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Assault
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Media Law Prof Blog
Charges Against Leonardo Blair Dropped
NPR reports that those charges against New York Post reporter Leonardo Blair have been dropped. Here's more.
Media Law Prof Blog
Teen Convicted For Using Cell Phone To Film Attack
A court has accepted a guilty plea from a teenager who admitted filming a "happy slap" battery on a 29-year-old man who later died of his injuries. Gavin Waterhouse was…
TortsProf Blog
Civil Litigation and Declined Prosecutions
The Seattle Times has a disturbing story about former UW standout tight end Jerramy Stevens, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his "raft" of second chances after a conviction…
CrimProf Blog
Two Students Charged with Beating and Burning a Man With Baked Goods
From USATODAY.com: Two students at Southern Illinois Universityin this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man withfreshly baked cookies after a drug deal went bad, prosecutors said.Madison…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
An insured who incites an assault is not entitled to coverage under a homeowner’s policy, even if the allegations are framed in negligence.
An insured was sued in negligence for inciting a group of people to assault a plaintiff. The insured sought a defence for the action from his homeowner's insurance policy. The…
Media Law Prof Blog
Photographer Gets 140 Hours of Community Service for Assault on Heather Mills McCartney
Jay Kaycappa, who was found guilty earlier this summer of assaulting Heather Mills McCartney while he tried to get a photo of her, has been sentenced to 140 hours of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Thames Valley Police Caution Man Who Pinched Reporter
Thames Valley Police (the very same force dramatized in the series Morse) have identified and cautioned the man captured on tape last week pinching reporter Sue Turton of Channel 4…
Media Law Prof Blog
Overly Friendly Passerby Pinches Journalist; Caught on Tape
A male passer-by pinched Sue Turton, a reporter for Channel 4 News, while she was doing a standup last week on the flooding in Oxford. Police have requested tape of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Photographer Guilty of Assaulting Heather Mills McCartney
A Brighton magistrates' court has found photographer Jay Kaycappa guilty of assaulting Heather Mills McCartney, the estranged wife of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, in order to get a picture…
Food Poison Journal
A little too close to home
Two 12-year-old girls contaminate their teacher's coffee cup Well, actually, it is home. A frightening story by Jonathan Martin, Seattle Times staff reporter: As assaults go, strawberry lip gloss is…