This is Post 8 in my review of the legislation of interest to tort lawyers that was passed by the General Assembly in 2009. Want to see more? Look at the Legislation 2009 category. This legislation is of interest to those who bring or defend dram shop cases. The new…
Last week I received a letter informing me that I had been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America. I have been fortunate to have been included among this distinguished group of lawyers since 1993. This year I have been listed in the specialties of Bet-the-Company Litigation,…
Here is Post 7 of recent changes to statutory law in Tennessee that I think will be of interest to tort lawyers. As I have said in the last six posts, you can read about additional changes in the law under the Legislation 2009 category. Public Chapter 206 changed the…
The "Dead By Mistake" website, hosted by the San Francisco Chronicle, contains chilling stories of deficiencies in our health care system that result in injury and death. This alone brings the point home: more people die each month from preventable medical errors than died in the terrorist attacks of 9/11.…
LIke you, I get a lot of emails every day. All too often, I permit emails to control my work schedule – a big mistake. Here is a nice article that gives suggestions for managing the mass of emails that enter our lives every day. The writer, Stever Robbins, accurately points…
I admire people who have the foresight and courage to pick a practice area and learn it, inside out. I greatly admire those who share the knowledge they have to help other lawyers and the public. Here is a fine example: Dog Bite Law by Kenneth Phillips. He limits his cases…
Those of us who do medical malpractice work are familiar with Occam’s Razor, the common understanding of which (as stated on Wikipedia) is that "of several acceptable explanations for a phenomenon, the simplest is preferable, provided that it takes all circumstances into account." Those of us who do medical malpractice…
This is the sixth in a series of posts concerning changes in Tennessee statutory law that I believe to be of interest to tort lawyers. For more changes click on the Legislation 2009 category of this blog. Public Chapter 201 prohibits, subject to certain exceptions, the reading or sending of text…
"All objections, except those as to the form of the question, are reserved." This sentence, or one substantially similar to it, may be found at the beginning of every deposition. But what are objections to the form of the question? Evan Shaeffer at The Trial Practice Tips Weblog shared a…
This is the fifth in a series of posts about changes in Tennessee statutory law of interest to tort lawyers. For other changes click on the Legislation 2009 category. Tennessee has a "Ski Area Safety and Liability Act" codified at TCA Section 68-114-101 et seq. Public Chapter 85 changes the…