The Wall Street Journal has been writing a series of articles about crashes of medical helicopters. A total of 13 crashes took 29 lives in 2008. This crashes can give rise to several potential types of claims. The patient has a potential claim, assuming he or she can prove that…
David Mills, lawyer and cartoonist, held a contest to determine the best caption for this cartoon. The winning caption appears below. I submitted several entries, including "“Yes, I made $4M last year testifying for Ford, but that does not influence my professional judgment," and "demonstrative evidence is essential when…
It is 1:45 AM. I just returned to the Carolina Inn after spending a little time on Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill, NC. My daughter and I had the pleasure of being in the Dean Dome and watching the Tar Heels win their 5th National Championship. It was a great…
I just saw these previously unreleased photos from Life magazine that were taken on the day that Martin Luther King was shot. Most of the photos were taken at the Lorraine Motel, the site of the murder. They were so powerful I felt that I should share them with you. The Lorraine Motel…
The April 2009 edition of the Tennessee Trial Law Report is in the mail. This edition includes a summary of 11 different cases addressing various aspects of the law of torts, civil procedure, evidence and trial as decided by Tennessee appellate courts between February 15 and March 15, 2009. The newsletter totals…
The Judicial Selection Commission and the Judicial Evaluation Commission are in a wind-up period after the General Assembly let them die last year. (I serve on the later commission as an appointee of former Lt. Governor John S. Wilder.) Both commissions will die on June 30, 2009 unless the General Assembly takes…
The rules of civil procedure in Tennessee ordinarily require that a plaintiff make a "short, plain statement.." There is an exception – Rule 9 of the TRCP requires pleading with particularity when fraud or mistake are alleged. Nothwithstanding the general rule, some people believe that more is better. Here is an…
Yesterday (March 15) was the 111th birthday of William L. Prosser, author of the torts text used by most of us in law school and Reporter for the Restatement (Second) of Torts.
All weekend I heard the drone of certain business reporters and various members of the Republican Party that President Obama was responsible for the declines in the stock market over the last six weeks. Well, the market went up 5.8% yesterday. Should the President get the credit for that increase? Of…
Lawyer and cartoonist David Mills shares his craft on Courtoons. An example: I confess to extreme jealously of lawyers who have talent is any aspect of the world of art or music.