ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE February 14, 2016 Known as one of the conservative minds of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia died at the age of 79. A leading conservative voice of the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia, believed issues such as… Read More ›
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WHAT IS WRONGFUL BIRTH? MOM SUES SPERM BANK FOR HAVING A MIXED RACE BABY
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE October 6, 2014 Jennifer Cramblett, a 36-year-old woman from Uniontown, Ohio, filed suit Sept. 29 against Chicago-area Midwest Sperm Bank because the clinic artificially inseminated and impregnated her with the wrong sperm. Cramblett claimed she and… Read More ›
PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL: CAN YOU SUE OVER A PROMISE NOT FULFILLED?
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE October 7, 2013 Section 90 of the Restatement of the law of Contracts states: “A promise which the promisor should reasonably expect to induce action or forbearance of a definite and substantial character on the part of… Read More ›
CRIMINAL LAW DEFENSE OF OTHERS: Homicide in the Name of Family
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE The law that gives one the right of self-defense also confers the privilege to act in defense of others whenever it is reasonable and necessary to do so. It would be unreasonable and unwise for a man… Read More ›
SELF DEFENSE: A SETTLED PRINCIPLE OF CRIMINAL LAW
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE No doubt we all have the reflexes of self-defense the moment we were born. It is innate and we react in self-defense when we feel the impulses or it is necessary to do so. If a fly lands… Read More ›
PUBLIC AUTHORITY: A Special Defense in Criminal Law
BY Adeyemi Oshunrinade There are certain acts which if done by order of a superior or under the protection of public authority, are not considered crimes; if a police officer shoots and kills one holding a knife to his wife’s… Read More ›
SAVANNAH DIETRICH: PLEA DEAL, When Tweeting is a Crime
BY Adeyemi Oshunrinade Her ordeal began when she got drunk at a gathering and fell asleep; 17-year-old Savannah Dietrich of Louisville Kentucky woke up to realize she had been sexually assaulted by two teenage boys she knew. Her offenders did… Read More ›