Monday, November 10, 2008

Scary signs you might be becoming a lawyer...

I was driving around on Saturday, my mind wandering, when I had a sudden thought.

If I got hit by some guy right now from California (only bc a Utah driver, although more plausible on multiple levels, doesn't work in my hypothetical)...would there be diversity jurisdiction?

I thought about who would be the different parties on either side and if we would reach the jurisdictional amount, and how much damage that would have to be, but that it wouldn't matter in federal quetion because there is no damages floor...but what kind of accident invokes federal question automatically--hitting a loose Army humvee on the road? But wouldn't they have governmental immunity, unless they were somewhat negligent on their part and...

I thought all of this.

Scary.

And there is a month before finals. Yeesh.

4 comments:

joojierose said...

hi, you're smart. dude.

Brooklyn said...

hahhahahahha

awesome.

Maggie said...

I love it. Don't worry, though, I totally relate. I walk around wondering what different health problems people have by looking at their skin, their gait, etc. I am so glad someone else is so nerdy, too!

Anonymous said...

My wife is a nerd...total nilf....