Professional malpractice board game apparatus

Claim 1

Means to play an adult game based upon possible legal and business activities and possible experiences of persons in selected professions, said means comprising: a. a plurality of movable elements, at least one of said elements to be provided each player; b. means for each player, when his turn comes up, to develop by chance a numerical factor; c. a first board, said first board having defined thereon a plurality of consecutive spaces constituting a path of travel for said movable elements, the number of spaces to be traveled by each element at the turn of its player, being determined by the numerical factor developed by such player upon using said means to develop said numerical factor; each of said spaces having instructions thereon, said instructions either (i) affecting the movement of the movable element over said spaces; (ii) providing for the payment to or by the player whose elements land on such space, of money in an amount as stated on such space; or (iii) directing the player to proceed to a second board for instructions; d. a second board, said second board having defined thereon a number of first spaces, one of each of said first spaces being provided for each of the selected professions, and a plurality of second spaces, each of said second spaces constituting a step in a legal proceeding and indicating the amount of money to be paid by the plaintiff in said proceeding with each step of the litigation; e. a plurality of groups of first cards, each group of said first cards providing information either good or bad, concerning a client's relationship with the person of the particular one of said professions and, on the basis thereof, if good, indicating the amount of money to be paid by such client and returning the player to his position on the first board for further movement of his element on the spaces of the first board; or, if bad, providing a basis for a malpractice suit and the formula for a possible monetary recovery against the professional person if a suit should be brought against the latter, or an arbitration thereof conducted, with a successful result; f. a plurality of second cards, said second cards being verdict cards, some of which represent positive votes for recovery against the defendant and others negatives votes denying recovery to the plaintiff; and g. play money in various denominations.