Day on Torts

Here is an interesting article on the new Adobe 8

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are being changed to make them more readable.  This post from Trial Ad Notes discusses the change and gives an example on how Rule 6 would be re-written. All 250 pages of the proposed revisions may be found here.  The rules are still in…

Plaintiff filed an affidavit from an expert witness in opposition to a motion for summary judgment in a medical negligence case.  The expert – from UAB in Birmingham – explained that he understood the standard of care in Memphis because of the following: 2. I am familiar with the standard…

Defendant Farmers Insurance Exchange convinced the trial court that it should enter a protective order limiting Plaintiff’s counsel ability to distribute documents produced in the litigation by the defendant and limiting Plaintiff’s counsel’s use of  Defendant’s documents that Plaintiff’s counsel obtained from other sources.  The later documents had been produced…

The New York Times did a great piece on the regulation of the trucking industry yesterday. One blurb:  "In loosening the standards [applicable to the trucking industry], the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was fulfilling President Bush’s broader pledge to free industry of what it considered cumbersome rules. In the…

Here is an interesting article on a lawyer who sues lawyers.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that a drunk driver’s death was not "accidental" and therefore his surviving spouse could not collect accidental death benefits under an insurance policy. The decedent’s blood alcohol level was fifty percent higher than the legal limit when he…

The University of Notre Dame has released its football schedule for 2007: September 1             Air Force (home) September 8             Navy (home) September 15           Army (home) September 22          Duke (home) September 29          Rice (home) October 6                Temple (home) October 13              New Mexico State (home) October 20               MTSU  (home) October 27               Vanderbilt  (homecoming) November 3              Iowa State (home) November 10           Baylor …

Several times in the last few months I have posted blue-chippers in a new format.  (For those of you who do not know what a blue-chipper is read this post).  Examples can be found here, here, and here. My question to you is this:  do you like this format?  Is…

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a spectator at a hockey game may not sue when he is hit in the face by a puck, and cited Tennessee law in reaching its conclusion. The South Carolina Court said: "Primary implied assumption of risk arises when the plaintiff impliedly…