Have you seen this?

I just can't resist... Check out what someone did with Legos...

Feeling Hungry? Thirsty?

For those of you who've heard, but never been... Here's a photo from The Field, San Diego's best Irish Pub in the Downtown area. Love it!

The Fracturer (more baseball...)

How about about the escalator that just suddenly sped-up, causing a fractured leg and other injuries at Giants Stadium? I wonder if there was a lawsuit (and if the court referenced that other famous New York tort case of some similarity, Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co. ["The Flopper"])?

Of course, it's completely different because we're not talking about an obvious risk, but it's hard not to see some ironic similarity.

Death at the Ballpark

Shea Stadium - Home of the National League New York Mets

A fan at the ballpark yesterday, presumably on license, fell over the railing of an escalator to his death while leaving the par after the game with his family. Some interesting facts:
* Family (incl. "two young daughters") was with him, saw him fall to his death.
* Not injured by a normal "part of the game."
* Foreseeablity
-Another fan had fallen off of an escalator to his death in 1985.
-There is no mention of renovations to the escalator railings post 1985 -is this relevant?
* Reasonableness of Foreseeability
- Only ONE other similar accident in past 23 years.
- Was there EVER another such accident (besides the 1985 accident)?
- How many millions of fans have safely traversed the same route?
*Further interesting notes:
- Cousin stated victim was "holding the railing" and "walking," [not running,] when he "slipped."
- This is Shea's last year in existence. Any chance the owners consequently chose not to invest in some important renovations?
* Is there a duty?
* S/L? Negligence?

The Alligator Man

So, on a routine traffic stop, you have a "free-range alligator" in your car, but at least it's not concealed.

Exploding Batteries - Tort(?)

Settling for $13,000 seems like a very small "victory" to me, but I believe that Japan has a very different stance on product liability torts than we do here in the States.

Capital Punishement for Crimes Other Than Murder

One state is preparing to execute a convict for raping an eight year-old child. This has raised a constitutional challenge, since the US Supreme Court in both 1976 and '77 ruled against capital punishment for rape, but Louisiana claims that the precedent only precludes execution for the crime of rape on adults.

What do you think?