman who was hit by accident was awarded just over $100,000 by a jury. How? There were several factors that played into this … More Koulmey v. Sweeney – Pasta throwing leads to a $100K jury verdict
Recently, a group of Florida teens videoed a man who drowned. CNN has a great timeline of the situation here. The teens were heard laughing and teasing the man on the video, and none of them rendered help once the man started to struggle in the water. I have been asked why the teens are … More Moral vs. Legal obligations
Commonwealth v. Carter case commentary June 2017 … More Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter for texting that ends in suicide
“Court fines a man of $4K for ‘liking’ defamatory Facebook posts” is the title of article in the NY Post’s website. A friend asked if I thought this was Brassy of a court to do. As a lawyer I like to know all the facts I can before attempted to explain why the court ruled … More Court fined a man over liking a Facebook Post
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