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The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. Meryl Streep
Does Sovereign Immunity Apply to Your Claim?
In the United States, agencies (state, federal, local, municipal). reserve immunity for themselves but consent to being held accountable by way of statute. Tackling any government’s agency right to sovereign immunity is, like any effort to enforce accountability, a righteous cause. Always. The Georgia Department of Transportation cannot fully escape a lawsuit alleging that it […]
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You should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. Willy Wonka, paraphrasing a line from Helaire Beloc’s “The Microbe” (1897)
Improper Client Solicitation Is In The News Again
Reward lawyers who do it the right way. Ignore the scammers. “The training manual literally teaches employees how to commit barratry by gaining the trust of vulnerable potential clients to sell them legal services,” the complaint said. Read more at: https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/1692386?nl_pk=029cff45-637f-44e3-babf-75563f8e0bfd&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=personal-injury-medical-malpractice&utm_content=2023-06-27&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=9?copied=1
AI In Medicine and Law
As lawyers look forward to patient safety advances that AI may make available in medicine, it is important to keep an eye on the dangers as they appear in our own profession. Levidow Levidow & Oberman PC and its attorney Steven Schwartz told a New York federal court that they are “truly mortified” over submitting […]
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I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. John Steinbeck, Speech in 1962
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
My Dad Called It “Champerty & Barratry”
But I don’t think he was right about the technical definition. Most trial lawyers work on contingency fees and front costs. It is a noble endeavor that serves our clients who cannot afford the significant court battles to address serious injuries. What he meant was improper solicitation of clients. This sort of thing made him […]
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Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart
The ‘Win At Any Cost’ Mentality of Insurance Defense
Over one hundred thousand dollars in sanctions upheld against an insurance defense lawyer for deliberately poisoning a trial to benefit his client. And it worked – at least for his client, if not for him. I am not surprised in the least. Plaintiffs: Choose your lawyer carefully, and this won’t happen. Hurt was representing the […]