Court TV Consults Clinic Prof in Assault by Vomit Case

Court TV recently turned to John Francis, director of the Law Clinic at Washburn University for an answer to an unusual problem: does vomiting on your teacher constitute a battery?  Court TV reports that a Kansas high school student has been charged with battery for throwing up on his Spanish teacher.  Francis observed that the prosecutors will have a hard time proving intent in a case involving vomit.  Court TV has more on this “up coming” story.