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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]
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]
29 May 2007, 3:56 pm
See also frm this blog, Medical Malpractice - Vetting the Case and Medical Malpractice Economics)(hat tip to Sui Generis)Addendum, 5/30/07: Why Health Courts Are Unconstitutional (Center for Justice and Democracy); Health Courts: Bad for Patients and Unconstitutional (Center for Justice and Democracy, via TortDeform) [read post]
25 May 2007, 6:05 am
Unfortunately, the merits of the action often take a back-seat to the practical realities of insurance coverage, as noted by Charles Silver at TortDeform in How Much Malpractice Coverage Does Your Doctor Have? [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]
1 May 2007, 8:04 am
The ranking only represents the readership of posts as read directly on TortDeform. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 4:22 am
I Think Not (hat tip to TortDeform);With our trial over: Tiffany Sanders at The Total Injury Blog deviates from the blog's usual fare of verdicts and settlements to note that their entire content is being scraped by another blog. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 3:51 am
Justinian Lane of TortDeform points out a story where the military is refusing to do a risk assessment of toxic fumes near 100 military family homes. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 4:00 am
, and the problem of state laxity of control (OK, maybe not-so-fun) in Carnival Safety in Arizona;From testicles and carnivals and into the courtroom: Charles Silver at TortDeform does an analysis of the "haircuts" that jury verdicts often receive after you have read about that big verdict in the papers; And there is a response to Professor Silver from Ted Frank at Point of Law on the subject;Sticking with verdicts, John Day at Day on Torts has a summary of one state's jury… [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 12:05 am
The Blawgletter apparently disagrees and starts the road to debunking the "study," TortDeform chips in early with a list of other debunkings on the subject.The Trumatic Brain Injury Blog reports that, according to the U.S. government, the number of serious head injuries is on the rise;Howard Bashman's How Appealing reports that the Connecticut high court adopted a far more plaintiff-friendly rule in negligence cases involving so-called self-service operations, whether they… [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 5:28 am
(hat tip to TortDeform) [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 2:26 am
Although, television and pop culture may be a much bigger factor in litigation results, as Anne Reed points on in Deliberations with The CSI Effect: While Scholars Get Empirical, Libby's Lawyer Tries It Out.CEO David Levy at Running a Hospital discusses what it's like for docs to be sued in The Shame of Malpractice Lawsuits.Flipping back to pro-consumer posts, Paul Ruschman at TortDeform, does a book review on Blocking the Courthouse Door by Stephanie Mencimer, who has her own… [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 10:47 am
In looking at the incoming hits, I noticed a good ol' blogfight about tort form on the TortDeform blog. [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]
27 Dec 2006, 10:05 am
More than once, I've invited TortDeform readers to help me see the relevance in the tort "reform" debate of the cost of the civil justice system, only to be met with vague arguments and various personal attacks. [read post]
11 Dec 2006, 4:23 am
[Addendum, 1/29/07 -- This blog was cross-posted to TortDeform on January 25, 2007, resulting in much spirited commentary] [read post]
30 Nov 2006, 3:47 am
Charles Silver has again posted at TortDeform, addressing the supply of physicians in Texas post-reform.... [read post]
6 Nov 2006, 5:01 am
The discussion at TortDeform continues to be quite good.... [read post]
2 Nov 2006, 7:37 am
Charles Silver (Texas) has a useful post at TortDeform about the purported increase in physicians practicing in Texas. [read post]
26 Oct 2006, 4:43 am
Washington Trial Law Blog has an interesting post on how advertising might be bad for the tort system, arguing that "While the advertising is great for individual lawyers it has the effect of poisoning the jury pool. [read post]
