Miscellaneous

• South Carolina Juries Make Sound Decision on Punitive Damages

  Brad Hewett | March 31, 2011 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  Mike Kelly recently submitted the following editorial to The State newspaper regarding punitive damages in South Carolina: While Harry Lightsey is a fine lawyer (and his dad taught me in law...

• School Bus Accidents Are a Parent's Nightmare

  Kevin Duffan | March 30, 2011 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Several accidents involving school buses have recently occurred in the southeast Virginia (VA) and northeast North Carolina (NC). The most recent occurred last week in Suffolk, Virginia, and...

• ED Pa. Applies “Nerve Center” Test in Remanding Paxil Cases to State Court

  Adrianne Walvoord | March 28, 2011 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Judge Savage issued a memorandum opinion on March 24, 2011 remanding eight pharmaceutical liability cases against GlaxoSmithKline involving its anti-depressant Paxil to state court. Judge Savage...

• Tort "Reform": Why It Is Bad for America

  Greg Webb | March 28, 2011 8:00 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A few years ago, in the late 1990s, I overheard one Washington lawyer in a restaurant talking about tort reform in a very distressed tone. He didn’t understand why the political party he...

• Congress’s Blocking of Judicial Confirmations Has Created a Justice Crisis

  Mike Ferrara | March 27, 2011 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Very little public attention is being paid to a serious situation in the federal court system, which is that 93 of the 857 federal district and appeals court judgeships are vacant right now....

• Tweet, Tweet - Virginia Injury Law from ABRAMS LANDAU is Now on Twitter

  Doug Landau | March 26, 2011 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  The traditional, kick the tires and do it the old-fashioned way - earn it Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., is now sending out information and helpful legal solutions on Twitter. Recently we...

• Fourth Annual Purple Day Hopes To Raise Awareness of Epilepsy

  Jackie Lecher | March 26, 2011 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Today Marks the Fourth Annual Epilepsy Awareness Day. Also known as Purple Day, people all over the world will be raising awareness of this disease by wearing purple today. Epilepsy day founder,...

• Passage of HB 1106 Would be Windfall for Wrongdoers

  Linda Chalat | March 24, 2011 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A proposed law that has passed in the House and is now in the state Senate, would have dramatic impact on all personal injury claims in Colorado. The purpose of this bill is to abrogate the...

• How An Insurance Company Looks Out For You

  Brett Emison | March 24, 2011 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Does your insurance company -- or an insurance company you're dealing with -- look out for you like one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7YlNAN5sB0 Again, as my friend Rob put it -- If this...

• Real World Examples Concerning Auto Insurance Coverage: The Immunity of Snow Plows

  Mike Bryant | March 24, 2011 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Over time we have represented a lot of people for all types of automobile collisions. My partner Joe Crumley and I have taught seminars for the Minnesota Association For Justice concerning all sorts...