Senator’s Wish to Change State Rock May be Granite

The Associated Press reported today that Democratic state Senator Gloria Romera has proposed a bill that would change the state rock of California. The Serpantine, which was chosen in 1965, contains the mineral asbestos which has since been found to cause such diseases as mesothelioma, lung cancer, throat cancer and asbestosis. As any California mesothelioma lawyer can attest asbestos related deaths in CA are high. Romera defends her bill by citing this prevalence

Lawmaker brawl in Taiwan

The Taiwanese Parliament had a bit of a brawl on it’s hands recently when several lawmakers from the democratic party stormed the stage of speakers.  The brawl seemed to be a heated debate involving a minor change in legislation around Taiwan’s election commission.

Brown and Crouppen on dog bite liability

Andy Crouppen from the law firm of Brown and Crouppen in St Louis Missouri sits down with Channel 4 to discuss a hot legal topic around dogs and their owners. Attorney Crouppen makes it quite clear in the beginning of this segment that he is by no means a dog hater; in fact he adores dogs and even has a few of his own.

So what happens when a child wanders over into the neighbor’s yard and

Giant’s hall of famer arrested on charges of rape

Hall of fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor has been detained by police officials in the Ramapo Valley, NY on charges of rape from a 15 year old runaway.  According to the football legend’s lawyers, Taylor has yet to be formerly charged with a crime, although heavy investigations will be conducted this week regarding the reported rape.

Police chase and shootout in Austin Texas

Texans charged with a criminal offense often refer to cite the above video when meeting with their criminal defense lawyers in Austin.  Still today, the question remains if the two officers involved in the police chase were indeed required to use deadly force in order to nullify the criminal.  If you look closely in the video above and the reflection on the police cars

Playing with fire in San Francisco

A great piece on 60 minutes last night spoke of the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the potentially devastating impact on the bay area if an earthquake were to strike.  According to the segment, the two fault lines in the earth directly below the Bay Area are supposed to cause and earthquake every 140-150 years; the area’s last earthquake was nearly 140 years

Judge Judy on social security disability

Judge Judy questions some recipients of social security disability on whether or not they should qualify to receive such benefits.  Apparently the first recipient should have acquired better disability lawyers as he claims the government doesn’t care if someone on social security collects cash on top of their monthly payments to supplement their income.

Ordinary Guys Strike Gold

A colleague of mine, AJ Byrum, pointed this story out to me the other day which had originally aired on the National Geographic Channel. Apparently a local metal detectorist in Britain’s midlands came across Anglo-Saxon treasure in the middle of a farm field.  Who lays claim to this treasure? It’s rights? It’s monetary value? Turns out the landowner as well as the finder

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