Cause of Texas Salmonella Outbreak Unsolved
(Food Poisoning Law Blog)... treatment, but it can be fatal to young children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. To contact a Salmonella lawyer, call Pritzker Olsen Attorneys at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete one of our online forms for ... for victims of food poisoning. We are representing Salmonella victims nationwide, including the families of three women from Minnesota and Ohio who died in the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak late last year and early this year caused by Peanut Corporation of ...
July 4, 2009 07:10 am
Law School 4.0: Are Law Schools Relevant to the Future of Law?
(Empirical Legal Studies)... were largely centered on the present--that professors where disengaging with doctrine and increasingly irrelevant to judges and practicing lawyers. In contrast, the gravamen of Lippe's remarks are about thought leadership and the ability to identify future solutions to macro-level ... , quite frankly, it really does not affect us personally. All of this reminds me of my youth in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1970s and 80s. Lots of my friends' parents worked for General Motors, which offered high pay, ...
July 2, 2009 09:58 am
The viability of Melendez-Diaz
(The Briefcase)... case next year gives some observers concerns about the continued vitality of Melendez-Diaz. There are two statutory procedures in Ohio for the introduction of laboratory tests that are expressly implicated by Melendez-Diaz. RC 2925.51 permits the introduction of ... than Souter in criminal cases. As this article from the Wall Street Journal indicates, "New York criminal-defense lawyers say she is surprisingly tough on crime for a Democratic-backed appointee," and "on the trial bench, she was not ...
July 2, 2009 03:31 am
Mediators declared “Florida Super Lawyers”
(The Strategic Mediator)... Rod Max have once again been named to the list of Florida "Super Lawyers" which is no surpise to those attorneys relying on these gentlemen each and ... significant cases. Joseph B. Stulberg, associate dean and professor of law at The Ohio State University Mortiz College of Law, in a congratulatory note writes: "Bravo. What a wonderful ... highly regarded by their colleagues. Heartiest congratulations, super lawyers!" We at the firm are proud of our "super lawyers." Thank you John, Larry, Terry and Rod ...
July 2, 2009 12:30 am
Do You Have to Pay Child Indefinitely in Indiana?
(Sam Hasler's Indiana Divorce " Family Law Blog)... when one figures in our need for discovery. If any wonders why Indiana lawyers rely so heavily on irretrievable breakdown of the marriage as grounds for a divorce, just listen to the ... a divorce. Just some random thoughts but I think I am glad to be in Indiana and so should you. (I notice that Ohio is pretty much similar to Indiana - see The ... the amount adjusted if I can no longer pay the current amount? - but that Ohio has also an administrative agency. Am I detecting a North-South divide here?)
July 1, 2009 01:21 am
New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs July 1, 2009
(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)... polled, 27 percent say they have reduced the size of their in-house lawyer staffs and another 9 percent say cuts this year are possible or likely. ... bars in several states are protesting new Federal Trade Commission rules that require lawyers to become involved in preventing identity theft. On June 22, ABA president H. ... "unnecessary and beyond the intent of Congress." State bars in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio and Virginia have also contacted the FTC to express their opposition, with Oregon ...
July 1, 2009 01:06 am
An Advantage to Downsizing: Insurance Adjusters Turned Consultants
(South Carolina Injury Law Journal)... , inexperienced,"read from a script" warm bodies. These seasoned adjusters that are being replaced have figured out their years of service may be valuable to their adversaries, PLAINTIFF TRIAL LAWYERS! Maurice Kraut of Mass, LLC, formerly an insurance claims representative for Ohio Casualty and Montgomery Insurance for over 30 years, recently provided some valuable insight to our firm. No matter whether a ...
June 30, 2009 10:38 pm
Chinese Regulators Meet with Consumer Products & Safety Commission to Discuss Chinese Drywall Problem
(Construction Litigation Law Blog)... the housing boom from 2004 to 2007. To date, the defective drywall has been reported in Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Officials from the CPSC met with ASIQ regulators earlier this month to discuss technical issues involving Chinese drywall and traveled with a CPSC investigative team in order to observe inspections and samplings ...
June 30, 2009 09:13 am
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June 29, 2009 07:31 am
Chicago DUI lawyer says it appears the" Scarlet Letter" DUI Plates are not reducing DUI arrests
(Chicago DUI Law Blog)... special DUI plates. Perhaps Tennesse heard of the failure of these special DUI plates in Ohio and has tabled the bill. try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7726306 ... } catch(err) {} June 19, Akron, OH When it comes to combating drunk driving, Ohio leads the league in crackpot ideas. One of our most recent legislative brainstorms - ... most recent year for which statistics are available, 2007, you find that, while Ohio's overall crash rate has plummeted, the number of alcohol-related fatalities ...
June 29, 2009 03:19 am
Three Missourians killed in Arkansas plane crash
(Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog)... Piper Aircraft Company or Propaire Inc. contributed to this incident, the families of those onboard may be able to hire an aviation accident lawyer to help recover damages. These investigations can be long, complicated and difficult processes, especially in the case ... , a variant of the Piper PA-32R, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. A 2008 Piper Saratoga crash in Ohio claimed the life of Michael Connell, a communications and technology expert for leading Republicans including George W. Bush, John ...
June 26, 2009 10:00 am
Kia Optima Models Recalled in Maryland for Potentially Dangerous Condition
(Maryland Car Accident Attorney Blog)... possibly resulting in a vehicle crash," according to Kia. The states affected by the recall include Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Kia dealers will inspect recalled cars, and if necessary, repair the subframe free of charge. Dealers are expected to contact owners through the mail this ...
June 25, 2009 02:43 pm
Truth in advertising
(The Briefcase)... blog. Or at least every lawyer. When I started this blog over three years ago, there weren't more than a few others in Ohio; now there are dozens, ... same entreaty to consult the Bernard Law Group. This engendered an outcry from various quarters by lawyers shocked - shocked - that one of their brethren would attempt to profit from human suffering ... take on the insurance company and "make them pay." Alas, a Lexis search of Ohio publications does not disclose news of his achieving any major settlements ...
June 25, 2009 03:34 am
FAR and Away!
(The Faculty Lounge)... "only to a blue state" or you won't relocate to "Texas, Arkansas, North Dakota, Tennessee, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin, Ohio, and South Carolina" only sends a message that you're a bit goofy (absent additional details). 3) Subjects you wish to ... "the best athlete available," many slots are subject-sensitive. Be honest, but be somewhat flexible. For example, if you're a securities lawyer and want to teach in that field, don't list ten securities-related courses to the exclusion of all others (maybe ...
June 24, 2009 05:28 am
The appearance of fairness
(The Briefcase)Some judges allow jurors to ask witnesses questions at trial, a practice that was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2003 in State v. Fisher. A lot of lawyers don't like it. It may have saved Tom Siller 30 years, as last week the 8th District, in State v. Siller, bya 2-1 vote game him a new trial. The case goes back to a night in June 1997, when the police found an elderly woman severely beaten in her home in Cleveland. Attention focused on Siller and two other men, Jason Smith and Walter Zimmer. ...
June 24, 2009 03:30 am
Rogue Cancer Unit at Philadelphia V.A. Hospital
(Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog)... 't stand," he said, citing rectal pain so severe that he had to remain in bed for six months, losing his church job and his income. Pastor Flippin first learned of what his doctors called a radiation injury not from the V.A., but from an Ohio hospital where he underwent rectal surgery in 2006 to treat the damage. The 92 implant errors resulted from a systemwide failure in which none of the safeguards that were supposed to protect veterans from poor medical care worked. Peer review, a staple of ...
June 23, 2009 09:08 pm
What’s Up in the 8th
(The Briefcase)... that she wasn't a "creditor" within the meaning of the Fraudulent Conveyance statute, and besides, since it involved child support, only the domestic relations court has jurisdiction. Wrong on both counts, says the court, reversing. That poses the possibility of a sharp lawyer not only going after conveyances, but using a creditors bill to go after any debts owing to the ex-spouse. In State v. McAlpine, the police are confronted with a problem: they've shown a robbery victim two photo arrays in ...
June 23, 2009 03:35 am
Wrong-Way Accidents: Call for articles, posts, studies and related information on wrong-way drivers - ghost drivers!
(Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer)... 's save that until next week with the compendium of news items and the weekly analysis. This is really the strength of the InjuryBoard lawyers committed to safety and reducing the number of accidents and injuries. It shouldn't be about robbing from the ... Workplace. Workplace Injuries. Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Drinking and driving, wrong-way drivers draw attention to Toledo, Ohio. ... 87k Drunk Driver Drives Wrong Way, Injures One | InjuryBoard Seattle ... Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Drunk ...
June 23, 2009 02:17 am
... the 1963 decision requiring that poor people be represented by counsel when charged with serious crimes) and Mapp v. Ohio (the 1961 decision banning the use of evidence discovered during illegal searches). But in the intervening decades, ... . The consequence of that fear is a show that ignores the fundamentally adversarial relationship between prosecutors and defense lawyers, and squanders the narrative tension that might otherwise propel the show toward righteous indignation. Swain himself (played ...
June 22, 2009 02:06 pm
Typo Frees Convicted Drug Offender
(Total Criminal Defense Blog)An Ohio repeat drug offender has been released from prison after discovering a typo in his jury verdict, according to a recent CNN story. When Calvin Eugene Wells of Akron was convicted for first-degree crack cocaine possession in October, 2005, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, due to the amount of the drug in his possession - more than 100 grams. However, in the official verdict signed by the jury, that amount was skewed, leading to confusion about exactly what Wells had been convicted ...
June 22, 2009 10:31 am