I have reported on a number of spoliation cases in this blog recently, but this is the first on against an attorney. Plaintiff argued that Plaintiff’s counsel had failed to inspect or secure evidence in the possession of the plaintiff’s decedent’s employer in the underlying products liability action. Plaintiff also filed…
Almost everyone knows that Millberg, Weiss, at one time the country’s leading class action law firm, has been indicted. The allegation is that the firm paid plaintiffs be serve as class representatives. I have followed the story for several years but this article in Fortune (and posted on money.cnn.com) caught my…
Chris Nearn correctly pointed out that my post Saturday had incorrect dates for programs in Memphis and Nashville. I don’t know how I messed that up. Thanks Chris. Here is a corrected post. Thursday and Friday I was in Chattanooga for the first Justice Programs seminar of the year. We…
Well, I was wrong about the identity of the person who sent me the t-shirt. It turns out it was a lawyer from Tennessee, a regular reader who is an ND fan (but not an ND grad). Thanks again.
No, I’m not dead, just a little tired. I have been in Cincinnati the last two days, preparing a witness one day and attending his deposition on the second day. I did not get home until 8:15 last night and am feeling the effects of spending two long days on the…
Here is another blog on tort reform. The introduction: "Tort reform” has become a staple of Republican politics. Limits on lawsuits are offered as a solution to everything from the health care crisis and economic stagnation to America’s moral decline. Americans overwhelmingly believe that the nation is awash in frivolous…
The Davidson County jury list includes an unusual entry this week. Each prospective juror is supposed to complete a questionnaire and then a jury list is completed with includes the stated employment of the juror and the juror’s spouse. One juror listed his employment as "Professor." He listed his wife’s employment…
Notre Dame beat Navy, just like they have done every year since 1963. I guess if you beat a team 43 years in a row you have a reason to be proud . . . of the person who negotiates your football schedule.
The passing game coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys has sued McDonalds after his family found a 6-inch rat in a salad. Appparently "rat salad" was not on the menu. The rat was not discovered until the salad was taken home. Some of the salad was consumed by the coach’s wife and a live-in…
I drove to Atlanta last night so that I could attend two days of meetings preparing for an upcoming class certification hearing in St. Louis. We are going to work at polishing our team’s arguments for the hearing and testing our visual aids. On Thursday night I will be coming…