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…
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 ans 19), and Knoxville…
The Internet Cases blog alerted me to this case. Apparently, plaintiffs counsel in a medical malpractice case began using his laptop to "Google" potential jurors to learn background information about them. The Court questioned this effort as follows: THE COURT: Are you Googling these [potential jurors]? [PLAINTIFFS COUNSEL]: Your…
Penny White, Joe Riley and I are on the road again this Fall as part of our annual Justice Programs seminar. You wouldn’t be reading this blog if you didn’t have an interest in Tennessee tort law, and I will be doing my annual summary of changes in the…
Have you subscribed to the Tennessee Trial Law Report – Tort Law Edition? Each month Brandon Bass and I summarize the recent Tennessee appellate decisions in the field of tort,civil procedure, evidence and trial law and publish those summaries in the TTLR. Importantly, we do not just regurgitate…
Thanks to each of you who has ordered the third edition of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law. Hundreds of books have been shipped in the last two months and orders are continuing to flow in. Day on Torts identifies more than 300 Tennessee tort law subjects…
Today (August 4) I will be speaking on behalf of the Nashville Bar Association about various tort and civil procedure topics that cause lawyers to lose sleep. The title of the speech is " KEY PRACTICE STRATEGIES FOR TORT LAWYERS: SOLVING ISSUES THAT KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT." The program qualifies…