State Rep Blows Up at Speaker: “When’s It Going to Stop?!”
Friend of mine sent me this clip today... check it out. A State Representative from Illinois named Mike Bost loses it when he was apparently given a bill at the last minute dealing with pension reform....
View ArticleOutrage Against Progressive: Another Day at the Office
Netizens have been raging against Progressive Insurance Company over the last few days because of the story Matt Fisher wrote about on his blog about his sister who was tragically killed in a car...
View ArticleThe Irony of Samsung v. Apple
For years the U.S. Chamber and other tort reform groups have clammored about the American civil justice system and the myriad of problems caused by having jurors decide cases. Corporate America has...
View ArticleFreebie Forms
Last week I gave a presentation about preserving evidence in a products liability case, and posted a link to the Prezi presentation which had images of several documents we use during our initial...
View ArticleBuckle Up for Carnage: Chinese Tire Tariff Expires Today
Back in 2009 the Obama administration imposed a tariff on the import of Chinese tires. The tariff was imposed because China was dumping huge quantities of cheap steel belted radials into the U.S....
View ArticleTire Ageing Legislation: Why Can’t It Pass?
Almost everyone agrees that tires deteriorate as they age and should be replaced after six years. As I’ve talked about here before, it’s a fact that old tires continue to fail and cause unnecessary...
View ArticleMartinez Speaks, Leaders Listen: Letter Condemns GOP Exec Decision on Florida...
This week three prominent and well respected Republican leaders joined the chorus criticizing the Florida GOP Executive Committee for its decision to target three Florida Supreme Court Justices in the...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways Plaintiff Lawyers Commit Legal Malpractice
It happens all the time: an otherwise good PI lawyer with a healthy auto practice has a product liability case come into his office. The case is a little bit out of his wheelhouse. Despite best...
View ArticleEvent Data Recorders: Problems With Ownership, Privacy and Evidence
More than 90 percent of the U.S. vehicle fleet is now equipped with Event Data Recorders (EDRs). Initially adopted to measure airbag deployments, EDRs can record everything from the Delta V (change in...
View ArticleGoodyear Lawyers Popped With Sanctions: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Goodyear was just hit with a landmark 67 page order granting severe sanctions for discovery violations in the case of Haeger v. Goodyear, a G159 tire tread separation case. The Order, from Federal...
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