Articles Posted in Miscellaneous

The New York Times had a nice obituary about the life and death of Bob Gibbons, a fine trial lawyer and gentleman from Austin, TX. 

I know – I have gone off the grid.  For the past couple of months I have been extremely busy and my law practice has simply consumed the vast majority of my time.  I have also worked on an article that I was asked to write for the inaugural edition…

Ok, State v. Zimmerman was a criminal case, not a civil case. much less a tort case. (Zimmerman may be sued by Martin’s family – more on that below). But, in the "for what it’s worth department, here are my comments on the criminal verdict: 1. I don’t know if…

The news that Pilot Flying J, a company largely if not exclusively owned by Governor’s Haslam’s family and run by his brother, is the subject of a criminal investigation has made a lot of news in the last week. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot Flying J has over 600 retail…

Alabama just passed a 12-year statute of repose that protects a new corporate citizen – Airbus. Airbus, not content with $158,000,000 in corporate welfare to put a plant in Alabama, sought and has obtained immunity from suit unless its planes cause harm within twelve years. The bill only applies to…

The Tennessee Supreme Court has released data concerning filings and dispositions on civil and criminal cases for the year ended June 30, 2012, including personal injury and wrongful death cases.  The Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary is published every year and contains lots of data not readily available from…

The 2012 Justice Programs annual seminar has been scheduled.  The seminar will once again be held in Knoxville (Nov. 29 and 30), Nashville (Dec. 6 and 7)  and Memphis Dec. 13 and 14). Fifteen hours of CLE credit (including four hours of ethics / dual credit) will be awarded to…

The Lexis website that contains the Tennessee Code that is available through the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts is not updated with 2012 legislative changes.  This despite the fact that many of those changes went into effect July 1, 2012, or even earlier. It appears that Westlaw has updated…

AAJ is sponsoring a case planning workshop in Washington, D.C. on July 12-14, 2012. This in-depth program takes your active case through six critical workshops and three group sessions to help you define your case strategy. The hands-on format provides constant attention to your wrongful death or catastrophic injury case.…

Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham has authored an article in the News Democrat Leader about lawyers who take their own lives.  Called "Broken Hearted Idealists," it does a fine job exposing a problem in our profession and some interesting thoughts about why it happens.