The New York Times and Harvard Public Health completed studies which found that hedge fund investments in nursing homes resulted in worse customer service than before the investment. What is wrong with nursing home investments by hedge funds? Well, as a general rule in business, employee payrolls total about 50% of the business’ expenses. If you can reduce employee head …
COURT TRANSCRIPT
In the next week or so, I will be posting the three day bench trial transcript of a recent slip and fall trial I had. It should be on my website. This is a slip and fall case which occurred at a TSA checkpoint at PHL resulting in my client fracturing her knee and requiring surgery. Since both TSA …
Do I try to negotiate cases to keep friends with opposing counsel?
That was a recent question from a client who questioned my valuation of her case. In fact, the opposite is true. On both sides of our cases, it is important that the opposing counsel recognizes that you know what you are doing and are able to pursue a case diligently to the end. We may not love the person on …
The Paper Ceiling Ads and Failure to Diagnose Malpractice
Have you seen these ads trying to build public support for the idea that college degrees are not the only important credential. Regardless what the paper ceiling ads try to tell you or your local tradesperson says, completing college makes an enormous difference in your lifetime income in America. If lifetime income is not your focus, then I appreciate the …
MORE EFFICIENT LAWYERING: THE PRACTICE OF LAW POST-PANDEMIC
The pandemic wrought a lot of changes in the practice of law just like any other business that was affected in a significant way. Interestingly, the nature of litigators is to be averse to changes in how the court system functions. The pandemic familiarized everyone with zoom and it inadvertently made us a more efficient system. For example, I have …
The Client’s View of Value vs. The Lawyer’s View: Ne’er the twain shall meet?
Clients with strong cases know that they will get paid full value eventually. However, the majority of cases are ones that require some negotiation. Most cases have value or I would not take them, but we do take the plaintiff as we find them. So, a lot of clients who claim back pain from a car accident have prior back …
WHY IS SALTZ MONGELUZZI ADVERTISING? The changing face of Personal Injury Lead Generation
I was watching Monday Night Football and Bob Mongeluzzi’s ad shows up on TV. Bob is a legend in our business and likely one of the most successful personal injury lawyers in the City of Philadelphia if not the world. However, this is the first time I have ever seen them advertise on TV. Why now? Well, I think that …
THE WORST ADVICE EVER GIVEN TO A PERSONAL INJURY CLIENT
A potential client recently contacted me 22 months after an out of state car accident. The case sounded fairly easy and something I would have been interested in 22 months ago. However, when queried as to why it took 22 months to contact a lawyer, the client reported that a lawyer told them to wait until the statute of limitations …
TRIAL REPORT: FEDERAL COURT BENCH TRIAL
I just finished a three-day bench trial in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (EDPA). The facts of the case in brief were that a 68-year-old woman went through a TSA checkpoint at Philadelphia International Airport, removed her shoes, and slipped and fell on the terrazzo marble-type flooring after she was cleared to pick up her belongings. The …
Mink on the Loose in Pennsylvania: Nuisance
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 …