Robert Bork, the man who gave us the verb "borked," has sued The Yale Club in a trip-and-fall case. Read the NYT article about the case here. Here is a copy of the complaint. Note that Judge Bork seeks punitive damages. I guess that it possible that conduct in a premises case like…
This article from the Washington Post tells a fascinating tale about a lawyer for Best Buy who altered documents and then produced them to the plaintiffs in a class action case.
Man sues claiming that an energy drink gave him an erection that would not subside. The drink is called "Boost Plus." For a list of dealers near you, please call 1-800-4StickUp.
Never tell a judge that she is "a few fries short of a Happy Meal."
I have been in mediations the last two days and have two depositions in a very significant case today. Therefore, I simply do not have time to do a substantive post. I will take time to say one thing, however. This is my 1000th post on this blog. 1000 posts…
The Tennessee Department of State has administrative rules and regulations on its website.
Among the actions taken by the ALI at the meeting in San Francisco this past week was the rejection of the need for the magic words "reasonable degree of medical certainty." The following language was approved for Section 28(a) of the Restatement of Torts Third: "Subject to Subsection (b), the…
I am still in San Francisco at the ALI meeting. Last night we had a reception at the Legion of Honor and then dinner at the Boulevard. On today’s agenda are discussions of proposed restatements on the law of nonprofit organizations, aggregate litigation (class actions) and restitution and unjust enrichment. …
I am in San Francisco attending my first meeting as a member of the American Law Institute. Yesterday I attended a meeting of the Members Consultative Group for the Restatement Third, Economic Torts and Related Wrongs. We spent two hours debating five black-letter law sections of a draft of the…
Some of you have looked at the upper right-hand corner of this blog and noticed that our firm name has changed to The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. Those of you on our announcement list received a more formal notice last week. What’s going on? John Branham, the gentleman I…