Nursing Care is Breaking and Not for the Reason You Think
We Know the Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals. It’s Greed.
Judge on a Hot Mic Catches the Wrath of a Trial Lawyer
‘Can you imagine waking up next to her every day?’ said the Judge about Bill Cosby’s criminal defense lawyer, forgetting that he was being livestreamed. Now, that Judge is facing a complaint. Decorum is a real thing and it runs both ways. If you are a trial lawyer, you’ve danced this dance with a judge. […]
Fearless (Remember that feeling and take it into your weekend)
You say the hill’s too steep to climb Chiding You say you’d like to see me try Climbing You pick the place and I’ll choose the time H/T Pink Floyd
Quiet Work Is Most Consequential
Lawyers’ war stories typically revolve around raucous and sometimes hilarious exaggerations (or not) of tumult and upset: epic fits and crying jags … confusion or hysterical screaming, crying, or babbling … horrifying threats and recriminations. All the better when those are punctuated with an impossibly favorable result for the client. Or maybe that’s just the […]
Our Dog Was Sick Over The Holiday
And the local vet and I were limited to x-rays and bloodwork which only ruled out the basics. The medicines we chose in the absence of other evidence left the dog lame and unable to get up and about. Specialty services were not available for weeks and required a three-hour drive (each way). We got […]
COVID Misinformation As Medical Malpractice
COVID Misinformation From Your Doctor is Malpractice (Not An Opinion) But a vocal minority of doctors are undermining this relationship and taking advantage of the public’s trust by intentionally spreading Covid misinformation and disinformation. From making false claims about vaccines to offering to sign medically unnecessary mask exemptions in exchange for payment, these “disinformation doctors” are […]
Take Me To The Bridge
James Brown took to the bridge. Robert Plant, too, was looking for the “confounded” bridge when Jimmy Page borrowed a James Brown riff on Led Zeppelin’s song, The Crunge. In music, a bridge represents a change that separates and connects the front and back ends of the song. For the listener, it adds variety and […]
January 6th
The American Spirit is being tested. Vice President Kamala Harris This is the one-year anniversary of the worst attack on the seat of our democracy since The 1812 British Burning Of The US Capitol.
Florida’s Wrongful Death Law Is Wrong
Florida bars any wrongful death claims for victims of medical malpractice where other families with different types of wrongful death claims are allowed to proceed. I have been fighting against this cruel law for most of my career. While the legislature dithers around with bills proposed to remedy this inequity (powerful insurance and health care […]
Stare It Cold
I am approaching the beginning of 2022 like the last two years were an illness because we spent them obsessing over one. To get what we want – a return to some kind of normal and with any luck full jury trial dockets functioning – we need to take our medicine, take doctors’ advice, finish […]