Articles Posted in Miscellaneous

This video demonstrates the struggles that defense lawyers have with some claims adjusters.

After 10 years and almost 3 months in the same location, our firm is moving to a new office.  The new address is 5141 Virginia Way, Suite 270, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027.  The phone number remains 615.742.4880. Our landlord needed our space for the expansion needs of another  tenant and gave…

The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that client money held in a lawyer’s trust account can be counted as an asset for purposes of determining whether the client is eligible for Medicaid benefits. The case is  Dorszynski v. Department of Human Services,   Case No 20071851  (Oregon Ct. App. October 27,2010).…

A couple weeks ago I wrote a post about the spread of litigation funding to divorce cases. Jordan Furlong has written a very interesting post on litigation funding and, in doing so, raises some real concerns about the future of the legal profession.  An excerpt: The fact that third-party litigation…

The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the collateral source rule and has ruled that a plaintiff may recover the full, not discounted, amount of medical bills in a personal injury case. In Volunteers of America Colorado Branch v. Gardenswartz, Case No. 09SC20  (Col. Nov. 15, 2010) the court explained…

The world of litigation funding has now found its way to divorce litigation. Here is another article in the same series that reveals the role of litigation funding in tort and commercial litigation cases.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a trial judge appropriately admitted surveillance videos of the plaintiff into evidence.  The videos were taken in a case where the quality of life of the plaintiff after the accident was "hotly disputed."   The videos showed…

 Jay O’Keeffe has a written a great post called "10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before My First Oral Argument."  An excerpt: 3. Anticipate hard questions. As soon as I start working on an appeal, I create a document called "Tough Questions." This document includes every hard question I can think of, regardless…

Our Justice Programs seminar series will be held on Nov. 18 and 19 in Nashville.  Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Penny White, Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joe Riley, and I also will present the two-day programs in Memphis (Dec. 9 and 10) and and Knoxville (Dec. 2 and 3) .…

 Our Justice Programs seminar series will be held on Nov. 11 and 12 in Johnson City.  Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Penny White, Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joe Riley, and I also will present the two-day programs in Memphis (Dec. 9 and 10), Nashville (Nov. 18 and 19), and Knoxville…