Jeffrey surreptitiously installed video equipment in the bedroom of the marital home (where Jeffrey may or may not have been living, depending on whom one believed), including a motion sensing optical eye in the headboard of the bed and a camera concealed in an alarm clock. His wife Cathy learned…
The February 2009 edition of the Tennessee Trial Law Report is at the printer and will be mailed to subscribers in the next day or two. This edition includes a summary of 24 different cases addressing various aspects of the law of torts, civil procedure, evidence and trial as decided by Tennessee appellate…
Jack Weisberg kept up with George W. Bush’s verbal slip-ups during the past 8 years. It was a full-time job. This article contain’s Weisberg’s list of the top 25 Bushisms. A sample: because of the rising cost of malpractice insurance, "[t]oo many OB/GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women…
I know – this is the third posting about the 2007-08 Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary. I can’t help myself – I am fascinated by this kind of data. This falls in the "can you believe this" category? There were about the same number of DUI charges filed in circuits court in…
The 2007-08 Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary also has some interesting statistics on appeals. Here are some of the highlights: There were 793 Rule 11 applications filed during the fiscal year. ( A Rule 11 application is a request for the Tennessee Supreme Court to hear a discretionary appeal.) …
The Tennessee Supreme Court has just released the 2007-08 “Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary.” It includes data for the 2007-08 fiscal year. Here is some of the information revealed in the report: There were 537 medical malpractice cases filed during the fiscal year. That is down almost 10% from the 584…
The state’s law libraries are closing their doors to lawyers and other citizens. The Administrative Office of the Courts is cutting programs and staff. Appellate court law clerks are fearing the loss of their jobs. Tennessee budget problems are hitting the judiciary and it remains to be seen what impact…
On March 24, 2006 I wrote about the death of my grandmother, Milda Heath, at the age of 97. Today is her 100th birthday. She was a wonderful grandmother, mother, teacher and citizen. I miss her.
Thank you to the hundreds of you who have said such kind words about our new newsletter, Tennessee Trial Law Report – Tort Law Edition. Brandon Bass and I have worked hard to put together a newsletter than will save you time and make you money. Our idea was to…
It has been revealed that Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, host of NPR’s "Infinite Mind," earned at least $1.3M from drug makers. He received the payments for giving lectures. NPR says it did not know about the payments, Goodwin says it did, but clearly the show’s listeners did not. Did the…