Why The Take No Prisoner’s Approach Does Not Work In Pittsburgh..
Sometimes the best way to handle a legal problem is to just go about doing what you can do and let the rest take care of itself. This is especially so when dealing with an obnoxious Insurance Company on the other side. Please let me tell you about a legal case I am still in […]
Why Bill Cosby Can Run But He Can’t Hide..
Comedian Bill Cosby’s legal nightmares keep going on and on. Many readers feel that he is trying to use his status as an international star to his advantage in his legal cases. For example, in a criminal case, when the police arrest someone he is arraigned. Then the accused has a preliminary hearing within 3 […]
Why Do Police Officers Get Arrested?
Did you see the Bowling Green study of police officers who get arrested? What do you think is the most common crime police officers get arrested for? Simple assault tops the list. 13% of all police arrests involve simple assault. Drunk driving is a close second at 12.5%. Sadly forcible rape makes up 5% of […]
A Great Sports Story Of Western Pa. GRIT…
75 years ago last week, a Pittsburgh boxer fought for the heavyweight championship of the world. The Pittsburgh boxer who threw caution into the wind went for a knockout against the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. It is a story worth retelling. His name was Billy Conn. The Pittsburgh kid. Know who he was […]
Why You Never Know What Your Opponent Is Dealing With…
I want to relate to you an experience I had regarding an opposing attorney the other day. We were in front of a Judge for a Pre-Trial conference in an auto injury case. My client was rear ended by his client and we filed suit. Case will be heard by a jury in a couple […]
Why This Case Is A Lawyers Dream…
Chili’s employee fired for asking co-employees to stop calling him retarded. Why is it a lawyers dream case ? Because it has such emotional appeal. This kind of case virtually invites a jury to send out a message to the store owners restaurant. The message would likely be a very large monetary award to the […]
You Should Read This About Bicycle Riders on the Roadways…
1st allow me to say what probably a lot of car driver’s feel and believe. Many car drivers do not much like individuals riding on their bicycles using the public roadways. Don’t you honestly feel that way? Why? Because it is very hard to see bicycle riders in places like downtown Pittsburgh. There are people walking in the middle […]
How Far Will You Go?
How far are you willing to go to protect our society? In the wake of the Orlando nightclub killings that is the legal question to decide. America must decide how to balance our Constitutional rights against the rights of its people to feel safe. How far would you be willing to go to curtail certain […]
Why Tuesday Night Was Historic…
Well first things first. This blog certainly is not an endorsement of her nomination for the presidency. There are many many people who dislike and distrust Hillary Clinton. Intensely. It is very unlikely that she is going to have a cult following of supporters for her candidacy. In fact she had a very difficult time […]
Why Bald Tires Led to a $26.5 Million Dollar Settlement…
If I had to summarize WHY this settlement was so large it would be a single word. That word would be notice. When a company knows that there is a significant safety problem and they choose to do nothing about it, you have the ingredients of a very very angry jury. You don’t need to […]