Legal Commentary

My apologies for the bad pun.  I have a legal challenge for all you folks.  Back in the prehistoric days of this century, when I was in the throes of law school, I seem to remember that in my torts class we covered cases with objects in the case name, often cars, such as Smith v. 1967 Chevrolet (which is not an actual case).  Yet, I can't find these cases in the casebook that I teach from, and the search engines are not helpful because they do not view terms such as " Pinto" or "Chevrolet" as names.  I not only remember seeing these cases, but I remember discussing these strange naming practices with others (yes, a sure sign of law nerd-dom).  Can anyone help me out here? 

These cases always reminded me of the medieval practice of trying (and even sometimes punishing or executing) animals such as cats or pigs or cows for witchcraft.  If that were still true, we could sue all types of animals for environmental disasters like the Gulf oil spill.  Imagine what legal troubles the Obama's dog, Bo, would be in...

I will be back very soon to blog about the time that the McVeigh jury visited family members and survivors in Oklahoma City after the trials of McVeigh and Nichols had ended.