Legal Bibliography
Digests & Reporters

Briefly answer and cite authority in proper form:

(1)     Is a restaurant owner liable when a patron is injured when a rotten limb overhanging the parking lot falls off a tree growing on the lot next door?

(2)     Does the sale of chinchillas carry a warranty of quality?

(3)     Who represented Mrs. Newman in the South Carolina case, Newman v. Brown?

(4)     Who wrote the opinions in S.C. Tax Commission v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company?

(5)     Our client, accused of murder, was being cross-examined by the solicitor when the court declared a recess. The trial judge prohibited our client from talking to her attorneys during the 15-minute break. Does this furnish ground for an appeal?

(6)     What trial court and judge originally heard the 1983 Georgia case, State v. Pike.

(7)     Our client's right eye was removed after an auto accident, but it was preserved in a solution. We'd like to introduce the eyeball itself as evidence of his injuries when this case goes to trial. The defense claims this would be "prejudicial." What's the law in South Carolina?

(8)     Find a case where the trial judge allowed the state to introduce a piece of human bone belonging to the murder victim.

(9)     Several years ago our client received a $56,000 worker compensation award for permanent partial disability which she put in a savings account. She's getting a divorce and her husband claims part of the money is his as a marital asset that should be divided by the Family Court. Our client says the money represents her loss of future earnings and she should not have to share it. Who's right?

(10)     Our client's wife had a child conceived by artificial insemination. Our client consented to this procedure only because he knew how much his wife wanted a baby, but he has never considered the child as his. They are getting a divorce, and he feels he should not have to pay child support for a baby that is not really his. What's the law in South Carolina?

(11)     Are a judge's oral, unrecorded instructions in chambers an "order of the court" that can be enforced through contempt? Cite S.C. case authority.