Day on Torts

This is a link to doctor’s website that collects a large number of sources of medical information. It is the best collection of medical links I have seen to date.

Ok, I have lived long enough to have some idea how the world works. I do not pretend to understand how the world works, mind you, I just have some idea how it works. I knew that it was not by happenstance that drug reps tended to be attractive women…

The federal judge heading up the Vioxx MDL will permit the plaintiffs to call expert witnesses to prove that short-term use of Vioxx can cause cardiac problems. Read about the ruling and other Vioxx news here.

I just learned that David Shrager, a fine gentleman and lawyer from Philadelphia, has died. David is a former President of ATLA and a man I greatly admired. He always took the time to talk to young lawyers and remind them of their responsibility to their clients and the public.…

I am taking a few days off to enjoy the holidays. I be back with you on Monday a.m.

Well, I just said that I wasn’t going to post anything and then came upon this interesting article about the events leading up to the war in Iraq. This article does as fine a job as I have seen compiling the facts about the representations made by the Bush administration…

Here is an interesting article published in a Memphis newspaper.

It’s toy time in Tennessee – and all around the nation. This report is the 20th Annual Toy Survey that advises us about toys that present a risk to children. Here is the Executive Summary. And here is summary list of the toys that present a potential hazard.

Next week is the last seminar of the year offered by Justice Programs, a creation of former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Penny White, former Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joy Riley and yours truly. We will be in downtown Memphis at the Doubletree Hotel on December 1 and 2. We…

Here is what purports to be talking points concerning tort reform for Republicans. A sampling: “America has far too many frivolous lawsuits, absurd jury awards and outrageous plaintiffs’ lawyers. They wreck small businesses, damage the economy, punish consumers, deprive Americans of essential healthcare and cost all of us a lot…