Sometimes memories of past events are blurry. While a person may believe they’re being 100% honest, sometimes eyewitness testimony is unreliable. Memories are often inaccurate, and sometimes photographs and other evidence can contradict eyewitness testimony.
Tag Archives: Lee R. Schroeder
Legal-Ease: Suing your own family for torts
Recent news of an aunt suing her nephew for a large sum of money because an assertive hug at his birthday party resulted in a broken wrist upset many people. But when the woman’s attorneys explained she wasn’t suing her nephew expecting the money, but rather was suing so that his insurance company would pay her medical bills, people became even more confused.
Legal-Ease: Starting and ending marriages
There are a number of laws in place in the state of Ohio in relation to starting and ending a marriage. Ending a marriage is often more complicated than starting a marriage in the state of Ohio.
Legal-Ease: What is title work?
When you’re in the process of purchasing a home, it’s likely that the lender will “order the title work” before the sale is final. “Title work” refers to the process of reviewing and analyzing public records and other documents to confirm ownership as well as uncover liens and mortgages. There is no required licensing for someone to be able to find and compile all documents recorded that relate to a property. However, only a licensed attorney can give an “opinion” on title.
Legal-Ease: Urban rural livestock battles usually fought on two fronts
As more people move to the country seeking privacy and peaceful living, more people become upset with each other due to livestock smelling or sounding different than what they expected. Often these arguments escalate into legal battles as people try to make amends with some of the realities of country living, such as unpleasant smells and loud animals. This battle is normally fought on two fronts: zoning and nuisance law.
Legal-Ease: Ready for jury duty
Pretty much anyone can be called to jury duty at almost any time. Most federal and state courts in Ohio identify jurors from driver license registrations and rolls of registered voters.
If someone fails to show up for jury duty without being excused, that individual can be held in contempt of court and potentially even arrested.
Legal-Ease: Three tips for underground utility agreements
If you own land, it’s likely that at some point you will be approached by either a utility company or an entity related to the government asking to install a buried water, sewer, gas or other line, tile or pipe. Usually the government or utility company requests for the permanent right to use a geographic area under the ground.
Legal-Ease: Real and perceived police misconduct
Sometimes there are simply bad law enforcers, and other times citizens misunderstand the law. Sometimes laws themselves are wrong. These are the three main reasons why a law enforcement act can either be inappropriate or perceived to be inappropriate.
Nobody wants to be treated inappropriately as governments fight crime. As a result, law enforcement is always under the microscope.
There are three main reasons why a simple law enforcement act can be inappropriate or perceived to be inappropriate.
Legal-Ease: Grain bins no longer taxable as real estate
Ohio traditionally taxed tangible personal property, which most often affected businesses that used expensive machinery and equipment. After a few changes in the law, the question came up whether grain bins are more like doors and windows, which are taxed as part of real estate, or light fixtures, which are not taxed as real estate.
Legal-Ease: Slow moving vehicle emblems
At this time of year in northwest Ohio, we can expect an increase in farm traffic. Slow Moving Vehicle emblems, or SMVs for short, are the most common identifiers for pieces of farm machinery. The SMV is a red-orange fluorescent triangle, and it was invented in 1961 by Ohio State Engineer Kenneth A. Harkness.