Posts tagged tort reform

• John Stossel Is A Big Fat Liar

  Pete Mackey | June 17, 2011 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In the book of Stossel, there are two things most revered - John and Stossel. He does not care if he gets it right. He does not care if his story offends. Correction - he wants it to offend. Liittle...

• Trial Lawyers Helping Reduce Health Care Costs

  Jon Lewis | January 06, 2012 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As we all do, we were looking over our 2011 financial picture last year. It is always surprising to me to look at some of the categories which we follow. One caught my eye in particular this...

• Club Liable for Stripper's Car Accident?

  Jon Lewis | May 28, 2008 11:00 AM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This is an interesting case. The Birmingham News reported in its May 27 edition that Patsy Hamaker has sued her employer, the Furnace, as a result of a single car collision which occurred after work...

• Rick Santorum - Just another Hypocrite

  Jon Lewis | June 12, 2011 12:16 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is just amazing. When will people wake up? At the YMCA in Mountain Brook this morning, I was working out on one of my favorite elliptical machines, and Meet the Press came on the TV. David...

• Medical malpractice reform again

  Danny Feldman | January 18, 2011 12:13 PM | 6 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I do not hande medical malpractice cases for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that they are almost impossible to win, at least in Alabama, and that they are ridiculously expensive to...

• $25.16 Million Verdict and Evidence Not Enough

  Jon Lewis | February 17, 2010 10:46 AM | 6 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It's the standard PR spin: Both the finding and the amount of damages were unsupported by the evidence . . . Roche Holding AG Spokesperson. Hmmmm. Two New Jersey juries and two substantial verdicts...

• The Ultimate Tort Reform

  Jon Lewis | March 02, 2011 10:14 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I was meeting with a client yesterday, and she made a comment that an incredible amount of clients have made over the years: I am really not the type of person to sue. What is that type of person?...

• Who are Trial Lawyers - Really?

  Jon Lewis | January 21, 2010 9:40 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Are trial lawyers really greedy, money grubbing individuals? Some maybe, but most are productive citizens who are small business owners contributing to their communities. Check out the lawyers on...

• Medical Malpractice: Universal health care & shifting the cost of negligence

  Pete Burns | July 15, 2009 10:32 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We have approximately 50 million Americans without health insurance. Health care cost following an accident or illness is the most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States. Cleary this is a...

• Hey Stossel - Should Tort Reform Apply Here?

  Pete Mackey | June 17, 2011 2:33 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The editor and chief wack-job of the World News Daily, Joseph Farrah, is about to sue Esquire over a parody that the magazine did recently announcing that he was recalling the latest WND published...