But not really. Forseeability in tort law is a complicated concept, but one thing is undeniably true: for a duty to arise or legal cause to exist one need not be able to (or actually) foresee the precise type of harm that resulted. Instead, one only need be able to…
Read here for an analysis of the impact of the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist.
I know that you are going to contribute to a Katrina relief fund – that is the type of person who reads this blog – but I urge those of you who are lawyers to do so through Trial Lawyers Care, an ATLA affilliated organization. Go here to help. Trial…
Our hearts go out to those we know and those we don’t in our sister states to the south. I cannot imagine what those folks – and their families across the nation – are going through right now. No substantive post today.
OK – so it is a recycled joke. Most of them are. How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a light bulb? Ten 1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed; 2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light…
I mentioned the other day that we would be hosting a couple of seminars in December, the first designed to help newer lawyers and the second designed for those with a little more experience. You can read more about both programs, and register on-line, by clicking here.
I wrote the other day about Rev. Robertson’s suggestion that the United States kill a foreign leader. Here is the post. August 22, 2005: Believe it or not there are people who get there news from Pat Robertson. This man, who runs a tax-exempt empire that he holds out as…
Believe it or not there are people who get there news from Pat Robertson. This man, who runs a tax-exempt empire that he holds out as a church, now has called for the assassination of the leader of a foreign country. What does the rest of the world – particularly…
Many of you have read about the silicosis case in Texas that a judge threw out of court. This case will have repercussions for all plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ lawyers, as explained in this article from Bloomberg.com. I do not know if the allegations against the plaintiff’s lawyers in the silicosis…
Last night I posted the 300th post to this blog in a little less than six months. We have had tremendous success – we have lots of people who visit this site regularly and who have told us that they enjoy what we have to offer. What can we give…