Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Not Exactly My Cup of Tea

I am sure my readership will be happy to know that I have completed the writing sample to the best of my ability. This most certainly was an arduous task for someone who has not been asked to think in about eight months, let alone conduct extensive research in two jurisdictions and cite properly. I realized at the end of this task, that I do most certainly prefer my job as a database administrator and would rather be left to my own blogging devices than be rudely interrupted by a lawyeresque task.

The most remarkable part of this exercise, aside from the fact that they asked me to do it, is the nature of this question. I am not going to spill all the details, but let me just say this much, there were several issues that someone of garbage caliber is not entirely equipped to handle. This is surprising, being that the firm consists of only garbagites, it most certainly begs the question as to who is answering these questions on a daily basis. It took the superior thinking of Atticus Finch to assist me in this task, and while I thank him, I want to remind him that his training perhaps affords him the ability to answer these questions effectively. When he told me that I had made a jurisdictional argument, one that no one would accept as accurate, I had to remind him that garbigites were not even trained to know in which jurisdiction they were situated, perhaps this was the world telling us that as less than citizens we had no right to sue.

To demonstrate my point Atticus Finch, I have found the question that was posed to my first year writing class at Garbage:

Suzie P was at a Dunkin Donuts in New York when she decided to use the bathroom. The manager, Dunkin, warned her upon entry: "Everyone at this dump has failed to clean up the sewage that is leaking from the toilet. However, feel free to enter at your own risk."

Suzie P really needed to use the toilet and entered the bathroom. Upon entry into the stall she slipped and fell and broke her arm. She yelled for help and lo and behold, a garbigite lawyer descended from the sky and offered to handle her entire case.

Questions:
1. Under New York State Law (see how there is no jurisdictional question Atticus Finch), does Suzie Q have a cause of action against Dunkin Donuts?

2. Under Garbage Ethics, has the Garbage attorney breached the ethical code by soliciting a client directly after her injury?

You have six weeks to answer this question and all citations must be in accordance with any format.

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