Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall?

We all have been surprised and, often, amused by the endless and innovative reasons for starting a lawsuit. Today, we will take a light-hearted look at an old and familiar accident. None of the witnesses are living. The only evidence we have is one, twenty-seven-word accident report. Let us fantasize how this case might look in court. I will read the accident report so we may all reacquaint ourselves with this old, well-known accident. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt put Humpty Dumpty together again. We are all familiar with this story, I am sure.

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Humpty Dumpty Health Process

Ob Gyn News ◽

10.1016/s0029-7437(08)70137-x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

GERALD W. GRUMET

Keyword(s):

Humpty Dumpty ◽

Health Process

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Reconstructing Humpty Dumpty

Financial Analysts Journal ◽

10.2469/faj.v28.n1.18 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 18-22

Author(s):

Henry C. Wallich

Keyword(s):

Humpty Dumpty

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The Clamour of Silent Constitutional Principles

Federal Law Review ◽

10.22145/flr.24.1.5 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 133-172

Author(s):

Stephen Donaghue

Keyword(s):

Humpty Dumpty

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master - that's all.”

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Conservation and Restoration of Grasslands

10.1093/oso/9780198744511.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Brian J. Wilsey

Keyword(s):

Community Assembly ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Woody Plant ◽

Priority Effects ◽

Woody Plant Encroachment ◽

Humpty Dumpty ◽

Alternate States ◽

Density And Biomass ◽

Acid Test ◽

Stocking Rates

Conservation programs alter herbivore stocking rates and find and protect the remaining areas that have not been plowed or converted to crops. Restoration is an ‘Acid Test’ for ecology. If we fully understand how grassland systems function and assemble after disturbance, then it should be easy to restore them after they have been degraded or destroyed. Alternatively, the idea that restorations will not be equivalent to remnants has been termed the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ hypothesis—once lost, it cannot be put back together again. Community assembly may follow rules, and if these rules are uncovered, then we may be able to accurately predict final species composition after assembly. Priority effects are sometimes found depending on species arrival orders, and they can result in alternate states. Woody plant encroachment is the increase in density and biomass of woody plants, and it is strongly affecting grassland C and water cycles.

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