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November 16, 2009. Yes, Tort Bunny has feelings too -- depending on where this comic falls in the Tort Bunnies timeline, this may be the root of all her future tortious conduct. Or maybe she's just inherently a bad apple. In any case, I advise against reading too deeply into this one.
Also, thanks to Margaret for the prompt. I made this slightly after the Berkeley Law Foundation's annual auction / dance / dress-up-and-drink event, which is often described as Boalt's Law School Prom, although I think the actual "Law School Prom" phrase is reserved for the Barristers' Ball. In addition, see the Mexican Party Bus.
For tortious interference with a contract, see Lumley v. Gye, (1853) 2 El. & Bl. 216, Texaco v. Pennzoil, 729 S.W..2d 768 (Tex. App. 1987). For the incapacity of a minor to make a contract, see Webster St. Partnership v. Sheridan, 368 N.W.2d 439 (Neb. 1985). Compare to Shields v. Gross, 448 N.E.2d 108 (N.Y. 1983). FYI: If you Google the last one, you may encounter scandalous NSFW material.
And yeah, I guess speech bubbles are here to stay. They allow me to place text in space normally reserved for the rabbits.
Law School Prom
Brown Rabbit hands Tort Bunny a flower resembling a diasy.
Tort Bunny has a pink bow attached slightly off to her left side,
thereby disambiguating her gender -- or making it more confusing
depending on when you hail from.
With that, we've cleared up the ambiguity of Tort Bunny's gender.
Or made it more confusing depending on from where you hail.
Brown Rabbit: Tort Bunny, will you go
to the law school prom
with me?
Tort Bunny: That might be fun.
Brown Rabbit: Excellent, let's talk
liquidated damages.
End of panel.
Negligent Lop: Or come with me and ride my Mexican Party Bus!
Tort Bunny looks at the recently arrived Lop.
She is holding the flower in her left paw.
Tort Bunny: That would be amazing!
Tort Bunny is apparently unaware that Mexican Party Buses, while almost always epic, are often less than amazing.
Brown Rabbit looks mad, like furrowed eyebrows mad.
Brown Rabbit: Scoundrel! You're tortiously interfering
with a contractual relationship!
End of panel.
Negligent Lop: Bunny see no contract.
Bunny breach no contract.
Negligent Lop raises his left paw in front of Tort Bunny,
perhaps to block her sight -- these things are hard to
decipher since human gestures don't map well to
stubby rabbit paws.
Brown Rabbit: We were about to
memorialize it!
End of panel.
Tort Bunny now has the flower in her left paw.
Tort Bunny: Actually, I'm under 18.
I can void any contract I want.
Brown Rabbit and Negligent Lop: You're underage?!
They both have surprised expressions on their faces.
The two of them normally speak in different font styles,
so I'm not sure what to do for combined text bubbles.
I guess bold Cambria is good as anything else.
End of panel.
Brown Rabbit: Well, you repudiated my
offer. Off I go now.
Negligent Lop: I ... uh ... material
misrepresentation.
Bye.
Both Tort Bunny and Negligent Lop exist stage left.
End of panel.
Tort Bunny looks down at the flower in her right paw.
It flops down loosely into her left.
Her ears tilt slightly to the sides.
She looks sad, perhaps uncertain.
End of comic.
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