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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com APRIL 28, 2016 • THE COURIER SUN 39 A Hilarious Night of Laundry, Laughs and Liquor! OneFunnyMother.com AMERICA’S FAVORITE COMEDY WHODUNIT! “DOWNRIGHT HILARIOUS!” -HUFFINGTON POST TICKETS FROM $39.50 TELECHARGEOFFERS.COM • 212-947-8844 USE CODE SGQNS3950 GROUPS (10+) 800-432-7780 NEW WORLD STAGES • 340 W 50TH ST • NYC SHEARMADNESS.COM Tickets regularly $49.50-$79.50. Offer valid on performances through 9/4/16. Blackout dates may apply. All prices include a $2 facility fee. All sales are final - no refunds or exchanges. Offer subject to availability and prior sale. Not valid in combination with any other offers. Normal service charges apply to phone and internet orders. Performance schedule subject to change. Offer may be revoked or modified at any time without notice. Photos by Carol Rosegg. I have never heard or seen anything like this before VILLALOBOS BROTHERS Tickets: $16/$10 Members & Students use QC20 & get 20% OFF (general tickets only) FLUSHING TOWN HALL www..ushingtownhall.org | (718) 463-7700 x222 137-35 Northern Blvd. Flushing NY 11354 VILLALOBOS BROTHERS is part of The New York State Presenters Network Presenter-Artist Partnership Project made possible through a regrant from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Only minutes walk from Flushing- Main St. LIRR BUS ““ (WNYC) FLUSHING TOWN HALL presents FRI | MAY 6 | 8 PM (dance lessons at 7pm by Mazar Dance Company) The perfect “Girls Night Out” or “Date Night” for anyone who IS a Mom, HAS a Mom or is MARRIED to a Mom! Telecharge.com 212-239-6200 New World Stages, 340 W 50th St. Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law THE BLIND DATE Q: “DJ” was a blind date I got from a web site. He picked me up in his shiny Corvette. Or so I thought: it turned out to be rented. Within minutes, the guy had crashed the car into a utility pole on the side of a roadway. According to the police report, DJ said he lost control when he saw an old friend. Nowadays, he is making out that, all of a sudden, an oncoming car crossed over the double yellow line: that’s why he swerved to the right. A: Using the latest story, DJ’s attorney may argue that his client was faced with an emergency, that his actions are reasonable and prudent in that context. Suddenly faced with an unexpected circumstance, not of his own making, DJ had little or no time to reflect and was compelled to make a quick decision without weighing alternate courses of conduct. Your attorney will reply that DJ’s latest explanation, about an oncoming car, is so patently a recent fabrication that it should not even get to the jury – even though resolving questions of credibility, assessing the accuracy of witnesses, and reconciling conflicting statements are generally entrusted to a jury. With regard to the police accident report, you will need to authenticate it, and sometimes may even want to take the deposition of the police officer who prepared it. Presumably, the officer was acting within the scope of his duty in recording DJ’s statement: it ought to be admissible as a party admission. To prevail against the rental-car company, you need evidence that the accident was caused by equipment failure or that the company was negligent in entrusting the vehicle to this customer. To prevail against the web site, you would need to voyage successfully through largely uncharted legal territory, with far more facts than you have given here. Advertorial The law responds to changed conditions; exceptions and variations abound. Here, the information is general; always seek out competent counsel. This article shall not be construed as legal advice. Copyright © 2015 Scott Baron & Associates, P.C. All rights reserved. 159-49 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, New York 11414 • 718-738-9800 1750 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710 • 914-337-9800 1-866-927-4878


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