I ran into fellow blogger David Swanner of the South Carolina Trial Law Blog in Toronto. He was kind enough to grab me as I was walking along oblivious to my surroundings and introduce himself. He has a great blog and a great collection of powerpoint presentations from various lawyers.…
Here is a link to an interesting blog about probate litigation. We were involved in a significant will contest several years ago that ended up going to the Tennessee Supreme Court (Rule 11 denied) and then, believe it or not, to the United States Supreme Court (cert. denied). It was…
Well, I am still in Toronto at the ATLA Convention. The Covention has been great; it is wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones. The word here is that the Vioxx trial in Texas is going great for the plaintiff. I have been receiving daily transcripts and from…
Colin Farrell does not want Nicole Narain, a former Playboy Miss January, to distribute a 15-minute video tape showing the two of them engaged in sexual activity. They entered into an oral agreement to keep it private. He alleges that she was about to market the tape, so he filed…
Three teenage girls turned into the driveway of Mr. William Cherry around midnight because they were lost and low on gas. The driver says she turned into a driveway at the suggestion of the 911 dispatcher that she had called for help. Cherry, fearing that the occupants had come to…
OK, I know that it is off topic but I can’t help myself. First, the President said that he would “take care” of anyone who violated the law concerning leaking information about a CIA agent. Yesterday, the President said he would fire anyone convicted of a crime concerning the matter.…
Here are the talking points the RNC is distributing concerning the Rove controversy. Now you have another reason not to watch Fox News – you got its spin on the Rove story right here.
Another long week …. I am at our cabin which is located about 80 miles south of Nashville. We are on Tim’s Ford Lake, a 10,000 acre, 34 mile long TVA lake created by the waters of the Elk River. My wife is preparing for a products liability trial that…
The Florida Supreme Court has held that a person may not file a spoliation of evidence lawsuit against an adversary who has lost evidence concerning his or her personal injury claim. However, the trial court may give an adverse inference instruction on the point. Read the opinion here. This decision…
The only thing more frustrating than a lawyer who lies in memos and briefs is a judge who refuse to call down the lawyer that did it. Part of the judge’s job is to rein in people who knowingly misquote cases or misquote the evidence in cases. I am not…