Day on Torts

 Trey Mills is angry at Allstate.  He explains why on his South Carolina Injury Law Journal blog.  

Winning Trial Advocacy Tips is one of the best blogs for trial lawyers in the entire blogosphere.  Elliott Wilcox repeatedly delivers useful, timely information of interest to those of us who try cases.  I encourage you to add it to your regular reading list. Today, I share with you his…

Will the President sacrifice the rights of patients injured by medical malpractice to get Republicans to sign-off on a health care bill? Steven Olsen explains why the President  should not in this article titled "Why Shouldn’t Obama Throw Injured Patients Under the Bus to Get Heath Reform?  Ask Steven Olsen." Steven…

What is the principle place of business for a corporation for purposes of determining whether a federal court has diversity jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1332(c)(1)?   Well, what you thought you knew is no longer the law. The United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the phrase "principal place…

The American Association for Justice is hosting a teleseminar on March 16, 2010 on the ethics of secrets settlements.   Get more information here.

Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released yesterday in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Here is an excerpt from a summary of the study as reported at www.extendingthecure.com:  The researchers…

The Springfield Injury Law Blog has given us a great post titled "8 Ways to Help Your Personal Injury Lawyer Help Your Case."   Obviously, the post informs personal injury clients how they can help their lawyer obtain a better result in their case. It is so good I am…

The Federal Evidence Review has shared a PDF of the current federal rules of evidence.   Only 40 pages in length (20 pages if you print on the front and the back of the page) this PDF is a handy addition to your trial notebook for cases in federal court.

This is an interesting decision out of Colorado. Executive Tans operated an upright tanning booth manufactured by Sun Ergoline. Before using the booth, Savannah Boles signed a release form provided by Executive Tans that  said as follows: “I have read the instructions for proper use of the tanning facilities and…

The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has released the forms for reporting on medical malpractice claims for the 2009 calendar year. The reports are due March 1, 2010. Here are the instructions for filling out forms as a representative of the claimant.  Here is  the link to the reporting…