Personal Injury Law

Today's Stories and Links

• Paul Luvera deposes the CEO of Medtronic and gives thoughts on how he approached it.
• Defendants hit with $3 million verdict claim judge allowed 'zombie-like' evidence; Seek new trial (Madison County Record). From Defendants' motion: "This court dismissed the plaintiffs' spoliation claims pre-trial in light of the plaintiffs' request for the application of Missouri law, and then let the plaintiff raise the issue zombie-like as if reincarnated, during trial. The Court went further and decided the issue in plaintiffs' favor, telling the jury Defendants destroyed relevant and material evidence..." Zombie-like as if reincarnated. And you said the law can't be fun.
• Maybe Twombly/Iqbal is not such a big deal (Max Kennerly). The Drug and Device Law Blog disagrees with these 19 posts on the subject. Here is a crazy quote: "Iqbal will have a more significant impact on American jurisprudence than Marbury v. Madison." (Note: I may have made up that quote.)
• Criminal opinion on social media evidence that might be applied in civil cases in Maryland (Byron Warnken)
• A theory on why a police officer would give a ticket to a 13 year-old girl in the hospital (Eric Turkewitz).
• Jury awards $14.4 million in wrongful-death lawsuit (Sign On San Diego). What made this case easier to try? Having settled out with other defendants for over $8 million.
• Jury Awards $500,000 in Slip and Fall Verdict Against CVS in West Palm Beach (Sites Makes). A good, old fashioned "Cleaning the Floor and Didn't Tell Anyone" slip and fall case.

Full post as published by Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).