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Iconic U.S. Supreme Court Justice Left Legacy for Rights of Citizens – Especially Women Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer. The second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court accomplished educational, personal and social feats unprecedented for the times. Ms. Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, 2020 at age 87, was […]

In the past year, General Motors has recalled more than 2.6 million cars built with defective ignition switches. These defective ignition switches have been linked to the death of a recorded 13 people. This case has received a good deal of attention following the death of a young girl named Brooke […]

With about 10,000 metal hip lawsuits filed around the country, jury selection in the second trial involving the DePuy ASR (Articular Surface Replacement) hip is underway in Cook County, Illinois with opening statements to begin mid-month. Meanwhile the jury is considering the evidence presented in Los Angeles Superior Court in […]

What kills between 250,000 and 440,000 people in the United States each year; 700 deaths per day? What is the third leading cause of death in America? Isn’t it one of the responsibilities of the US Congress to institute laws or take other action that would reduce those deaths? What […]

Seriously? Why? If you are trying to avoid jury duty, I urge you to keep reading and reconsider your intention. As citizens of the USA, we can fulfill civic duties in three important ways: serving in the military, voting, and serving on a jury. Not long ago, the military drafted […]

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, to establish his bona fides with conservatives, has released a list of eleven potential Supreme Court nominees. He added, with typical understatement: “If Hillary Clinton, for some reason, wins, your country will never be the same because she’s going to put disasters in the […]

The Seventh Amendment to the U. S. Constitution states: “In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, […]

Yesterday, President Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy left on the Court in the wake of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Judge Garland sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. If […]

Unless you have been a teacher, it might be hard to understand the beginning of this story, because when you are a high school teacher, kids fit into one of a few categories: The kids who are smart, work hard, are polite and respectful, turn in their homework, participate in […]

“We are reformed and vow never to be evil, devious, conspiratorial, deceitful, designing, tricky, conniving, underhanded or murderous ever again!” So goes the paraphrased prostrations of lawyer Jeff Furr, representing one of the most diabolical industries that has ever existed in America – Big Tobacco. Mr. Furr was trying to […]