When I was a young lawyer, jurors were not routinely allowed to ask their own questions of witnesses. When the jury instructions and other trial rules were modified to make this a regular feature of trials, most of us came to believe that juror questions were an important and useful change to the way trials […]
I successfully litigated a product liability case involving a Depuy knee implant and the surgeon who placed it. This recent verdict involves a different type of defect and a slightly different model. But the lesson remains true as always: medical malpractice cases are difficult, especially when mixed with product liability issues. Choose your lawyer carefully. […]
You need a lawyer who has taken the defense the distance – and then some – for leverage against the other side in your serious personal injury case. Unless the lawyers and carriers on the other side believe your lawyer has ‘the guts’, they have no incentive but to delay. Even after an appeal, I […]
Jury Selection inevitably raises interesting social issues that can affect the outcome of your case. The article linked below reveals a relevant issue when a large corporation is a party. To those involved in corporate litigation, the public’s shifting views toward company loyalty and the employer-employee relationship beg the question: How might experiences and attitudes […]
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. Meryl Streep
You should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. Willy Wonka, paraphrasing a line from Helaire Beloc’s “The Microbe” (1897)
On appeal, Timely Mission argues that a new trial is warranted because the jury heard improper testimony from nursing home staff members that a certified nursing assistant, Melanie Blakesley, had physically and verbally abused residents other than Weaver. Read more at: https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/1691891?nl_pk=029cff45-637f-44e3-babf-75563f8e0bfd&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=personal-injury-medical-malpractice&utm_content=2023-06-23&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6?copied=1 From the website page summarizing my experience in nursing home injuries The health […]
In Billy Shakespeare’s play King Henry VI, Part II, this advice is used as an example of how to destabilize an entire country. And so it goes … Belarusian Lawyer Who Advised Imprisoned Activists Goes On Trial Our Constitution protects the right to jury trials and access to competent counsel. Fight any and all efforts […]
And as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down on my knees. Chest Fever was Garth Hudson’s moment to shine in The Band’s live performances. He was allowed to stretch out on the organ, often introducing the song with a proggy solo they called “The Genetic Method”. Peter Viney called the lyrics “dummy words”, […]
You can only understand people if you feel them yourself. John Steinbeck
