The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a judgment for the plaintiffs in a case against Ford Motor Company. The plaintiffs claimed that the Ford Explorer in which they were riding had a defective cruise control and defective seat belts. The court ruled that the trial judge should have excluded…
Brian Tannebaum is a Florida lawyer who handles bar grievance cases and shares information on the subject in his blog, My Law License. He has been kind enough to share an e-book with us called "I Got A Bar Complaint" that is both informative and entertaining. The book…
As I mentioned in three previous posts, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee. This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page 2009 report. You can…
Various television stations are reporting that a medical helicopter crashed outside of Brownsville, Tennessee. The NTSB has sent a team to the scene. Apparently, the company operating the helicopter was Memphis Medical Center Air Ambulance Service, Inc., also known as Hospital Wing. The helicopter was a Eurocopter Astar AS350B3 model. …
I am pleased (no, overjoyed) to report that the new edition of my tort book has gone to the printer. The book is now in its third edition, with a title change to more accurately reflect what the book contains. Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law contains 79…
As I mentioned in two previous posts, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee. This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page report. You can buy…
Effective July 1, 2010 a party to a litigation may serve papers in Adobe PDF format via electronic mail to the attorney’s email address. The process is a little more cumbersome than it need be, but it is a step-forward toward increasing the efficiency of law practice and reducing cost.…
The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, declaring the cap to be a violation of the right to trial by jury. The case is Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehutt, NO. SO9A1432 (Ga. March 22, 2010). Read the opinion here.…
As I mentioned in last Tuesday’s post, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee. This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page report. You can buy…
I have had several lawyers ask me to post our most recent work in the area of filing motions to strike insufficient affirmative defenses in comparative fault cases. I have been filing these motions since 1992. A defendant has an obligation to follow Rule 8.03 of the Tennessee Rules of…