Personal Injury Law

Hollister v. Soetoro: Judge Discharges Order to Show Cause
From the judge: ORDER  Plaintiff’s opposition to defendant’s motion to dismiss [#13] was illegible on most of the Court’s computers, as was plaintiff’s response to the Court’s order to show cause [#15], because plaintiff filed documents scanned with resolutions so fine ...

Second Circuit Rejects Collective Scienter Theory
In a recent decision, the Second Circuit rejected a shareholder-plaintiff’s theory of collective scienter in a securities fraud suit brought against a financial services company...

Closing Arguments: Something to Remind the Jury in Serious Personal Injury Cases
Pat Malone put on his website a closing argument he made in a Maryland medical malpractice case...

Judge Jed Rakoff: ?This Court Will Not Be Party to This Sham?
It’s not an everyday occurrence that a federal judge rejects a proposed co-lead plaintiff in a securities fraud class action because the plaintiff knew too little about the case...

Summary Judgment Granted in Medical Malpractice Case Where Plaintiff Fails to File Affidavits of Experts
In Suwary v. Women’s College Hospital, Mr. Justice George R. Strathy was dealing with a defence motion for summary judgment in a medical malpractice case...

Jury finds for physician in medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit of John Ritter
A jury verdict decided in favor of physicians in the medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit of Actor John Ritter...

Plaintiff Lawyer Tips Blog
Admittedly we have more plaintiff trial attorney clients than defense. This may be a subconscious drive on my part, as I was brought up in a strictly plaintiff household...

Western District Dismisses Law Firm's Cybersquatting Claim Against Vendor
Seattle-based solo law firm The Christensen Firm claims it’s having trouble with its Web development vendor...

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

Child Support
Finding the Noncustodial Parent ( Deadbeat Dads )

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Gallbladder Surgery Errors Damage Bile Duct
X-ray Procedures Can Reduce Gall Bladder Surgery Error Rates

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...

Can collection agency call me for my mother debt that she never had?
Get an Attorney - quickly. Do not talk to the collection people. Do not tell the...

How do you recover money from a stop payment placed on a personal check given to you?
you can always take them to small claims court and sure them for 3 times the amo...

The company I worked for forced me to quit instead of dealing with someone harassing me, what can I do?
Look up CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE...................this looks like what happened t...

How can I get my parents away from my bulling brother?
First of all, if you are paying your lawyer, you should not be on the back burne...

$17.5 Million
Awarded in Medical Malpractice by Dallas Jury

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

Birthing Malpractice
Kaiser Permanente pays $3.2 million medical malpractice settlement.

Intentional Contamination
Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgery $4 million medical malpractice settlement.

King Medical Malpractice
Five More Suits Settled for $3 Million

Amherst Doctor
To Pay $9 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit