Nuisance and Civil Litigation

One of my first jobs out of college was working as a clerk in the Riverside County Court System.  I primarily worked in the civil department in which I would file documents and then uploaded them to the web.  One of the guilty pleasures was reading the complaints.  A complaint is the initial pleading in a civil case.  It starts the ground work for a civil case for which someone or some entity, the plaintiff has been harmed and they wish to receive damages from the injuring party, the defendant. Complaints...

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We’ll be known as “The Helpful Store”, “The Friendly Store”, “The Store with a Heart”

“We’ll be known as “The Helpful Store”, “The Friendly Store”, “The Store with a Heart.”  This quote is from the classic holiday movie, Miracle on 34th Street”.  (the 1947 version)  For those who have seen this movie, please bear with me while I give a quick synopsis to those less fortunate.  Basically, the movie is about a kindly older man who “plays” Santa at Macy’s Department Store. (What led up to this is hysterical!) He truly believes he is the actual Santa Claus.  The movie takes...

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