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Bizarre, Criminal law, Lawyering, Society July 2, 2012

Lawyer Poisons Himself In Court After Being Found Guilty Of Arson

Michael Marin was the very image of a powerhouse lawyer: a Yale Law School graduate who went on to find…

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Free Speech, International, Politics, Religion, Society May 29, 2012May 29, 2012

330 Schoolgirls And Teachers Poisoned In One Month in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the struggle for basic rights for women continues to be a struggle for life itself. Today officials confirmed…

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Animals, Environment, Politics, Society February 4, 2012February 4, 2012

Rodenticide Poisoning in Children and Wildlife Deemed an Acceptable Level of Societal Risk by Todd M. Wynn, Director of the ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger Last September, the EPA released a statement about its plan to ban the sale…

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Animals, Environment, Society January 16, 2012January 16, 2012

A Smart or Dumas Move? Italy Set To Bomb Island of Montecristo With 26 Tons of Rat Poison

This is a bizarre story. We are all familiar with the island of Montecristo from the famous novel by Alexandre…

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Animals, Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Media January 4, 2012

Chinese Official Arrested In Suspected Murder Of Tycoon By Poisoning His Cat Stew

This story has it all from culinary, cultural, legal and political angles. Chinese police have arrested a local Communist party…

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Science, Torts December 24, 2011

Poisonous Poinsettias?

-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger When I was telling a female worker from another company that my company…

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Academia, Science, Torts August 22, 2011August 23, 2011

Was Queen Hatsheput Poisoned? Scientists Find Evidence of What Could Be One Of The World’s Oldest Product Liability Cases

There was an interesting story out of Germany where researchers have found a highly carcinogenic substance in a flask of…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Society February 28, 2009

Poison Pen Letter: Chicago Man Arrested for Sending HIV-Positive Letter to President Obama

Saad Hussein, an Ethiopian immigrant in Chicago, has been arrested for allegedly sending Obama and his staff envelopes containing HIV-infected…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Environment, Society, Torts September 22, 2008

Latest Chinese Product Scandal: Over 50,000 Children Poisoned by Tainted Milk

China is again ordering a rash of arrests and resignations after the latest product scandal. In this case, diary producers…

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Bizarre, Society, Torts August 29, 2008

Two Pinches of Negligence: Magazine Causes Poisonings Due to Typo in Apple Cake Recipe

Now this could make for an interesting tort case — literally. Ok, it was technically an apple cake not a…

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Uncategorized August 1, 2008

Stick a Fork in Yourself Because You’re Dunn: Man Arrested in Baby Food Poisoning Hoax

New York has an interesting hoax case involving another YouTube-related crime video. In this case, Anton Dunn has been arrested…

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Bizarre, Environment, Torts November 12, 2007

Man Convicted of Cutting and Poisoning 500 Trees for View in Nevada

A jury found Douglas Hoffman, a 60-year old Ariz. man, was found guilty of cutting down or poisoning 546 trees…

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Criminal law, Torts November 27, 2020November 28, 2020

TURKEY TORTS (2020)

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to…

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Columns, Constitutional Law, Politics, Society November 6, 2020

What Happens In Vegas May Not Stay In Vegas: Why The Nevada Challenge Could Be Important To The Presidential Election

It turns out that some things that happen in Vegas may not stay in Vegas . . . like voting.…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Could The Lee Case Be The First Felony-Murder Case Linked To The Protests?

Two months after a pawn shop was looted and burned in the Minneapolis, a charred body with “thermal injuries” was…

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