Austin Personal Injury Blog

A Tale of Two Stories on Texas Medical Malpractice Reform

19 May

In the last few days, two stories have circulated about Texas medical malpractice reforms, and each of the stories has drawn wildly differing opinions about the success of the reforms. Over the weekend, former Texas representative Joe Nixon, one of the primary backers of tort reform, wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal describing…

Personal Injury Law Round-Up #62

16 May

Things are hopping here as we continue to prepare for a trial so this week’s edition is brief. On tort “reform”……. One of the big tort “reform” stories of the week has been Dennis Quaid’s testimony on preemption before Congress. Unfortunately, in our society, causes often need celebrities to act as their champions before there is…

Tort Reform By Rulemaking

14 May

I don’t have time to make a detailed post, but the Washington Post (via the AP) had a great article today about the administration’s use of administrative rulemaking authority to preempt lawsuits. For those interested in civil justice matters, it is certainly worth a read. I have a prior post that touches on this form…

Personal Injury Law Round-Up #61

09 May

This is a crazy week. We have been swamped getting ready for two jury settings in June. Thankfully one case settled Wednesday literally an hour before a key deposition so now we have adequate time to prepare for the other case. I think we’re all looking forward to trying it — it is a legal…

Secrecy in the Texas Supreme Court?

08 May

Several Texas newspapers ran stories regarding a report from Texas Watch that criticizes the Texas Supreme Court for issuing a growing number of opinions anonymously. The Houston Chronicle’s article on the report notes: The report by judicial watchdog group Texas Watch shows that 57 percent of the opinions issued in the court’s 2006-07 term were…