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Re: What Amount To Ask For In Product Liability Case
In article <1tu012praeojjjnkt0stktr9klisi0f6j0@4ax.com>, <pennsylady2002@yahoo.com> wrote: >Pennsylvania megamart sold relative defective house-cleaning equipment. > Following manufacturer's instructions, relative nearly sliced finger >off. Resultin


Re: What Amount To Ask For In Product Liability Case
pennsylady2002@yahoo.com wrote: > Pennsylvania megamart sold relative defective house-cleaning equipment. > Following manufacturer's instructions, relative nearly sliced finger > off. Resulting damage was determined soft-tissue only that will heal.


Re: trust question
Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> wrote: > In article <sslr0213ce0n2lgkih7cnfc7hib7r34fbb@4ax.com>, > Deadrat <ephemera1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >><duh@rthlnk.net> wrote in message >>news:f5co02h1mogk29vikcl2hu1q7k7ttgjt6c@4ax.com... >>> fredfighter@spa


Re: trust question
"Rich Carreiro" <rlcarr@animato.arlington.ma.us> wrote in message news:usu012dbbm3ke7bl2fe55jt9kd9j3ghtq5@4ax.com... > "Deadrat" <ephemera1@sbcglobal.net> writes: > > > > The beneficiary of A's trust is B, with B very explicitly NOT one > > > of th


Re: trust question
Rich Carreiro <rlcarr@animato.arlington.ma.us> wrote: > In my experience (in talking to lawyers who draw up trusts like > this) the trust can be pulled into B's estate w/o B having to take > assets from the trust. I was explictly told, for example,


Theories of Residual Good Will
Dear All, I am a law student in Israel, writing a paper that analysis the need of Israeli trademark law to adopt the doctrine of residual goodwill rather than determine abandonment based on lack of bona fide use (alone). Upon researching the matte


Salary Overpayment
My former company in North Carolina claims that I was overpaid by $225 on my final paycheck, citing vacation days discrepancy. I completely disagreed with the calculation and ignored their initial request for re-payment so they sent the matter to a col


Re: Remedy for privacy violations
In article <ksu0121psrm2f9e0me89oe71fsisj5hpsm@4ax.com>, <prabbit1@shamrocksgf.com> wrote: >Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> wrote: >> In article <qj9902pvea82spp9d70aupmkicli3va8cf@4ax.com>, >> AndyS <andysharpe@juno.com> wrote: > >>> What it "b


Re: Protecting My Idea
Timothy wrote: >>I interested in >>writing a business proposal (basically a suggestion backed with intensive >>research and number crunching) to a large fortune 500 company. > > > If they DO "steal" your idea, you aren't any worse off than you are


Re: Protecting My Idea
>I want to >know is there anything I can do to protect myself from the company simply >ignoring me and just using the idea on their own? Aside from the fact that (like I mentioned in another posting) you would be no worse off than you are now--- the


Re: Mapping companies sell false data - Class Action?
Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> wrote: > That's my point. "Long Island Duckling" is more similar to "Idaho > Potato" or "Vermont Maple Syrup" than to "French Toast" or "Belgian > Waffles". But you made the statement of "I see Long Island Duckling


Re: Mapping companies sell false data - Class Action?
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:03:34 -0500, sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) wrote: >In article <e10cv1h8uesf97pviqi672hqjrrfbvipbm@4ax.com>, >Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not> wrote: >>On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:40:34 -0500, sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidba


Re: Mapping companies sell false data - Class Action?
on 3/9/2006 11:03 AM Seth Breidbart said the following: > In article <e10cv1h8uesf97pviqi672hqjrrfbvipbm@4ax.com>, > Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not> wrote: > >>On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:40:34 -0500, sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) >>wrote: >>


legality of cell phone agreement
I have a Sprint PCS phone of which I'm six months into a 2 year contract. I bought the phone when I lived in NYC and it worked fine. Now I'm living in Indiana and Michigan and there is little or no service where I am. I tried to cancel but Sprint wo


Re: Lawsuit
Seth Breidbart wrote: > In article <grlr02p6af70dkdn9rn1vr46hhdg5moedn@4ax.com>, > Mike Jacobs <mjacobslaw@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Also, suing someone is a real good way to have them countersue for > >whatever wrongs they may allege you may ever have


Re: Lawsuit
on 3/9/2006 11:03 AM Seth Breidbart said the following: > In article <grlr02p6af70dkdn9rn1vr46hhdg5moedn@4ax.com>, > Mike Jacobs <mjacobslaw@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>Also, suing someone is a real good way to have them countersue for >>whatever wron


Re: Lawsuit
sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) wrote: > Mike Jacobs <mjacobslaw@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Also, suing someone is a real good way to have them countersue for >>whatever wrongs they may allege you may ever have done against >>them in any circumstances,


Re: Jury Nullification last used in WI?
Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not> wrote: > On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:36 -0500, fredfighter@spamcop.net wrote: >>From: >> >> _The Constitution of Maryland_ >> >> Declaration of Rights >> >> Art. 23. In the trial of all crimi


Re: Jury Nullification last used in WI?
Jonathan Sachs wrote: > On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:36 -0500, fredfighter@spamcop.net wrote: > > >From: > > > > _The Constitution of Maryland_ > > > > Declaration of Rights > > > > Art. 23. In the trial of all criminal cases, >


Re: Jury Nullification last used in WI?
Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not> wrote: >>I'm glad to hear it, since the Peter Zenger case is pretty well >>documented. :-) > >I wince whenever the Zenger case is mentioned in this context. It >can't be understood outside the context of th


Re: Jury Nullification last used in WI?
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:03:25 -0500 from Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not>: > There was no room for doubt that Zenger had broken the law against > seditious libel as then defined. Unable to attack the evidence, > Zenger's attorney attacked the law.


Re: Jury Nullification last used in WI?
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:03:22 -0500 from Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not>: > On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:36 -0500, fredfighter@spamcop.net wrote: > > _The Constitution of Maryland_, Declaration of Rights > > Art. 23. In the trial of all criminal c


Re: is a job offer letter binding
<karthik.charan@gmail.com> wrote: >how binding is a job offer letter? Not at all. >I have accepted a job with firm A and have also signed the offer >letter. I have got this other job offer today with firm B. This has >been the firm I have wante


Re: is a job offer letter binding
karthik.charan@gmail.com wrote: > how binding is a job offer letter? > > I have accepted a job with firm A and have also signed the offer > letter. I have got this other job offer today with firm B. This has > been the firm I have wanted right from t


Re: is a job offer letter binding
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:03:16 -0500 from <karthik.charan@gmail.com>: > I have accepted a job with firm A and have also signed the offer > letter. I have got this other job offer today with firm B. This has > been the firm I have wanted right from the star


Re: is a job offer letter binding
karthik.charan@gmail.com wrote: > how binding is a job offer letter? > > I have accepted a job with firm A and have also signed the offer > letter. I have got this other job offer today with firm B. This has > been the firm I have wanted right from t


Re: is a job offer letter binding
karthik.charan@gmail.com wrote: > how binding is a job offer letter? Generally an employer can fire you at any time, and you can quit at any time. So it's really not particularly binding. > I have accepted a job with firm A and have also signe


Re: is a job offer letter binding
karthik.charan@gmail.com wrote: > how binding is a job offer letter? > > I have accepted a job with firm A and have also signed the offer > letter. I have got this other job offer today with firm B. This has > been the firm I have wanted right from


Re: I got two tickets at the same time cited by the same cop
Stan <stanleykr@hotmail.com> wrote: >> I'm going to ask for traffic school for the first ticket. Do you >> think I can contest and beat the second ticket which I got at the same >> time as the first one? If so, what would be appropriate to say to the


Re: I got two tickets at the same time cited by the same cop
peter83810 <peter83810@hotmail.com> wrote: > .... > I'm going to ask for traffic school for the first ticket. Do you > think I can contest and beat the second ticket which I got at the same > time as the first one? If so, what would be appropriate t


Re: I got two tickets at the same time
The original poster wrote that he got a second ticket while obeying an officer's order to pull into a parking lot, and there by went through a second stop sign, hence the second ticket. Assuming I understood and restated the originial poster's desc


Hypothetical question on organ donation
This is a hypothetical question regarding the New York "Bodysnatcher" case that was featured on Thursday night's ABC News & Primetime shows. The shows allege that a bunch of mortuaries and a medical supply company in New York "harvested" bones and ti


Re: how to dispute bank fee/poor credit
"JW" <jwilder987@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:nru012dbkkfkvmd7pg93vso7i7ev27arfl@4ax.com... > MBNA charged me...ready for this rip off... $29 late fee, $50 returned > check fee, $50 account overdue fee. Plus they reported on my credit > report


Re: how to dispute bank fee/poor credit
JW <jwilder987@yahoo.com> wrote: >Hello I have an MBNA personal line of credit that I've had for 12 >years. I never have missed or have been late on 1 payment ever. Last >month I used MBNA's phone pay service to make my min payment. I got a >letter


Re: how to dispute bank fee/poor credit
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:03:02 -0500 from JW <jwilder987@yahoo.com>: > Last month I used MBNA's phone pay service to make my min payment. > ... they told me that the payment bounced ... because the checking > account # I entered on the phone does not exist!


Re: Hair Transplant Legal Questions
Incisive32 <incisive32@fastmail.fm> wrote: [OP paid $4,400 for a hair transplant which came with a guarantee that the physician would -- at no additional charge -- "fill in" any areas missed. The result was unsatisfactory. The physician


Enforcing court decorum with profanity and worse
Court personnel used foul, abusive and downright threatening language in upbraiding an acquaintance of mine for dozing off in a courtroom while waiting for traffic court to begin, and again when he, bewildered, got up to leave the courtroom. I th


County violates court order
Let's say that you unintentionally break the law in the county/city you live in. By unintentional I mean something like a zoning law because you have a mental illness and cannot control hoarding things on your property. What should you do when the coun


Re: Could Cheney be impeached?
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:24 -0500 from <fredfighter@spamcop.net>: >> Seriously, look abroad and consider how many 'opposition' party >> leaders are tried and convicted of various crimes. That is a very


Re: Could Cheney be impeached?
Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> wrote: > But in the case at hand, suppose the defendant as a last resort > testified "I killed him in New York"? If that statement was believed > by the jury, then as a matter of law could he be convicted in New > Jer


Re: Could Cheney be impeached?
Stan Brown wrote: > Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:24 -0500 from <fredfighter@spamcop.net>: > > Seriously, look abroad and consider how many 'opposition' party > > leaders are tried and convicted of various crimes. That is a very > > good reason why the


Re: Could Cheney be impeached?
In article <bru0125u4fsjb4cdb6g6cgd9f9bp5n2mfo@4ax.com>, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote: >The only way round that that I can see is to say that membership in >Congress is not an "office of honor, trust, or profit". Has this ever >b


Re: Copyright ownership and "work-for-hire"
Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not> wrote: > On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:23 -0500, prabbit1@shamrocksgf.com wrote: >>The term isn't misleading at all, really, when the term "hire" is used >>properly. When you "hire" someone to work for you, that usu


Re: Copyright ownership and "work-for-hire"
fredfighter@spamcop.net wrote: > prabbit1@shamrocksgf.com wrote: >> fredfighter@spamcop.net wrote: >> >> ... >> >> You verbally "contract" with a cabbie when you hop into his cab >> and request a ride to the airport), you do none of these. Altho


concordance and copyright
Suppose one makes a very detailed concordance of a book B. By "very detailed", I mean: (1) It covers every word in the book, even the definite and indefinite articles. (2) It gives the precise coordinates of every word, i.e. page number, li


Child Support & Alimony Arrears - Statute of limitations?
Does anyone know if there is a statute of limitations on collecting child support and alimony for California? My mother has a court order dated some 15 years ago and I am trying to figure out if she can still pursue making my father pay. She is now dis


Re: California Law Degree
Stuart A. Bronstein <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote: > Jonathan Sachs <xxxxxxx@earthlink.not> wrote: > >> Unless things have changed very recently, California does not >> allow reciprocity, and neither does Arizona. Only a small number >> of states


Re: California Law Degree
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:02:25 -0500, "Stuart A. Bronstein" <spamtrap@lexregia.com> wrote: >You're right that California does not allow reciprocity. But the last >time I checked at least DC will allow California lawyers to practice by >virtue of th


Re: California Law Degree
Let me restate the question: Someone who is an EA or a CPA gets a California Correspondence School Law Degree. Can this person now practice before the Tax Court in Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, or Montana? Dick


Business Funds....
Hello all, On January 6th of this year 2006, I started doing some work from home as a Sole Proprietor, I have applied for Illinois DBA license through the business registration form. I opened a bank account in the name of the business to make sure e