Happy Spooky Season! To those of you who celebrate, like me, Halloween is around the corner. And more importantly, the annual BC Law Halloween party falls on October 31st this year, boding a particularly festive celebration.

To get us all in the Halloween spirit, I’d like to pose some witching hour-themed questions you can ponder between class reading assignments. 

1. Could Frankenstein sue Dr. Frankenstein for negligent creation?

2. Dracula bites a consenting victim, is this aggravated assault?

3. Are werewolves liable for their actions on a full moon? (This question is courtesy of my fellow 3L, Elias Massion) 

4. A zombie keeps dying and returning to life while serving a life sentence, does their sentence end the first time they die, or does immortality condemn them to an eternity sentence?

5. Who’s liable if the haunted house from Monster House causes emotional distress?

6. If a possessed doll terrorizes multiple people, can the doll’s human owner be vicariously liable for the doll’s actions?

7. If a mad scientist’s lab experiment explodes and injures bystanders, was it an abnormally dangerous activity or just bad luck?

8. A witch signs a contract in blood that has a suretyship provision, does her signature satisfy the Statute of Frauds?

9. The scariest question yet! Does the 1L memo count as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment?

Let me know your thoughts! And I hope to see you at the LSA Halloween Party on the most haunted night of the year.

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Haley Cole is a third-year student at BC Law. Contact her at colehc@bc.edu.