http://lawvibe.com/scream-at-your-toilet-and-get-fined-or-put-in-jail/ International Law News | Lawyer Lifestyle Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 http://lawvibe.com/scream-at-your-toilet-and-get-fined-or-put-in-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-14107 ryan Sun, 04 May 2008 17:01:05 +0000 http://lawvibe.com/scream-at-your-toilet-and-get-fined-or-put-in-jail/#comment-14107 A case could be made that she recklessly disregarded a risk of public annoyance based on the fact that her neighbor had previously requested that she quiet down. This warning created an awareness on her part that her outbursts were disturbing her neighbor, an awareness that she may have disregarded. In addition, it is irrelevant that her outburst was intended as a communication to her daughter; "The specific intent requirement of [the] statute 'may be met by a showing of a reckless disregard of the risk of public inconvenience,' . . . even if the appellant's intent was to send a message to a certain individual, rather than to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm. See Commonwealth v. Kidd, 296 Pa.Super. 393, 442 A.2d 826 (1982). A case could be made that she recklessly disregarded a risk of public annoyance based on the fact that her neighbor had previously requested that she quiet down. This warning created an awareness on her part that her outbursts were disturbing her neighbor, an awareness that she may have disregarded. In addition, it is irrelevant that her outburst was intended as a communication to her daughter; “The specific intent requirement of [the] statute ‘may be met by a showing of a reckless disregard of the risk of public inconvenience,’ . . . even if the appellant’s intent was to send a message to a certain individual, rather than to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm. See Commonwealth v. Kidd, 296 Pa.Super. 393, 442 A.2d 826 (1982).

]]> http://lawvibe.com/scream-at-your-toilet-and-get-fined-or-put-in-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-11522 Self-Destructing Toilet: Woman Sues Trump Taj Mahal Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:05:58 +0000 http://lawvibe.com/scream-at-your-toilet-and-get-fined-or-put-in-jail/#comment-11522 [...] upsurge in lawsuits involving everyone’s favorite bathroom fixture. You might recall the lady who screamed at her toilet and was almost put in jail. The brief rundown of that post was that a lady was getting irate and furious about her overflowing [...] [...] upsurge in lawsuits involving everyone’s favorite bathroom fixture. You might recall the lady who screamed at her toilet and was almost put in jail. The brief rundown of that post was that a lady was getting irate and furious about her overflowing [...]

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