Mink on the Loose in Pennsylvania: Nuisance

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I love a good mink story. According to the New York Post, some animal activist released 6,000 mink from a mink farm in PA. I know next to nothing about mink or minks. What I do know is that mink farming forms the basis for one of the pivotal cases in nuisance law. I always have a few nuisance cases …

How Much Does The Personal Injury Client Affect Settlement and Deposition Preparation?

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It matters a lot. Are you a Roger Federer type or Novak Djokovic? Some people are just very genuine, approachable, and likeable people. Others are not. Most of us are somewhere in between. But, those likeable guileless people are going to get a better settlement for the same case. Why? Well, more than likely the deposition displayed the plaintiff as …

What happens When You Win a Motion for Summary Judgment or What I did this weekend on my way to Tenerife?

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  Tenerife you say? I had a chance to go visit the Canary Islands over the Labor Day holiday weekend and Tenerife is one of the largest and most visited islands in the chain. It’s a long but entertaining story. Anyway, the Islands are a bit like Europe’s Caribbean, I think.  Beautiful, volcanic islands off the coast of Africa and …

Motions in Limine and Products Liability

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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

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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 …