So, this beauty showed up in my office parking lot recently. I love cool flashy things just as much as the next guy, but this doesn’t seem like a plan for long life. It apparently is classified as a motorcycle. So, in some states, not PA, you are required to wear a helmet in your slingshot. It might be a …
The Trump Situation: One Case Is Usually Too Much for your average client.
Again, regardless of your political position, as a lawyer, it is simply incomprehensible to think of a single client trying to handle all of these different, bet the farm type cases going on in the same calendar year. Many of my clients are normal, everyday folk, who work for a living, raise their families, support their kids and parents, go …
Here is an Un-Triable Case: So, what do you do here?
In February, 2022, your client, a New York man was hit by a Volkswagen driven by a woman, which allegedly left your client with severe injuries. He became the plaintiff. The case is ongoing in the New York Court system. The man had filed three or four prior motor vehicle cases in the past ten years. That does not make …
Medical Malpractice: Easy vs. Tough Calls
Some cases are easy to understand and some require research and expert opinions. All malpractice cases in Pennsylvania require that I obtain a certificate of merit from a doctor with a specialty in the appropriate area of medicine. Generally, I prefer a clean, clear set of injuries and damages. What sort of cases are ones that I take vs. turn …
The Constitutional Challenge to Donald Trump being on the ballot in Pennsylvania
I think it is safe to say that Trump’s eligibility as a candidate will be challenged. There was a long article by Judge Luttig in the Federalist magazine of all places making the case for Trump being disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause for those who aided, abetted, or gave comfort to insurrection, when they had previously sworn an …
Ah, ye olde Concussion… or Traumatic Brain Injury.
Anyway, concussions are often hard to value for personal injury cases. Most resolve in three months or less. Some linger for 6 months. A few will come with post-concussion syndrome that involves convergence disorder. This is a very concerning condition where your eyes simply do not focus well post-concussion and that creates all sorts of problems in our reading …
Motions in Limine and Products Liability
I am getting ready to go to trial on a products liability case involving a wire cup brush that removes paint from metal. A piece of metal shot off the brush and impaled my client in the eye blinding him. He had taken off his safety glasses to check his progress and restarted the device before replacing them on his …
Things to Know
The Trump Show: I am going to sit down and read the trump indictments this weekend just to say I read them. Favorite Song of the Summer: Benee’s Song: Green Honda (watch it below). Get a Microphone!: If you participate in Zoom calls and are required to speak, please get a good microphone for your computer. I use a mic …
Lawyer as Negative Feedback Loop and The Fair Share Act
I view myself as a professional vengeance machine. The penance or vengeance I get is in money terms and never quite the revenge people wanted and rarely ever complete, but it is a form of retribution. What do I mean? If someone crashes their car into you and hurts you or your family or just simply postpones maintenance until someone …
So, what is the current state of the Union?
Many of my neusletter readers are professionals and folks with advanced degrees. Many of my clients are middle class or poorer people. The gap between these worlds is rather stark. There was a news item today that binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a sitting) and marijuana use among 35-50 year olds is at record levels and that alcohol …