Posts in 2019

Dec 26 70% of American Teenagers Admit to Using Apps on Phone While Driving – Survey

A new poll released by San Francisco, California-based nonprofit organization Common Sense Media has shown that at least 70% of ...

Dec 14 Who Gets the Money in a Wrongful Death Case?

A recent decision from the United States District Court reaches the initially startling conclusion that the estate of a man ...

Dec 12 Doctor Fights Back

Patient safety scored a major victory last week in Pennsylvania, when a federal court judge upheld a jury verdict against the ...

Dec 08 Lawyer Voir Dire: Coming to a Court near You?

A new law signed this week has at least the potential to improve jury trials in Massachusetts by permitting lawyers to make more ...

Nov 22 Nursing Home Patients Allowed a Jury Trial

Opponents of efforts by health care providers to restrict patients’ rights to a jury trial breathed a sigh of relief this week, as ...

Nov 13 The Mischief of 1:28 Decisions

As every law student quickly learns, the appellate decisions of a particular jurisdiction are an important source of legal ...