The Tennessee Supreme Court has just granted a Rule 9 application in a medical negligence case, even though the Tennessee Court of Appeals refused to do so. The plaintiff had an abdominal operation several years ago and learned more than three years later that a clip was left on one…
A group of plaintiffs lawyers have formed a “dream team” to take on Merck in Vioxx litigation. Merck has said it will defend every case individually, but now a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers has said they will band together and will press for a continuous trial schedule so that plaintiffs…
Here is an interesting article tilted “Understanding U.S. Electronic Discovery and “Best Practices” Therefore” written by Michael Kaminski. It will give you a good idea of the way major law firms are advising their clients on discovery and retention of electronic evidence.
Hopefully you will get to read this article in Texas Monthly before this link is gone. It describes what happened to the people of Texas because of tort reform. Here is a description of what happened to one family who was looking for a plaintiff’s lawyer to handle a medical…
Some of you are familiar with the Rosoce Pound Institute, an organization founded in 1956 which works to “help judges, academics and others understand a balanced view of the U.S. civil justice system.” Last week, the Institute held a conference at Vanderbilt University School of Law on the issue of…
A recent edition of the journal of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel article called “Handling Difficult Issues in Products Liability Actions: Subsequent Remedial Measures, Similar Accidents, Recalls, and Foreign Defendants.” It is written by Bradley C. Nahrstadt. The well-written article has a nice collection of cases from around…
Ford Motor Company apparently says one thing in the courtroom and another thing in press conferences. This news article says that Ford’s PR people keep saying that Ford did dynamic testing of its vehicles but that its witnesses at a recent trial said they did not. When asked to explain…
Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body is the leading textbook on anatomy and now it is available on-line. Click here to review the index of what drawings and information is available. Thanks to Bob Kraft for bringing this site to my attention.
Tennessee has the 13th highest truck crash death rate in the nation, a rate of 2.63 deaths per 100,000 population. This means over 150 people die in Tennessee each year in truck-related crashes. The Tennessee death rate is 30% higher than the national average. For a listing of the death…
Here is the latest on the New Jersey Vioxx trial. My guess is that we will have a verdict next week.