Damage caps are WRONG. Non-economic caps are especially wrong in medical malpractice cases. Today, I had to break the news to a 70 year...

Your witness is being deposed. Maybe it's your client or your expert, but it's not going well. In fact, it's a disaster - a "technicolor...

Memorial Day. Today we honor our fallen. Yesterday, we were in Knoxville, Tennessee, visiting some old friends who had just moved there....

I traveled about 90 miles for a routine hearing, court approval of a medical malpractice wrongful death settlement. I expected it to be a...

The other day I was accused by opposing counsel of sending a "rude" and "condescending" email. The other side hadn't done something it...

To check or not to check. That is the question. Checking emails, that is. Last week, I was on a mission trip in Utah. I deliberately left...

I met another lawyer for lunch to discuss working together on FTCA medical malpractice cases. Afterwards, I ran a couple of errands then...

I got an email notification from a legal publication about the death of a prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ lawyer. He had killed...

Being 66 years old and having practiced law for over 38 years - over 30 of which has been with managerial or ownership responsibilities -...

The other day an opposing counsel pulled what I would politely describe as a “stunt.” It was not technically illegal or unethical, but it...

There is an old saying about the wisdom of someone who plants trees knowing that he will not live long enough to enjoy their shade. We...

Give credit where credit is due. A corollary: Never take credit which is not deserved. A few months ago, I tried a case and got a good...

The year has wrapped up. For trial attorneys, the time around the holidays is usually kind of quiet - unless you have a trial the first...

While running some errands right before the new year's weekend, I ran into a lawyer I knew. We were opposing counsel in a case that was...

Before switching to representing patients, I was a malpractice defense lawyer for over 30 years. This gives me a certain nose for defense...

Earlier this week we had a snowstorm. Traffic on I-95 ground to a halt. It took Senator Tim Kaine 27 hours to get from Richmond to...

The other day, this bit of automotive advertising caught my eye. I don't know what sort of behavior problems the driver claims to be able...

The other day, I got an email from an opposing counsel who wanted to take a deposition of a fact witness. Normal stuff, except for an...

“You won’t go to court. You just want to settle.” Recently, I dealt with a plaintiff who was unhappy with the resolution of his FTCA...

Almost everyone with a construction project has issues with their contractor. The tales are often cringeworthy. In some form or another...