Real Law Cases

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc, 377 P.2d 897 (Cal. 1963).

This is a seminal case for strict liability relating to products liability. This was the first court to hold that:

The liability is not governed by the law of contract warranties but by the law of strict liability in torts

The fact of the case are this: Charlie from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia got dressed up as Greenman and took a power tool (created by the defendant) to capture some birds. When chasing the bird, the power tool explodes in his hand. Charlie sues Yuba pursuant to bird law seeing as Charlie is an expert in it, but his lawyer does some creative and actual lawyering and sued Yuba pursuant to strict liability and torts.

Barber v. Jacobs, 753 A.2d 430 (Conn.App.2000).

This case is a famous contracts case regarding a condition precedent (if an event does not occur, then the contract is voidable) that is present within a contract.

There was a contract between Tiki Barber and Brandon Jacobs. Barber, sick of running ALL the way down the field (because he he wasn't going to gain first downs, who would? Eli Manning? Please), entered into a contract with Jacobs. The contract stated that on the condition the team got to the red zone and Barber had run for at least 50 yards, Barber would leave the game and let Jacobs get the touchdown attempt.

Well after has Tiki had just ran for 60 yards one game and put the team on the 10 yard line, Barber refused to go out and scored a TD two plays later. Jacobs sued Barber for breach of contract.

The seminal language from this case is this:

Fuck you both, GO COWBOYS!

O'Keeffe v. Snyder, 83 N.J. 478 (1980).

FACTS: Painter Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband Alfred Stiglitz owned an art gallery. One day, one of O'Keeffe's painting were stolen from there. This is an action by O'Keeffe to get her painting back.

Seminal quote

Everyone in the art world has heard of Al-Fred Stig-Litz