Ok, so this post is not about tort law. But it is information that tort lawyers (or their assistants) can use.
Sometimes it is handy to create a demand letter or another document and use hyperlinks to allow the reader to quickly and easily view other documents that will be of assistance to the reader.
This blog post from Acrobat for Legal Professionals explains how to do it.
Stark & Stark’s Pennsylvania Law Monitor has a nice post about the impact of Facebook on personal injury litigation.
An excerpt:
The Internet and social networking sites have changed the face of litigation in this country. However, there are some precautions that you can take to protect yourself, short of boycotting the Internet all together. First, be careful in reviewing the photos and posts on your social networking site. Remove anything that you would not want an insurance company lawyer to see that could help them defend against your case. Next, check your privacy settings which enable you to block certain people from seeing you on a particular site (Facebook allows this). It is also helpful to search your name in the search field and see what comes up to make sure it is acceptable (it is advisable to do this on Google and YouTube as well). Finally never accept friend requests or respond to emails from people you do not know.
Brian Tannebaum is a Florida lawyer who handles bar grievance cases and shares information on the subject in his blog, My Law License. He has been kind enough to share an e-book with us called "I Got A Bar Complaint" that is both informative and entertaining. The book discusses the Florida grievance process, but includes tips that will benefit lawyers around the country.
As I mentioned in three previous posts, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee.
This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page 2009 report. You can buy the report yourself for $175.00. It is well worth the money. Click here to buy the report. The same link will permit you to order Shannon’s monthly newsletter.
Shannon’s 2009 report gathers data about the most common retail defendants in premises cases, employment discrimination cases, dog bite cases, loss of consortium awards, soft tissue cases and more. I think I have gone about far enough in giving away the data he collected and sells (at a reasonable price, I might add) but I will go a little bit further and talk about one more subject.
I am pleased (no, overjoyed) to report that the new edition of my tort book has gone to the printer.
The book is now in its third edition, with a title change to more accurately reflect what the book contains. Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law contains 79 chapters and 345 sections highlighting the most prominent tort case on 345 different subjects. There are citations to another several thousand cases. The original volume of the book just 66 chapters and 233 sections. The page count has increased from 437 pages to 667 pages.
The new edition has abandoned the effort to update the rules of civil procedure, evidence and relevant tort law statutes. This will result in a substantial price drop for the book.
As I mentioned in two previous posts, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee.
This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page report. You can buy the report yourself for $175.00. It is well worth the money. Click here to buy the report. The same link will permit you to order Shannon’s monthly newsletter.
Today we look at medical malpractice verdicts. There were 32 trials in Tennessee in 2009. Plaintiffs won 9 of those cases, and the defense won 23. Seven of those cases were tried in Nashville and five were tried in Memphis.
As I mentioned in last Tuesday’s post, Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee.
This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page report. You can buy the report yourself for $175.00. It is well worth the money. Click here to buy the report. The same link will permit you to order Shannon’s monthly newsletter.
Today we look at wrongful death cases. Total trials in Tennessee in 2009? Just 14. Only three verdicts were returned for the plaintiff and eleven came in for the defense. Seven of those trials were in the medical malpractice area, and six of those were won by the defense. The average verdict in the three successful cases was a little over $2.4 million.
Shannon Ragland of the Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter has graciously agreed to permit me to share some of the information he has gathered concerning jury trials in Tennessee.
It is fair to say that Shannon has the most comprehensive collection of jury verdict information in the state. Indeed, in my mind it exceeds that offered by the annual reports published by the Administrative Office of the Courts. Why do I say this? First, Shannon gets paid to collect data and report it accurately. Second, the clerks report data to the AOC, and not every clerk is going to apply the same criteria when he or she completes the report. Thus, there is increased likelihood that data will not be consistently reported and this, of course, impacts the results.
This multi-part series will discuss some of the data contained in Shannon’s 359-page report. You can buy the report yourself for $175.00. It is well worth the money. Click here to buy the report.
The American Association for Justice is hosting a teleseminar on March 16, 2010 on the ethics of secrets settlements. Get more information here.
The Springfield Injury Law Blog has given us a great post titled "8 Ways to Help Your Personal Injury Lawyer Help Your Case." Obviously, the post informs personal injury clients how they can help their lawyer obtain a better result in their case.
It is so good I am going to reprint it here:
1. Give your lawyer the whole story
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