Day on Torts

The federal Vioxx case that was mistried earlier this month has been set for a second trial on February 6, 2006. Read more here.

Locked Nest Mobster By Howard H. Vogel Guest Spoofer Nashville, Tennessee – December 18, 2005 Anonymous sources high up in the Bredesen administration announced today a break through in the Food for Tickets investigation that spans the administrations of four Tennessee governors. In a recent raid upon a locked janitors…

Here is a e-book written by Judge Mark Painter in Ohio. The book is called “Legal Writing 201” and it contains 30 rules that will help you write for, not like, a judge. (That is what the sub-title says, I promise.) Thanks for the lead from Appellate Law and Practice.

As I have mentioned in some past posts (the most recent one can be read here) the voters of Florida passed a constitutional amendment one year ago that severely limited the amount of attorneys’ fees in medical negligence actions. Lawyers who believed that a case was valid but who could…

One juror says that the jury was split 8-1 in the first federal Vioxx trial – for the defendant. Read more here.

Here is an article written by a trial consultant for defendants about how to minimize damages in significant cases. Very interesting. Thanks to David Swanner for telling us about it. I would recommend you check David’s blog every day; I do.

Some of you know that I have been involved in litigation against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville for the past 6 years, suing it on behalf of two young men (and the mother of one) for outrageous conduct arising out of the abuse of the young men when they…

Here is some interesting information on the realtionship between where people live and their tendancy to be involved who tend to be in car wrecks. A sample: “People who live within one mile of a church are 10 percent less likely to have an accident resulting in a property damage…

Ok – if you didn’t see Stewart poke a little fun at Ford Motor Company last night go to Crooks and Liars and watch the video.

Deaths caused by Tazers have been in the news in Nashville lately, and a products trial concerning the device has started in Arizona. According to the article some 35 claims are pending against the company. Read more here.