Fall, 2004
Articles in this issue:
Celebrity Legal Issues: Rocker Lenny Kravitz Learns that Subrogation has Nothing to do with Plumbing.
Issue: Must Kravitz Subrogate an Insurer for Its Payments to Kravitz’ Downstairs Neighbor who Suffered $333,849.77 in Water Damage from Kravitz’ Clogged Toilet? Amica Mutual Insurance Co. v. Lenny Kravitz, No. 04-114905 (N.Y. Sup. Ct, County of New York, Oct. 20, 2004).
Virginia Legal Matters: Lovely Betty, Meter Maid Seeks Ticket to Ride; Uninsured Motorist’s Use of Car is Vehicle for Recovery.
Issue: Was a Motorist’s Slamming of her Car Door into a Meter Maid the “Use” of a Vehicle Entitling the Meter Maid to Uninsured Motorist Coverage? Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v. Sleigh, 267 Va. 768, 594 S.E.2d 604 (2004).
Dang! I Shouldn’t have Worn My Antler Hat!
Issue: Was the Defendant, who was Convicted under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-56.1(A) of Recklessly Discharging a Firearm in a Hunting Accident, Guilty of Negligence Per Se for the Purposes of the Plaintiff’s Civil Suit? Schlimmer v. Poverty Hunt Club, 268 Va. 74, 597 S.E.2d 43 (2004).
National Legal Matters: Um, First You’ve Got to Not be Here.
Issue: Is Voting in Person Such a Hardship for Working Mothers that They are Entitled to Absentee Ballots? Griffin v. Roupas, No. 03-3770, 2004 WL 2316663 (7th Cir., Oct. 15, 2004).
A Note from Ed McPhillips
Long Time, No See?
Gratuitous
Lawyer Joke
Q: What do you get when you cross a librarian with a lawyer?
A: All the information you need—but you can't understand a word of it.
This Newsletter has not made an appearance in some time (more than seven months to be exact). There is no overarching reason for this gap except that maybe I did not have anything new to say in this opening column. After all, my last Newsletter announced the birth of my fourth child. Since a fifth is not pending, how can I top that as a topic of importance? Other than a headline such as “Author Grows Horn on Head”?
Since I do not currently have a horn on my head, I’ll just forget about making a ground-breaking announcement this installment. Instead, and in the event I do not become sufficiently motivated to produce another Newsletter before the year’s end, I’ll simply wish all of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. And that your head remains hornless.