Day on Torts

What we think is happening is happening: there is an increase in the number of cases filed against lawyers. Read this article from the Chicago Tribune to learn more.

Can a defendant doctor testify about what he was told by a consulting doctor? No, according to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The court held that the statement of the consultant (who received his information about the patient over the telephone from the defendant) was hearsay and that it did…

Here is the full text of a press release from AARP in Georgia: “ATLANTA – A full year after Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law some of the nation’s most severe changes to the state’s court system – stripping average Georgia families of their Constitutional right to access the justice…

The Georgia Supreme Court eliminated a key portion of an act passed by the Georgia Legislature in 2003 that changed the law of venue in medical malpractice cases. The Georgia Constitution includes a provision about venue in multi-torfeasor cases; the Court found that a portion of the tort reform statute…

Today the health care industry in Tennessee launches its assault on the rights of malpractice victims. More tomorrow.

The National Association of Wrongdoers (“NAW”) gave Vice President Cheney its “Sharpshooter Award” last night at its annual convention. The theme of the meeting, held at the Ritz Carlton in Bermuda, was “Invest in America.” The Sharpshooter Award is given as appropriate to the American citizen who best demonstrates the…

The manufacturers and others supporting a federal asbestos bill want it bad – so bad that they think it is appropriate to engage in conduct like this. The sponsors of this site obviously do not let truth get in the way of their position. For example, they make this point…

Joy and I got back from Phoenix last night after spending a long weekend there at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, the parent of which is now known as the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification. After the meetings ended Saturday…

Read this article to learn how tort reform has affected medical malpractice claims in Missouri.

The Vice President accidently shot another man – a lawyer – during a hunting trip this weekend. Read about the hunting trip here. The owner of the ranch has placed comparative fault in play: the injured man “”came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn’t…