Day on Torts

Do you have a smoking gun not covered by a protective order? The folks at Slate want it. Read about it here.

The Tennessee appellate courts have a proposed rule about electronic filing that has been released for public comment. Read about it here.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendant today in the retrial of the first federal court Vioxx trial. A mistrial was declared the first time the case was tried. This time a New Orleans jury went for the defendant. The lawyer for the plaintiff said that “the biggest problem…

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…