Miscellaneous

• Tragic Deaths of Children Are Avoidable

  Brenda Fulmer | July 20, 2011 9:58 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  Baby Kate’s mother put her in the car seat in the back of the minivan so she could drop her off at daycare on her way to work. Sadly, Kate’s mother forgot to drop the little girl off at...

• $14.5 Million Dollar Jury Verdict Awarded Against State Farm

  Mark Bello | July 15, 2011 2:58 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI

  A jury has awarded a roofing contractor $14.5 million in his five year legal battle with State Farm Insurance following a 2006 hailstorm that caused severe damage in central Indiana. In October...

• The InJustice of Tort Reform

  Mark Bello | July 15, 2011 1:00 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI

  Two weeks after Hot Coffee aired on HBO, filmmaker Brian J. Kelly premiered his documentary, InJustice, on Reelz. Never heard of Reelz? Neither had I, but apparently Kelly initially pitched his film...

• Tort Reform: Know your facts

  Craig Kelley | July 15, 2011 8:54 AM | 1 CommentCouncil Bluffs, IA

  If you had the chance to watch the “Hot Coffee” documentary a few weeks ago, then you were fortunate to get a glimpse at the very personal side of going through a lawsuit and the...

• "Hot Coffee"and the Evils of Tort Reform

  Edward Nitkewicz | July 09, 2011 11:03 AM | 1 CommentLong Island, NY

  Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited...

• 4th of July Special - Thanks to the Founding Lawyers

  Mary Alice McLarty | July 04, 2011 1:40 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  Happy 4th of July and thank God for our Founding Fathers and their vision which has kept America vital for over 235 years. I read an interesting book recently, The Founding Lawyers and America's...

• Supreme Court Fails to Review Doctrine That Protects Military Hospitals From Malpractice Suits

  Emily Mapp Brannon | July 01, 2011 9:00 PM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  When I read about cases like those of Staff Sgt. Dean Witt, it seems hard to justify a doctrine that places strict limits on the ability of active-duty military personnel to sue military doctors for...

• Memorial - Chris Christ

  Jon Lewis | July 01, 2011 1:17 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  I received VERY sad news today that a friend in the legal community here in Birmingham had passed, Chris Christ. I have known Chris for approximately fifteen years. We used to work in the same...

• Danger and Dating Sites

  Michael Roberts | June 29, 2011 12:38 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  Lawsuits around the country have sought to hold internet dating sites responsible for negligence in cases where users have been attacked by individuals they met on those sites. A recent lawsuit,...

• Protect Yourself From Identity Theft

  Jordan Margolis | June 22, 2011 11:06 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  Some 200,000 Citigroup customer’s personal information was compromised recently when a team of sophisticated thieves cracked the bank’s system of personal financial data. The hackers...