Posts tagged trial

• Dangers of Signing An Arbitration Agreement

  Greg Cusimano | September 20, 2009 10:03 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Consumers beware! Many consumer and employment contracts now include an “Arbitration Clause”. You can find the clause lurking in employment contracts, lease agreements, health care...

• Full Disclosure From Clients

  Danny Lehane | May 20, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Apparently but unbeknownst to me, I speak a second language and rather fluently at that. As best I can tell this incomprehensible second language starts in an initial meeting with a prospective...

• Insurance Company and Corporate Names

  Jon Lewis | May 16, 2009 3:35 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Names may change, but the companies don't. In law school, we learned a phrase, Form over Substance. What's an example? You can call a table a chair, but it's still a table. In the Birmingham News...

• Recalled Digitek Digoxin Tablets Could Affect Many with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation

  Margaret Embry | April 30, 2009 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Digoxin is a drug used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation by making the heart beat stronger and with a more regular rhythm. To understand the importance this drug plays in those who suffer from the above mentioned conditions...

• Susan Boyle --- Fundamental Attribution Error

  Greg Cusimano | April 25, 2009 3:17 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Winning Works LLC, (winningworks.com) a trial consulting firm composed of Gregory Cusimano, David Wenner, David Bossart, and Ed Lazarus instructs lawyers not to make a Fundamental Attribution...

• Susan Boyle --- Fundamental Attribution Error

  Greg Cusimano | April 25, 2009 11:40 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Winning Works LLC, (winningworks.com) a trial consulting firm composed of Gregory Cusimano, David Bossart, and Ed Lazarus instructs lawyers not to make a Fundamental Attribution Error. The...

• Sex Abuse Victims: Testifying May Be Part Of The Healing Process

  Pete Mackey | February 02, 2009 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A recurring theme in just about every case that I have tried is my client's fear of testifying at trial. He worries that a jury won't believe him because he is black/white/overweight/short. She does...

• A Letter to George Will

  Greg Cusimano | January 11, 2009 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  George F. Will published an Op- Ed Column today January 11th basically promoting the perception that Americans are greedy suit happy individuals. Here is my letter to Mr. Will. Mr. George Will, I...

• Nick Saban's Response to Passengers

  Jon Lewis | January 07, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Birmingham News reported that a Huntsville, Alabama man sued American Airlines over travel delays. The article states that approximately 2,400 passengers were stranded due to bad weather. As a...

• CURRENT TRENDS IN JURY AWARDS: “Where Have All the Jury Trials Gone, Long Time Passing?”

  Greg Cusimano | December 29, 2008 10:53 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Jury trials have been declining steadily for the last 20 years. If the trend continues, jury trials and even the judicial system as we know it, will be no more. Our judicial system has been a...