Integrity

Aug 27, 2018 Civics, Courts, Courts, Ethics, Government, History, Law, Pop Culture, The American Lawyer, Weekly, Writing Comments Off on Integrity

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson The President’s lawyer says that “Truth isn’t truth” and any effort to question his client under oath is a “perjury trap”: the inevitable result of flouting all recognized rules in a scorched-earth, “win at any cost”, “art of […]

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Focus

Aug 13, 2018 Access to Courts, Courts, Investigation, Medical Malpractice, Medical Records, Weekly, Wrongful Death Comments Off on Focus

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle When Regina Kobel’s medical records came in, there was nothing about the lump in her breast. Her obgyn exam looked perfectly benign, according to the notes. There was nothing about the mass or the examination in the chart, even though she […]

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Hear About It Later

Jul 30, 2018 Courts, Health, Hospitals, Medical Error, Medical Literature, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, Weekly, Wrongful Death Comments Off on Hear About It Later

I don’t want to hear about it later I don’t want to, baby I don’t want to I don’t want to hear about it later Van Halen, Hear About It Later When Angela Walker went to the emergency room complaining of “the worst headache in her life”, she was sent home. The next day, when […]

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