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29 Jan 2008, 6:06 am
Browse TortDeform's Ground Zero-related blog posts here. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 2:16 am
But simply because you don't see it in the papers doesn't mean it doesn't exist.Addendum, 3/12/07 -- For more on the disparity of coverage between verdicts and subsequent reductions, see Media Bias at TortDeform. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 6:22 am
Watching the film, which highlighted topics covered on TortDeform before (like patient dumping, 9/11 rescue workers, and corporate purchasing of the law) but with a distinctly human and personal perspective, recalled Douglass' words and made me think about the state of our legal system. [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 7:28 am
A trial is starting in Texas over the 2005 BP explosion that killed 15 people and will be about, as TortDeform reports, whether the oil giant put profits over safety;A partial settlement was reached in the catastrophic Rhode Island night club fire that killed 100 people and injured 200 more in 2003 when the manager for Great White ignited a pyrotechnics display. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 6:05 am
" There's probably a good reason for that, being that the information is often unknown at the time the retainer is signed.With the papers abuzz over tainted products from China, Ann Brown (former Consumer Products Safety Commission chair) and Pamela Gilbert (former CPSC executive director) lets rip in a harsh Washington Post op-ed that discusses, in part, why we have so little oversight (via TortsProf);TortDeform's Kia Franklin goes to battle against an article in American… [read post]
21 Jul 2007, 12:08 am
Anne Reed asks, Is The Jury System Dying over at Deliberations, positing some reasons why we see fewer trials today, and following up with Clients, Choices and the Jury System;Working with one of Anne's posts, Howard Zimmerle at QuadCities discusses the dangers of over-reaching with your claims, in What Jurors Think of Your Personal Injury Claim;Judicial Reports reports (in its 2nd item at this link) that the World Trade Center litigation list grew yesterday as three rescue workers announced… [read post]
3 May 2010, 4:00 am
———————— See also: Three Reasons Why Every Tea-Partier Should Oppose Tort Reform (Justinian Lane @ TortDeform) Defective Medical Devices Are Costing Taxapayers Billions Because of Supreme Court Ruling: According to a new analysis, the single defective [Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillator lead] is costing Medicare up to one billion dollars in additional claims as a direct result of Medtronic enjoying immunity from the Supreme Court… [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 9:49 pm
(TortDeform covered the bill here and the upsetting cloture vote here. [read post]
18 May 2007, 7:06 am
As Justinian Lane at TortDeform points out in a man-bites-dog type of story, however, at least one Oregon hospital wants to see the cap raised;Discovery can sometimes be tricky. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 6:49 am
" I can't argue with that.So, without further ado, and without replicating any blawgs on the two lists linked above:Overlawyered - Walter Olson's blawg that needs little introduction, giving you the skinny on suits that should never have been brought, and politics from the Big Business side;TortDeform - The polar opposite of Overlawyered, currently written by Kia Franklin and bringing you the consumer side of the equation. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 10:17 pm
Or click here to browse past TortDeform posts on the preemption doctrine. [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 3:40 pm
Conclusions (Drum Major Institute)So What's the Real State of the Union (TortDeform) [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 3:02 pm
==========================================See also:Bush Rule Changes Could Block Product-Safety Suits (WSJ)The Bush Strategy For Pushing Preemption (Pharmalot)More on Bush's Preemption Legacy (TortDeform)The Bush Administration's campaign to pre-empt consumer rights (Citizen Vox, by Public Citizen) [read post]
26 May 2020, 5:51 am
One who is a guest contributor at Overlawyered’s arch nemesis, TortDeform? [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 10:08 pm
``Today's merchant enters the marketplace with trepidation -- anticipating from the civil justice system the treatment that his ancestors experienced with the Barbary pirates,'' they wrote.I suspect that the folks at TortDeform will now add Bork to their roster of "Do as I say, not as I do" hypocrites of tort reform that suddenly changed their minds when it was no longer someone else's injuries at stake.Finally, the Complaint is signed by Bork's counsel… [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 7:36 am
Charles Silver wrote in November 2006 at TortDeform: What's Up Doc? [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 7:36 am
Charles Silver wrote in November 2006 at TortDeform: What's Up Doc? [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 1:42 pm
(Justinian Lane @ TortDeform)Another Lawyer Directory -- WhoCanISue.com (Carolyn Elefant @ Legal Blog Watch) [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 6:37 am
Justinian Lane at TortDeform reports on a study showing appeals judges favor defendants in jury verdicts by 2:1;In the miscellaneous-but-still-important category, Jacob Goldstein at the WSJ Health Blog reports that, When Hospitals Err, Medicare Might Not Pay. [read post]
8 Jun 2007, 9:18 am
You wouldn't think I wouldn't have to write that out (via Day on Torts)Destroying evidence is also a pretty big no-no, as Greedy Trial Lawyer tells us in Hospital Risk Management Carried To Its Dishonest Extreme (via TortDeform)Practice tips are always a good thing for this section, so we'll start with the basics: Defending the plaintiff's personal injury deposition by Ron Miller, at the Trial Lawyer Resource Center.A more complex practice tip goes to Suing Uncle Sam… [read post]
