Law School in Plain English: Torts & Criminal Law.
Jeff Brown
36 episodes
1 month ago
Send us a text In this explosive episode of Law School in Plain English, we break down product liability—the law that decides who pays when everyday products fail in catastrophic ways. From exploding soda bottles to flaming hair spray, defective cars, and billion-dollar talcum powder verdicts, we take you from the basics all the way to real-world courtroom outcomes. Support the show Thanks for listening to Law School in Plain English. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe/f...
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Send us a text In this explosive episode of Law School in Plain English, we break down product liability—the law that decides who pays when everyday products fail in catastrophic ways. From exploding soda bottles to flaming hair spray, defective cars, and billion-dollar talcum powder verdicts, we take you from the basics all the way to real-world courtroom outcomes. Support the show Thanks for listening to Law School in Plain English. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe/f...
Law School In Plain English: Hidden Verdicts - “The Law That Said ‘Everyone’s Equal’—Until You Were Chinese”
Law School in Plain English: Torts & Criminal Law.
11 minutes
2 months ago
Law School In Plain English: Hidden Verdicts - “The Law That Said ‘Everyone’s Equal’—Until You Were Chinese”
Send us a text You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Equal protection under the law.” But what happens when the law looks fair on paper… and is used unfairly in real life? In this episode, Jeff dives into one of the most overlooked Supreme Court cases in U.S. history — Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886) — where a Chinese laundry owner in San Francisco stood up to a city ordinance that claimed to be “neutral,” but was anything but. This story isn’t just a history lesson — it’s a Hidden Verdict brought int...
Law School in Plain English: Torts & Criminal Law.
Send us a text In this explosive episode of Law School in Plain English, we break down product liability—the law that decides who pays when everyday products fail in catastrophic ways. From exploding soda bottles to flaming hair spray, defective cars, and billion-dollar talcum powder verdicts, we take you from the basics all the way to real-world courtroom outcomes. Support the show Thanks for listening to Law School in Plain English. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe/f...
