Articles Posted in Miscellaneous

Wennesday was an 18+ day and today gives rise to hearings in Clarksville in the morning and an important deposition in Brentwood in the afternoon. Pardon me, folks, but I am taking a day off.

Dr. Bill Frist, who serves both as Majority Leader of the United States Senate and Founder and CEO of  APCDBAV (Association of Physicians Capable of Diagnosing Brain Activity Via Videotape), applied for renewal of his medical license in Tennessee, pledging that he met the CME requirements of the State. This article…

Former Justice Penny White, former Judge Joe Riley and I are holding our civil trial practice seminars again this Fall. We started Justice Programs three years ago with the idea that, with increasing specialization in the Bar, a large number of people would prefer to attend an "annual review" program that was…

Damage paid for personal injury claims are not taxable, right?  Wrong.  Damages paid for personal injury claims "“on account of personal physical  injuries or physical sickness” are not taxable.  26 U.S.C. § 104(a)(2).   Damages paid for purely emotional injuries are taxable, at least in the opinion of the IRS.  Now,…

Here is an interesting site that provides a good number of links of use to tort lawyers (and others).  The site is published by the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals and has more than 100 links. For instance, Omni Medical Search is a site that I was unfamiliar with that is referenced by…

Next Wednesday (August 16, 2006) I will be presenting a one-hour seminar on Tennessee tort law.  The seminar is called "Tennessee Tort Law:  What’s Hot, What’s Next."  The telephonic seminar is sponsored by M. Lee Smith & Co. and begins at 10:00 CDT.  Register here.

Have you ever been struggling with an evidence issue and wanted to avoid standing up to grab a copy o fthe Federal Rules of Evidence? Here is a copy. And here is a copy of the Tennesse rules. Guess what I have been doing this morning.

"What duty  does an HIV-positive individual have to avoid transmitting the virus? What level  of awareness should be required before a court imposes a duty of care on an HIVpositive  individual to avoid transmission of the virus? What responsibility does the victim have to protect himself or herself against possible…

A website has been launched that will help doctors and the public identify patients and lawyers who filed medical malpractice cases. Here is a nice summary: "The LitiPages.com Attorney Database allows victims of medical malpractice to screen prospective attorneys and, if they so choose, avoid lawyers who consistently fail to…

The Tennessean reports that the new federal courthouse in Nashville will be named for Senator Frist. The same Senator Frist who has repeated tried to keep medical malpractice victims from being able to access to the civil justice system. The same Senator Frist who, after diagnosising Terry Schaivo via videotape,…