Uniformly and incessantly CEO's urge tort reform as a cure for all problems. Even the CEO of Delphi Corp. which has just declared itself bankrupt is spouting the memorized mantra from the deck of his sinking ship. Precisely when his skills as a corporate executive are revealed as less than were required he urges Americans to accept less than what simple justice requires. Nice try, Mr. Failed...
Some good advice for your Halloween. The law firm of Kraft & Associates has posted safety tips in a helpful article on this eve of the big day. Before you suit up, read on. Halloween can be a very enjoyable time for kids and adults if "trick-or-treating" is done sensibly.From Texas comes some good advice for your Halloween. The law firm of Kraft & Associates has posted safety tips in a...
There is a man traveling the nation trying to fight poverty. He is a former civil trial lawyer. His name is John Edwards. Yes, the same John Edwards who ran for Vice President with Senator John Kerry. We learn about his efforts and his legitimate interest in his crusade against poverty in America from The Agenda Gap.Keep it up, John. Keep it up until our leadership hears and responds.There...
A one size fits all cap on pain and suffering damages, such as, $200,000, assures that the least injured are fully compensated and that the most injured are definitely not fully compensated. Balancing the books on the backs of those who suffer the most is grossly unfair. I will try to put it plainly: pain and suffering damages should be based upon the actual pain and suffering that the victim...
Authors of published guidelines for prescribing medications often have financial interests in the companies whose treatments they recommend. In about half of the guidelines, at least one author had received research financing from a company that had a connection to the recommendation. We need an expanded definition of a shill.You would assume that nationally recommended medication guidelines...
The Orlando Sentinel reports on the newest attraction in the Land of Disney. An emergency care/walk-in clinic in the Wal-Mart Supercenter. Is it for shoppers injured on the premises? Or, for consumers injured by defective products? Or, part of the cheaper health care benefits announced for its employees?The Orlando Sentinel reports on the newest attraction in the Land of Disney. An...
Product manufacturers increasingly face the phenomenon of 'no-injury' lawsuits: lawsuits commenced by plaintiffs who have suffered neither a personal injury nor property damage as a claimed result of their use of a manufacturer's product. Such plaintiffs sue because they, or their attorneys, believe that some or all of the products may contain an as-of-yet unmanifested safety defect.Yet US...
Two Cheers for Contingent Fees is the title of a report by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. I would have thought the report would have been Two Jeers for Contingent Fees... Tthe AEI sees real benefits to the contingency fee arrangement in lawsuits for both the plaintiffs and the defendants.Two Cheers for Contingent Fees is the title of a report by the American...
The Pa. Superior Court in Pierce v. Northwstern Human Services, Inc. (Pa. Super Sept.22, 2005) rejected the plaintiff's claims. This tragic case involves a plaintiff, Pierce, who suffers serious psychiatric problems. He was prescribed a medication which, according to the warning label, had to be maintained at proper levels to control his psychotic behavior. The manufacturer of this drug decided...
A murdered police officer's family settled a lawsuit filed against his killer, the killer's ex-wife and the ex-wife's mother. Reno officer John Bohach was killed in the line of duty during a standoff in which Larry Peck barricaded himself inside a house after fleeing the scene of a routine traffic stop.Peck was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced in April 2003 to two life prison...