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The Robing Room -- a new website that rates federal judges and some state court judges (Texas is not yet included). It will be interesting to see if this site gets any traction. To contact Austin Personal Injury Lawyer, Austin Personal Attorney, Austin Accident Lawyer, Austin Injury Lawyer Schuelke Law or... -
This is a diversion from our regular personal injury and litigation news, but I saw Kevin O’Keefe had a post earlier this week that Austin was the top blogging city in the country. If that’s the case, why are there so few law blogs in town. Aside from this one,...
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Yesterday, we posted about four Texas legislators who filed an amicus brief crticizing the Texas Supreme Court for an opinion in an on-the-job injury case. Now we have a copy of the legislators' brief, and it is posted here. To contact Austin Personal Injury Lawyer, Austin Personal Attorney, Austin Accident Lawyer,...
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Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal has a heart-breaking story about prescription abuse in U.S. nursing homes. The first three paragraphs of the article say it all In recent years, Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, AIDS drugs...
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“If you are having surgery, make sure your doctor marks the proper surgical site clearly — and initials it.” That’s a recommendation from a recent Washington Post article titled HEADED FOR THE HOSPITAL? HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. That sounds a little extreme doesn’t it? While the hospitals may screw...
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As you may recall, Baylor Law School professors conducted a survey of the state's district judges to get their thoughts on frivolous lawsuits, excessive verdicts, and the such. Two Texas plaintiffs' lawyers have recently written a commentary based on the article for the San Antonio Express News. TLR attorney Lee...
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The brilliant Stephanie Mencimer has a new article entitled Suckers Wanted: How Car Dealers and Other Businesses Are Taking Away Your Right to Sue. In it, she starts by outlining the problems she had in trying to buy a car without an arbitration agreement. When she and her husband asked...
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The Nov. 1, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has an article encouraging federal legislation to require pharmaceutical and medical device companies with more than $100 million in revenue to disclose the amount of money and gifts they give to physicians. The bill, entitled the "Physician Payment...
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Several states, including Texas, have special laws protecting emergency room physicians from medical malpractice litigation. These protections may include higher burden of proof on the plaintiff or a different standard of care (for example, providing only liability when there is gross negligence). Last week, the Torts Prof Blog outlined an interesting...
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There is a long line of politicians who vote for various tort reform measures only to need to turn to the tort system themselves. The latest is Florida Republican Stephen Wise, a strong supporter of reform of medical malpractice and nursing home litigation. According to the Florida Times Union: As a...