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If you are walking down the street head down texting and you bump into someone, have you committed a battery?

From a legal definition of "battery", the mere walking down the street while texting …

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney answered 1 year ago

If someone were to change lanes and cause another person to swerve off the road, what would be the consequences if they left but later came back?

From the facts that you have written if one causes an accident and does …

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney answered 1 year ago

Can I drop charges on my ex-boyfriend for a first time domestic dispute?

You need to understand something here. Whether or not to prosecute a case (i.e. …

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney answered 1 year ago

Can you get charged with attempted murder for causing someone to have a heart attack?

Most likely if the intruder simply caused your mother to have a heart attack …

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney answered 1 year ago

What can a person do if their father threatens to kill them? 

You have not stated how old your boyfriend is.  If he is a minor …

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney answered 1 year ago