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Injuries While Using Public Trail or Private Property

2014-12-19T00:00:18-08:00December 19, 2014|

The North Tahoe-Truckee region is a sporting mecca. We have some of the best mountain biking and better-than-average road biking as well as superb hunting, fishing, kayaking and unbelievable hiking trails leading in all directions. Every once in a while someone gets hurt while having ...

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$16 Billion to Incarcerate Elderly Inmates in U.S.

2014-12-12T00:00:55-08:00December 12, 2014|

Our overcrowded and costly prison system in California and nationally, is the subject of many a study and court order. The growing number of elderly inmates makes the problem all the more difficult. Between 2007 and 2010, the number of prisoners over the age of ...

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Same-Sex Marriage Ban Going to Supreme Court

2014-11-28T18:24:27-08:00November 28, 2014|

Three weeks ago I drafted a Law Review analyzing a new Idaho case that I was prepared to write would put the nail in the coffin for states attempting to ban same-sex marriages. Alas, on the way to the printer, the law changed. Same-Sex Bans ...

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Sac Bee Home Delivery Carriers are Employees

2014-11-21T19:57:04-08:00November 21, 2014|

Having grown up in Sacramento, we had our Sacramento Bee delivered to our home every day by “delivery boys.” In fact, although it’s fuzzy, I think I did a short stint as a Bee carrier. Independent Contractors In the old days, delivery of newspapers was ...

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Must Large Store Owners Have Defibrillators?

2014-11-14T20:11:21-08:00November 14, 2014|

Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) save lives and should be in every large place of public assembly including big box stores. Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Target Mary Ann Verdugo was shopping in a Target store in Pico Rivera, California when she experienced sudden cardiac arrest. Even ...

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Spanking with a Wooden Spoon or Tree Branch – Child Abuse?

2021-06-22T23:11:48-07:00November 1, 2014|

Across the Line © 2014 Published in the Washoe County Bar Association’s The Writ By: Jim Porter of Porter Simon ______________________________________________________ As everyone knows, at least anyone in the sports world, star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was recently suspended by the Vikings for ...

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