The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has released the forms for reporting on medical malpractice claims for the 2009 calendar year. The reports are due March 1, 2010. Here are the instructions for filling out forms as a representative of the claimant. Here is the link to the reporting…
If you do not regularly read Max Kennerly’s Litigation and Trial blog you are not taking advantage of a wonderful opportunity to learn. I have never met Max, but his blog is well-written, thoughtful, and informative. Need to be convinced? Read his post titled "Always Draft Angry Briefs. Never File…
Jay O’Keeffe has written a nice article about appellate brief writing on DeNovo: A Virginia Appellate Law Blog. The article is titled " 10 Ways to Ruin a Perfectly Good Brief." Here is an excerpt: 1. Take shortcuts. Here’s how you write a brief: brainstorm, research, brainstorm, outline, draft, revise,…
Here is the best summary I have seen that describes the recent changes to the FRCP. The new rules went into effect on December 1, 2009. The summary was written by the folks at Mayer Brown. Thanks to Dan Hull at What About Clients? for alerting me to it.
A law professor at Stanford, Lora Freeman Engstrom, has written an article published in Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics called "Run-of-the-Mill Justice." Her bio reveals that her research interest is high-volume personal injury law practices that heavily advertise and mass-produce the resolution of claims and is supported by a grant…
The good folks at the Winning Trial Advocacy Tips blog have assembled some more great information of interest to trial lawyers. This post is titled "Free Software for Trial Lawyers‘ and features a dozen free or almost free programs of interest to lawyers who try personal injury and wrongful death…
Gary Gwilliam from California has written a very interesting article called "Old Warriers" for Plaintiff Magazine. Read the article here.
The Star-Tribune from Minneapolis – St. Paul reports that a state court judge in Minnesota imposed a $4 million sanction against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. for engaging in a "staggering" pattern of misconduct aimed at covering up its role in the deaths of four young people whose car collided with…
A recent post described proposed changes to the Local Rules of Court for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. For the most part, the rule changes addressed changes in the time periods for action required under the rules. This post from Drug and Device Law…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has fined a lawyer $100 for providing an improper citation to a court case. The fine was imposed in a footnote in 2008 unpublished opinion, Espitia v. Fouche. Here is the footnote: Counsel for Espitia cites to an unpublished case assertedly upholding a stipulated damages clause due to…