Poor Comcast. With its blood-sucking monopoly threatened by pending legislation it (a) decides to lower prices; (b) promise that all future employees will have no less than a room temperature IQ; or (c) have technical problems and not broadcast the Lady Vols National Championship basketball game in Williamson County? It…
The Beasley Allen law firm summarized a report on the number of civil jury trials in Alabama. Here is my summary of their summary concerning civil jury trials in 2006: Motor Vehicle Negligence Cases: 126 trials Verdict for plaintiff – 59 Products Liability Cases: 6 trials Verdict for plaintiff –…
The highest court in Maryland has ruled that the economic loss doctrine did not bar a lawsuit against General Motors alleging that their front seats were unsafe because they collapsed rearward in rear-impact collisions. The claimants sought recovery of the cost of repairing the seats. A quick summary of the…
Watch this story from the Washington Post increase the heat on the Justice Department, folks. There will be hearings on this, without a doubt. A sample: "The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered…
Tony Snow has a different opinion about the use of the "executive privilege" defense today than he did almost a decade ago. Here is a sample from the folks at The Swamp: ""Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the…
Cardinal Mahoney from LA. You read the story from the LA Times and decide for yourself. An excerpt: "In a letter to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before Ratzinger became pope in April 2005, Mahony said [Father] Caffoe had videotaped "partially naked" boys in a state of sexual arousal. The tape was…
I am pleased to report that this blog received its 500th comment the other day. We are approaching 1000 posts, a milestone that will be reached in June. This blog began in February 2005. I truly enjoy writing it and wish I had even more time to devote to it. …
The President’s daughter Jenna has written a book that she "very, very modestly" hopes will have the influence of Anne Frank’s The Diary of Anne Frank. Like Jenna, I too find myself tightly bound by humility. Her willingness to reveal her hopes despite her extreme modesty compel me to reveal one of my…
Texas has a rule that permits presuit depositions to be taken, not just be preserve testimony but also to do discovery to determine the merits of a claim before filing suit. Professor Lonny Hoffman has written about the subject. Here is an abstract of the article: "What is the relationship…
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear the following tort cases in Jackson in April: Dewayne E. Holloway v. State: Whether the Claims Commission lacked subject matter jurisdiction under Tennessee Code Annotated section 9-8-307(a)(1)(E) to adjudicate the plaintiff’s wrongful death claim. Troup v. Fischer Steel Corporation: Whether the Court of Appeals…