<html><body><font face="Helvetica">I hope you can go to one in the near future. I'd love for you to be able to go to a convention soon.<br>Marci<br><br>Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App<br><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br><br>From: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List' List'<br>To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List' List'<br>Cc: Becky Frankeberger<br>Sent: July 2, 2015 at 8:33 AM<br>Subject: [nfbwatlk] trial at Convention<br><br>I would love to go to one of these. <br><br> <br><br>From: Scott C. LaBarre [ mailto:slabarre@labarrelaw.com<br><mailto:slabarre@labarrelaw.com> ] <br>Subject: 18th Annual Mock Trial<br> <br>Hear yee, hear yee, heary, all rise and draw nye for the Honorable Court for<br>the District of Wilks-Barre, Pennsylvania will soon be in session, the Most<br>Esteemed and Honorable Charles S. Brown presiding!<br> <br>The National Association of Blind Lawyers announces the 18th Annual Mock<br>Trial which will be held Monday, July 6th in Junior Ballroom G, Level 1,<br>at 4:15 pm inside the beautiful Rosen Center Hotel as part of the 75th<br>Annual Convention of the National Federation of the Blind. <br> <br>This year's trial features an all-star cast including Dr. Marc Maurer,<br>Daniel F. Goldstein, Carla McQuillan, Kevan Worley, Haben Girma, Ray Wayne,<br>Timothy Elder, Bennett Prows, Anthony Thomas, Parnell Diggs, and Scott<br>LaBarre. The year is 1940, the place Wilks-Barre, Pennsylvania. In fact,<br>it is the 16th of November, 1940, and Mr. Fred Eration emerges froma local<br>watering hole in a most celebratory mood because a brand new organization<br>has just been formed, the National Federation of the Blind. He is walking<br>down a city sidewalk and falls in a deep construction ditch where a sign<br>warned of the drop off but no barrier had been erected. He, of course,<br>injures himself seriously and can no longer travel around independently.<br> <br>The Township of Wilks-Barre will say that they are not liable because any<br>reasonable person, one who is sighted, would have seen the warning sign. If<br>that defense won't work, the City argues that Fred Eration is automatically<br>negligent because he was wandering around without a sighted helper, and even<br>if that argument doesn't work, blind individuals who are afflicted with a<br>loss of vision must exercise extraordinary care while walking alone without<br>sighted help.<br> <br>On Mr. Eration's side, his expert witness, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek will argue<br>that the blind have a right to live in the world and society must practice a<br>policy of integrationism. Society should expect that the blind will be<br>about in the land using a dog, cane, or nothing at all to aid travel. A<br>reasonable city would take reasonable precautions to prevent injuries to its<br>blind citizens and visitors.<br> <br>There will be three witnesses for each side and two lawyers representing<br>each party. The audience will serve as our jury. Attendees of previous<br>Mock Trials will tell you that they are both entertaining and raise<br>important issues. This year's trial travels back to the 1940's and the<br>legal climate that blind people faced at that time. Join us next Monday.<br>Your jury fee is $5 and such funds will help the NABL carry on its good<br>work.<br> <br>You now may be seated. <br><br> <br><br> <br><br>Becky Frankeberger<br><br>Butterfly Knitting<br><br>- Ponchos<br><br>- Afghans<br><br>- Shawls<br><br>- Custom Knitting<br><br>360-426-8389<br><br>becky@butterflyknitting.com<br><br> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>nfbwatlk mailing list<br>nfbwatlk@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfbwatlk:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org/mjc59%40comcast.net<br></font></body></html>