Misdemeanor Tort Washington 
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
The Democratic nominee was exposed recently by the Washington Post in streaming sex acts on a site called Chaturbate for money. There are a couple torts that could be raises but neither would be compelling in this circumstance. The second tort is the inclusion upon seclusion. However, this was not a private fact.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 26, 2025
You can pursue battery as a civil tort in New York, but few Trump supporters would have faith in receiving a fair hearing before a New York jury on such a case. Assault in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor. When this person moved from verbal assaults to actual physical assaults, it became a crime, not karma.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 10, 2024
The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. In my view, all of those things are manifestly true. It is a matter of discretion.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
On May 24, 2021, the mandate issued for the Second Circuit’s judgment affirming dismissal of New York City’s tort law-based case against fossil fuel companies. Recommended Denial of Montana and Wyoming’s Motion to File Bill of Complaint Against Washington for Blocking Coal Exports. Washington , No. Chevron Corp. 20-1089 (U.S.).
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Four Washington Post journalists analyzed Donald Trump’s polling numbers for the 2024 presidential election among all voters as well as personal interviews with Republicans from multiple states. At the same time, Trump has been held liable on many occasions for fraud or for violating civil laws and torts.
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