Sunday, June 28, 2020

Wisconsin reaffirms that criminal defendants must show actual innocence to support malpractice claim against former defense counsel

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Long time readers of this blog may remember that I have posted many stories commenting on the fact that many (probably most) jurisdictions r...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

New article refutes arguments regarding "defensive medicine"

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In a new article entitled The Paradoxes of Defensive Medicine, authors Michael Saks & Stephan Landsman review the evidence behind the be...

Podcast: legal implications related to autonomous vehicles

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Long time readers of this blog may recall I have posted a few comments and links related to legal and ethical implications related to the us...

Court allows former NFL player lawsuit against helmet manufacturer to proceed

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The First District Appellate Court of Illinois held in Nakamura v. BRG Sports, LLC that a former NFL player’s personal injury suit against h...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Interview about whether immunity for Covid-19 related injuries is a good idea

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About a week ago I posted a comment about articles by Professor Tim Lytton on whether granting immunity for injuries related to Covid-19 is ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Immunity backlash

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A couple of days ago I posted a comment on why granting blanket immunity to businesses for injuries caused related to the Covid-19 virus is ...
Saturday, May 16, 2020

Granting blanket immunity related to COVID-19 injuries is a bad idea

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As  I am sure you know by now, some business have been cleared to open for business in many states and this has generated some debate as to ...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Texas Supreme Court reiterates that former criminal defendants suing their lawyers for negligence must prove actual innocence, even after exoneration

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Long time readers of this blog may remember that I have posted many stories commenting on the fact that many (probably most) jurisdictions r...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Should a plaintiff always need an expert witness in a malpractice case?

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Because the practice of law is considered to be a profession, and a profession is defined, among other things by the fact that it requires s...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Article on possible negligence claims and liability for mishandling of matters related to the coronavirus

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On March 9, 2020, a couple quarantined on the Grand Princess cruise ship, sued Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. after docking in Oakland, CA. This...