I mentioned this several months ago but here I go again. Former Supreme Court Justice Penny White, former Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joe Riley and I have started offered CLE programs in the Fall. We have expanded the program to allow you to earn all 15 hours of CLE…
Here is a nice article that defends the current tort system. It concisely articulates what many us believe in but have difficulty putting into words. Here is an excerpt: The tort system provides for just compensation from wrongdoers and relieves the rest of society of unfair burdens. Fundamental fairness dictates…
I can understand that some people don’t like lawsuits. Come to think about it, only a dang fool likes lawsuits. Litigation is stressful and expensive. Anyone who files lawsuits for fun is in need of medication, counseling, electric shock therapy, or an appropriate combination of the above. Then, there are…
This decision may give some of you peace of mind and cause others of you concern. An appellate court in Massachusetts has ruled that sexual partners do not owe a duty of care to avoid negligently injuring one another. Apparently the evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the…
Here is yet another article that studies what is actually going in the medical malpractice insurance industry. The NYT article says that “a study to be released today by the Center for Justice and Democracy, a consumer advocacy group in New York, may add fuel to that debate [about the…
Despite what you read in the paper, lawyers don’t cause medical malpractice. Doctors and hospitals cause malpractice. Stop malpractice and you not only help patients but you get lawyers out of the picture. Here is a profile of a company that is trying to actually do something to stop errors…
Go to our Medical Malpractice Blog to read about how you can see operations from your desk.
I posted an entry recently concerning access to municipal codes in Tennessee. I mentioned that I did not know how to find the code for Nashville on the Web. Tony Duncan knew – here is the site. Thanks Tony
Once again, I took some time off, this time with my children. We made our annual pilgrimage to Wisconsin. We drove back yesterday – 875 miles in 14 hours. There have been a bunch of exciting developments in the law of torts in the past 10 days. Brandon Bass covered…
For Independence Day, why not read about another affront to the civil justice system, this one via a bill sponsored by Texas Republican Lamar Smith? There is a good article on the dangers of the bill over at law.com. It is amazing that the bill not only attacks a nonexistant…