While many pundits wring their hands over supposedly frivolous lawsuits, few lament the growing extinction of our most precious civil justice right – the Jury Trial. The jury is the voice of the people.  It tells all of us – rich or poor, corporation or individual, man or woman – what justice is. In a […]

Science can be a pesty thing – it frequently tells us that things we ‘know’ to be true are not.  From telling us the earth is round when, looking around, we know it to be flat, to telling us that invisible bacteria spread disease, our knowledge grows and grows when science explains the world to […]

One of the most common questions clients have is “Why should a hire a lawyer?”.  Sometimes they’ve been told by family or friends that they can handle the case on their own and save money.  Sometimes they went on line and read an article that supposedly gave them the “secrets” to negotiating an auto accident […]

The TV show “House” gives vivid descriptions of unusual diseases wreaking havoc that can only be saved by a brilliant team of professionals thinking outside the box for the one tropical berry that could have caused the symptoms. With medical malpractice cases, we rarely bring cases against the doctor who had never heard about the […]

Shortly after posting about the issue of damages in light of the O’Donnell Park verdict, it was announced that another trial was to take place.  Why? Understanding why the defendants in that case aren’t just writing a check to the injured people requires a brief look at insurance law.  As you probably know, insurance covers […]