The American Rule, that each litigant must bear his or her own attorneys' fees, does not apply to declaratory judgment actions. A motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is the proper method to raise a workers' compensation exclusivity defense. Summary judgment exists not to execute the merely weak, but rather to euthanize the terminally ill. A hospital lien does not attach to funds recovered by way of the settlement of a wrongful death claim. Evidence of substance abuse is admissible to negate the required mental state for first-degree murder.
Modern law combines libel and slander into the generic tort of defamation.
Covenants not to compete are implicitly void and unenforceable against independent contractors. If no authority is available for an argument on appeal, no explanation need be made for the absence of citations. Due process forbids the continued confinement of an individual, acquitted by reason of insanity, after that individual no longer suffers from a mental disease or defect. The Parol Evidence Rule is a rule of evidence, and not a rule of law. Title to public property cannot be claimed on the basis of adverse possession.