Not Randy Maniloff
Randy Maniloff has penned an interesting piece for the Wall Street Journal on what he calls the “Halloween Exception” to established legal principles. Randy–a leading expert on Halloween law, the “baseball rule,” and other legal topics too numerous to list–discusses several instances where judges have departed from traditional legal principles to facilitate Halloween traditions.
In other words, on Halloween you can get away with mischief that would be criminal or tortious in other seasons. Fascinating.
Here’s one of his examples:
It’s a great read! Check it out.
In other Halloween-related legal news, a former student explored the legal implications of insurance coverage for decomposing bodies in a Facebook post. His research led him to conclude that a decomposing body does not qualify as an “explosion” under an insurance policy, but–good news!–is not excluded from coverage under a “pollution exclusion” in a policy.
Happy Halloween from Lawhaha.com!
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