Amish Lawsuit Claims U.S. Cattle Program Is Satanic

A group of Amish farmers in Michigan has filed a lawsuit claiming that a U.S. Department of Agriculture program designed to reduce livestock diseases is a front for Satanism and violates their freedom of religion. The Agriculture Department has been encouraging farmers to tag their cattle with RFID chips in order to better track bovine disease patterns. The... More

Man Beats Up His Wife, Then Sues United Airlines

A man who beat up his wife in the San Francisco airport is suing United Airlines, claiming the airline was at fault and it should have to pay him damages. Yoichi Shimamoto hit his wife six times while going though Customs and was arrested for disorderly conduct. He claims he wasn’t at fault and the only reason he misbehaved was that he was able... More

The day after a married 43-year-old father of two was seen by his primary care physician for chest pain, he collapsed at work and died of a heart attack. After conducting some tests in his office, the doctor had released the man and scheduled a stress test for the following week. If the family sues the doctor for negligence, what would they have to prove?

The family would have to prove that it was negligent to schedule the stress test for the following week, rather than taking more immediate action. A claim like this can be fairly complicated, because it would involve proving that the test should have been done earlier, that it would have been positive, and that the positive result would have caused the doctor to take some immediate action that would have prevented the heart attack. If any link in that chain is missing, the claim cannot be brought. Source:... More

Not So Fast: Linebacker’s Sentiments Won’t Control Case

It’s a good thing New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau pursued a career in football instead of the law. A day after a drunk fan ran onto the sidelines and tackled Seau during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, the former Pro-Bowl linebacker told the Boston Herald he has no interest in pursuing criminal... More

7 TIPS for … Dealing With Holiday Shopping

Holiday shopping — it’s always a challenge. But this year shoppers are facing some new realities. With the economy under siege, not only must you decide what to get your wacky relatives, the dog walker and your kids’ teachers, but you’ve got to protect yourself from holiday financial disaster. With all... More

‘Rampant’ Sex in Jury Room Could Result in New Trial

A convicted murderer in St. Louis is demanding a new trial because jurors and sheriff’s deputies engaged in “rampant” sex during their deliberations. The jurors deliberated for two days, during which they were sequestered at a hotel. One juror later told the judge that various jurors engaged in “scandalous and unspeakable” sex acts during that... More

Playing Bagpipes Is ‘Disturbing the Peace’

A man has been arrested for playing bagpipes in public because doing so amounts to “disturbing the peace.” Shaun Cartwright was arrested in Dorset, England, after he began playing in an outdoor shopping area in hopes that passersby would tip him. Instead, police handcuffed him, took him to a station and fingerprinted him. His bagpipes were seized as... More

Cops: Truck Thief Is Well-Known Penis Impersonator

A man who stole a pickup truck and immediately drove it to a police station and turned himself in is the same man who disrupted a high school graduation last spring by dressing in a six-foot inflatable penis costume and spraying participants with Silly String, police believe. Calvin Morett, 19, allegedly walked in front of a black 2000 Dodge pickup truck at... More

Police Raid Home, Mistaking Tomatoes for Marijuana

Scottish police burst into a 79-year-old widow’s home and staged a full-scale raid because they couldn’t tell that what she was growing in her windows were tomato plants, not marijuana. Uniformed officers invaded the house where Lulu Matheson had lived for 53 years, imprisoning her son in a bedroom for two hours, handcuffing her grandson and searching everything... More

If my neighbor’s tree is hanging into my yard, can I trim it?

There is a principle of law known as the “Massachusetts rule,” which allows you to do some trimming of your neighbors’ plants/shrubbery, but with some limits. If your neighbor’s tree roots are coming onto your property, or if the tree limbs are hanging over on your side, you have the absolute right to cut down the limbs or remove the roots — but only to the property line. If your neighbor wanted to bust you for destruction of his property, he would have to show that you were... More

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