Here is an interesting post from the Virginia Injury Laywer Blog offering an opinion on how to get good settlements in personal injury cases. Permit me to comment on a couple: "1. Don’t just dabble in personal-injury cases; the insurance defense lawyer is too good for that, and he will…
We all know that Batson v. Kentucky applies in civil cases. But a new decision released yesterday from the Tennessee Supreme Court – Zakour v. UT Medical Group – actually discusses how judges and lawyers should apply Batson in real life. This is the meat of the opinion: In this case, the…
The Nebraska Supreme Court has held that a husband of a personal injury claimant who did not sign a release of his claim could maintain an action for loss of consortium arising from the injury even though his wife released her claim. The Court said that the claim for loss…
Here is an interesting article on the new Adobe 8
Scientific papers are often difficult to understand. The fact that they are often poorly written doesn’t help matters, but many of us lack the scientific background to quickly grasp and analyze scientific literature. Here is an excerpt from an article published in the British Medical Journal that provides some help…
Here is a great post – collecting other great posts – about the meaning of the "usual stipulations" in a deposition. Thanks Evan.
Here is a great case out of Illinois that reminds us of the importance of asking each fact witness about whether they have made any personal notes concerning the event at issue. In Cangelosi v. Capasso, No. 03–L–392, (Ill. Ct. App, 2nd Dis. June 30, 2006), plaintiff asked that a…
The “smoking gun” document does not do you any good unless you can find a way to get it introduced in to evidence. You have to determine what foundation must be established to introduce the document into evidence, call the witness or witnesses necessary to establish that foundation, and be…
Here is a tip that will improve the quality of your law practice and your life – look at the law first. Oh, it is different in the run of the mill auto case or other cases that you routinely handle. And it is different if you have recently handled…