All posts by Ashley Shaw
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Dragon Tails: Bearded Dragon Slapping Leads to Legal Woes
When you slap employees with a bearded dragon, you end up getting charged with battery and animal cruelty.
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New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Get Arrested
My New Year's Resolution is to not get arrested like the people in this post.
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Annoying Drunks: Stay Far Away From Indiana
Don't go to Indiana if you plan on drinking and being annoying. Because that’s illegal.
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Off-Duty Cop Arrests Man for Taking Parking Spot
An off-duty cop arrested a driver for taking the parking spot he wanted at a store.
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BS in Dancing: When Strippers Work Admissions, It Might be a Scam
Students at now-defunct FastTrain College may not need to repay student loans.
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How Not to Get Away With Murder: Say It’s Your Murder Novel Script
After being charged with hiring someone to kill her former boyfriend, a woman comes up with a unique...
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This Thanksgiving Be Grateful That These People Aren’t Your Neighbors
Some small talk for the dinner table, perhaps?
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Woman Sues Neighbors After Her Own Pit Bulls Kill Their Beagle
When her dogs break into the neighbor's yard and kill their beagle, Emerald White sued the neighbors.
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Over 100 New Jersey Drivers Ticketed for Ignoring Donald Duck at Crosswalk
If you don't want a ticket, yield for pedestrians, even those dressed as giant ducks.
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Have an Irrational Hatred of Your Microwave? This Bad Lawsuit’s For You
Sometimes in life, you hear stories and the only words you can say are Huh? I don't even...
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Court of 1000 Corpses: 8 Times Halloween Horrors Were Real
You think Halloween is scary? What about these stories?
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Lace and Lawsuits: The Scandalous World of Court Cases
Lacy lingerie and conversations about porn. They sound like the start to a good book or late night...
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Spar Broiled: Cold Burger King Onion Rings Lead to Attack and Lawsuit
One day, Robert Deyapp walked into a New Mexico Burger King for what, I assume, he assumed was...
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Fairs Going to Pot: 7 Sue After Unknowingly Buying Marijuana Chocolate
At the Denver County fair seven attendees entered a Pot Pavilion and were allegedly sickened.
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Careful When Buying Water and Cold Meds, You Might Just Get Arrested
Every time I see a law enforcement officer in public -- mall cop, fashion police, regular 5-0 --...
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It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp: Nikes Don’t Come With Weapon Warnings
A simple lesson on respect and paying your debts.
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The Naughty School Teacher: Plagiarism Can Get Steamy
Rachel Ann Nunes may not have made it to your personal library (or maybe she did -- I...
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Lawsuits and Copyright Infringement Made in America
Brooklyn rapper Joel McDonald sues over possible copyright infringement.
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Free Advice: Oral Contracts Don’t Apply When You’re Held at Knifepoint
A criminal recently learned that the hard way.
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White Cop, Bad Cop: Idiot Is Not a Protected Southern Class
Though I have spent the last few years living in the great state of New Jersey, in all...
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Weird, True, and Freaky: Law School Edition
Law school can seem scary, but it can also be funny.
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Sue Big, Win Chump Change
“Change is the law of life,” John F. Kennedy said. And assuming this to be true, 76-year-old Andres...
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Heterophones…Because Homophones Are Just Too Suggestive
Recently, Weird Al Yankovic used his song “Word Crimes” to teach us all how to not make idiots...
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Standing on Four Legs: Animals and the Judicial System
There is a real movement among animal rights groups to make animals people in the eyes of the...
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The Case of the Million Dollar Napkins
I’m a messy eater — ask anyone who knows me. I can make a mess while eating plain...
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For the Love of the Game: Lawsuits and Little League
Baseball is a fun, harmless way for children to spend their time, right? Not when they're being sued...
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Penile Code: The Unappreciated Plight of Men’s Reproductive Health
All anyone seems to talk about recently is the Hobby Lobby case and women’s reproductive rights. I think this...
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Strip Suits: Exotic Dancers in Court
What do Illinois nuns and a New Jersey doctor have in common? Obviously the answer must be strip...
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Dubious Defenses: When Humor and the Court Just Don’t Mix
Journalist Mignon McLaughlin once said that “a sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.” However,...
