Personal Injury Law

Personal Injury News Roundup

• The Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog on the difference between how accident lawyers handle truck accident claims and how they handle car accident claims
• The New York Personal Injury Law Blog writes about infamous Stella Liebeck of McDonald's coffee spill fame. Apparently, there is a film at Sundance on Stella Liebeck that offers the real story on the McDonald's coffee spill case and what it was all about. (My favorite movie at Sundance? Queen's Boulevard starring Vincent Chase. Great film! Better than Aquaman in my opinion). Personally, I don't care about the real facts in Stella Liebeck's case anymore. It was 18 years ago. Who cares anymore? I think it is a sad commentary that a case this old is a rallying cry. Tort reform folks need better writers. We have a jury system which is invariably going to lead to some injustices because humans are human. Grab on to those examples and quit focusing on an 18 year old case you have misunderstood anyway.
• DePuy hip replacement recall lawsuits find a home in an MDL in Ohio. I was hoping the cases would get transferred to New Jersey under Judge Susan B. Wigenton. Why? Because DePuy didn't want that. So it must be a good thing.
• Choosing between the LSAT and your grandmother's funeral (Above the Law).
• Soon-to-be Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Alison Asti has a controversial fundraiser that I don't think is that big of a deal.
• The South Carolina Lawyer Blog reports on a settlement with Crocs, Inc. after a man was injured while wearing Crocs on an escalator. Plaintiff's lawsuit claimed that Crocs are "prone to entrapment when pressed against the skirt guard of step riser." My wife hates them but I have Crocs. I figured they were prone to entrapment when pressed up against a moving escalator. Phillip Howard should immediately call a press press conference to announce that this case is bigger than Stella Liebeck.
• Sean Wajert makes a decision for Dechert on the Mass Torts Defense Blog: the law firm does not want any business from the City of San Francisco. Big firm or not, I'm glad Sean is willing to speak his mind which makes his blog a good read even though I often disagree with it.

Full post as published by Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog on December 07, 2010 (boomark / email).