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 […]
Will California’s Move Cause Other States to Raise the Legal Smoking Age? The phrase “Go west, young man,” in American jargon can be traced back to the mid-1800s, when westward expansion began . And for raising the legal smoking age in the United States, like manifest destiny, the American West […]
Just imagine the courtroom scene… The negligent party is in the courtroom being examined by plaintiff’s counsel: “Now, isn’t it true that you turned left in front of my client at the intersection of A and B streets?” “I made a turn that was approximately 86 degrees in the westerly […]
March 31, 2016 – Santa Barbara, CA: The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will hold a hearing to consider a request to establish coordinated national litigation against the manufacturers of Viagra. The Judicial Panel is a group of federal judges who meet every other month to consider requests for the […]
A young man permanently confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life. No more bicycle riding. No more dancing. No more walking down the street to a friend’s house. No more of anything you and I would call living. Dontrell Stephens was shot four times by a […]
Lawyers for Police Shooting Victim Dontrell Stephens Press for Timely Payment of $23.1 Million Jury Award Protracted Claims Bill Process Compounds the Injustice Suffered by Unarmed Victim of Police Shooting, According to Searcy Denney Attorneys West Palm Beach, Fla. – (Feb. 10, 2015) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley will seek expedited payment […]
Heart disease. Blood clots. Osteoarthritis. Spinal damage. Whiplash cervical droop. Increase in uterine cancer. Increase in colon cancer. Diabetes. Decreased life expectancy. What can cause or contribute to all these horrible ailments? Some doctors and researchers believe that sitting too much can lead to these problems. Even if too much […]
Most injury or wrongful death cases against hospitals, health care facilities, and health care practitioners are governed by the procedures in Fla. Stat. 766, also known as the Medical Malpractice Act. This Act itself is highly technical and specialized; medical malpractice claims come with a short statute of limitations of […]
Trying to make the best of rules open to highly subjective interpretation… Discovery in litigation is the heart of the process. It is the system by which parties can obtain evidence from other parties and refine knowledge about the proof available for their causes of action and defenses. If done […]