A friend who is getting ready to file a medical negligence case told me that his medical consultant said this about the case: “It took a whole group of doctors to kill this woman.” The consultant was not suggesting that the doctors conspired to hurt, much less “kill”, the patient.…
Closing arguments are today – read this article from Bloomberg for the latest summary of recent events and thoughts of other lawyers about the case.
Closing arguments in the New Jersey Vioxx trial are expected to begin on Monday, according to news reports. The lawyers are working with the trial judge on jury instructions today. The trial has lasted seven weeks. Predictably, there has not been as much press about this case as the one…
I have not posted any blue-chip tort cases lately. There is no particular reason for my failure to do so; there has just been a good deal of other information out there to post. (For those of you who are new to this blog you can read about “blue-chippers” here.)…
Do you what $146,604 represents? It is the amount of money both Exxon and Shell made every minute of every hour of every day last quarter. Or $2443 every second. But who’s counting.
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…