After Jerry's apartment building installs new "low-flow showerheads," Kramer and Newman purchase the Commando 450 showerhead for maximum "power." In the final scene of the episode, Kramer appears to be injured when he uses the Commando 450 for the first time. Does Kramer have a claim against the manufacturer for the injuries? https://youtu.be/lyZ41rgC07o If Kramer … Continue reading “The Shower Head” – Strict Product Liability
After Elaine refuses to take off her Baltimore Orioles baseball cap while sitting in George Steinbrenner's box, Nina's dad Leonard West has security evict Elaine from Yankee stadium. Can Elaine really be kicked out of the ballpark for refusing to take off her baseball cap? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE8ljMY5qn4 While they may not seem like it, tickets to … Continue reading “The Letter” – Sports Tickets/Licenses
After Bania gives Jerry a brand new Armani suit, he tells Jerry that he can pay him back by taking him out to dinner sometime. Is Jerry actually under any legal obligation to take Bania out dinner? When Jerry took the Armani suit, did he create a legally binding contract that obligated him to take … Continue reading “The Soup” – Gifts
In order to prove that The Mechanic got George's "dangling" Twix as a freebie, George creates a Candy Lineup - hoping to show that The Mechanic did in fact eat George's Twix and not a 5th Avenue Bar. Did George's Candy Lineup satisfy the Constitutional requirements for a permissible lineup, or would a court deem … Continue reading “The Dealership” – Police Line-Ups
After Jerry finds out that The Drake's wedding is off, and Jerry really can go to the Super Bowl, he calls up Tim Whatley to see if he can get the tickets back that he had given to the dentist as a gift. Does Jerry have any legal entitlement to the tickets once he's given … Continue reading “The Label Maker’ – DeGifting
In the flashback scene at the end of "The Betrayal," which shows when Kramer and Jerry first met, Jerry invites Kramer to share in some pizza by saying to Kramer "we're neighbors. What's mine is yours." By telling Kramer this, did Jerry create a legally binding easement for Kramer to enter Jerry's apartment whenever he … Continue reading “The Betrayal” – Easement
While waiting in line at the bakery to pick up a chocolate bobka for a dinner party, Jerry pontificates about how "if people would only look to the cookie all our [race] problems would be solved." Is he correct though? Is the black and white cookie truly a representation of how Constitutional law should treat … Continue reading “The Dinner Party” – Segregation
After the strike ends and Kramer goes back to work at H & H Bagels, he wants to take off of work on December 23 to celebrate the holiday of Festivus. But when Harry the manager denies Kramer's request he goes back on strike in protest. Is Kramer legally entitled to take off for Festivus? … Continue reading “The Strike” – Festivus
(Editor's Note: Perjury and making false statements to government officials are complex topics. This article is geared specifically to the question of whether a lie is truly a lie "if you believe it." There are many other issues to perjury, including the materiality of the statement, whether the perjurer has defrauded the government, how to … Continue reading “The Beard” – Perjury
(Thanks to longtime reader of the blog Samuel Weiss for making a joke about #GivingTuesday that became the idea for this post.) In order to avoid giving holiday gifts to his coworkers, George sends letters to his colleagues claiming that "a donation has been made in your name to the Human Fund," a fake charity he … Continue reading “The Strike” – Non-Profit/Charity Law
