Overlawyered » animals http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “Park Service sued over fatal Olympic goat goring” http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/park-service-sued-over-fatal-olympic-goat-goring/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/park-service-sued-over-fatal-olympic-goat-goring/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:04:28 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25504 “The family of a man who was gored to death by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park is suing the Park Service.” [AP, National Parks Traveler, earlier]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/park-service-sued-over-fatal-olympic-goat-goring/feed/ 10 Lawyers can’t safety-proof national parks http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/lawyers-cant-safety-proof-national-parks/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/lawyers-cant-safety-proof-national-parks/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:04:32 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24695 Timothy Egan, New York Times, on lawsuits over rogue mountain goats and other hazards of wild places:

My experience, purely anecdotal, is that the more rangers try to bring the nanny state to public lands, the more careless, and dependent, people become. There will always be steep cliffs, deep water, and ornery and unpredictable animals in that messy part of the national habitat not crossed by climate-controlled malls and processed-food emporiums. If people expect a grizzly bear to be benign, or think a glacier is just another variant of a theme park slide, it’s not the fault of the government when something goes fatally wrong.

More: Steve Chapman (most dangerous animal in the parks is the one “wearing your pants”); David Boaz.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/lawyers-cant-safety-proof-national-parks/feed/ 1 “ADA Suit May Overturn Pit-Bull Bans” http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/ada-suit-may-overturn-pit-bull-bans/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/ada-suit-may-overturn-pit-bull-bans/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:18:36 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24642 “City officials in Denver and in the neighboring suburb of Aurora are being sued over their enforcement of dog breed bans. The suit claims the bans violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.” [Arin Greenwood, ABA Journal]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/ada-suit-may-overturn-pit-bull-bans/feed/ 3 NYC cracks down on dogs in bars http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/nyc-cracks-down-on-dogs-in-bars/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/nyc-cracks-down-on-dogs-in-bars/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:13:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24370 And community is undermined as a result, argues Thom Lambert at Truth on the Market.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/nyc-cracks-down-on-dogs-in-bars/feed/ 12 Don’t rescue that bird http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/dont-rescue-that-bird/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/dont-rescue-that-bird/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:38:39 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24120 I’ve got a few thoughts up at Cato on the case of the 11-year-old Virginia girl who tried to rescue a baby woodpecker in the back yard only to learn that possessing and transporting a migratory bird is a federal offense that carries a $500 fine and possible jail term. (& Henry Joel Simmons, Right on Crime)

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/dont-rescue-that-bird/feed/ 13 Monkey-snapped photos, cont’d http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/monkey-snapped-photos-contd/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/monkey-snapped-photos-contd/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:15:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23897 A takedown letter (not, apparently, monkey-typed) is the latest development in the copyright flap that has transfixed the legal blogosphere [David Post, Jim Harper, Lowering the Bar, earlier]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/monkey-snapped-photos-contd/feed/ 2 Waiver against being eaten http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/waiver-against-being-eaten/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/waiver-against-being-eaten/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:34:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23830 At one Argentine zoo, the degree of interaction permitted between animals and human visitors might startle U.S. risk managers. [Tyler Cowen]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/waiver-against-being-eaten/feed/ 6 Canada: “Flooded-out farmer needs permit to remove fish” http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/canada-flooded-out-farmer-needs-permit-to-remove-fish/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/canada-flooded-out-farmer-needs-permit-to-remove-fish/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:38:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23527 “Bureaucrats have added insult to injury for a corn farmer south of Montreal whose fields have been damaged by near-record flooding. Martin Reid says he’s been forced to buy a fishing licence to remove carp that are swimming in a metre of water on his flooded-out fields.” [London, Ont., Free Press]

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  • Supreme Court disbars Bill Lerach [Richard Samp, WLF] And check out the byline of the former class-action king’s recent contribution to The Nation; do you think it omits anything material? [h/t Bob Lenzner]
  • Ted Frank guessed right on outcome of Wal-Mart case but still lost big betting on it [PoL]
  • After feds seize online bettors’ money, Anne Arundel County, Maryland police department crows over windfall [CEI] And c’mon Maryland, surely we in the home state of H.L. Mencken and Frederick Douglass can do better in the liberty rankings than this;
  • “Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Filed After Man Killed by Rooster” [Lowering the Bar]
  • Hotel union behind California bill mandating fitted sheets [Daily Caller, earlier]
  • Fifth Circuit upholds constitutionality of Texas law banning barratry (stirring up litigation) [Christian Southwick, Legal Ethics Forum]
  • A Linda Greenhouse column I agree with? One of us must be slipping [vagueness in criminal statutes, see related Harvey Silverglate]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-22-roundup/feed/ 0     Before being suspended over hungry crocodiles http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/before-being-suspended-over-hungry-crocodiles/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/before-being-suspended-over-hungry-crocodiles/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:13:59 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23439 You’ll need to sign a really strong liability release [St. Petersburg Times]

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