Over 100 “5 Star Reviews”How Do You Know When To Hold ‘Em and When To Fold ‘Em?
How do you know if a jury will like the defendant in an injury case? It’s pretty simple. The same principle even applies to victims in an injury case. The principal is this: If you as the attorney like the defendant it is almost certain that the jury will like the defendant also. By the same token, […]
How Surgeons Make A Bad Situation Worse…
How? By NOT saying the words “I am sorry” to their patients when they make a mistake. You might ask why they would not say they are sorry. There are a couple of reasons really. First surgeons are some of the smartest people in the world. Most of them know it. As a result of […]
The “Magic” Words In Injury Cases
Attorneys are a strange breed of people. Everyone knows that. They will fight about the most insignificant, just plain dumb things in life that you can imagine. I once heard attorneys arguing at a retreat about how many nuns you could fit on the head of a pin in Heaven. Honestly, is it one or […]
Speed Limit on PA Turnpike Increased to 70 MPH
Remember former US President Richard M Nixon? Tricky Dickey. President of the United States from 1969 until he resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974. He was absolutely hated by the liberal left and the news media. In his defense he did end the war in Vietnam and opened the doors to China on his historic […]
Hot Court-Cold Court – A Personal Story – Part 2
So what happens? I got up to the Court early and the other side was there also. We both go into the Courtroom together and the Judge comes out on the bench. All rise. The Judge has no papers with him. I started to feel some sweat on my forehead. The first thing the Court […]
Hot Court-Cold Court – A Personal Story – Part 1
One would think that if you have been practicing law 36 years you would not be fooled by what happens once you walk inside a Courtroom. Wrong! I just had an experience this week that proves that point. Let me set the background: My client was involved in 2 auto accidents which occurred within about […]
A Lot of Lawyers Will Be Following This Case…
Can a Law School be successfully sued for inflating its employment numbers to attract more students to enter its Law School? More students mean well more $$. And lots of it. Thus there is increasing pressure on Law Schools to “fudge” their numbers to get more enrollment. A few years ago Villanova Law School got […]
Crazy Jury Verdict–Text While Walking and Still Win $161,000
Let me be the first to say this seems like a outrageous verdict by the jury. How a jury could have awarded the plaintiff $$ under these facts is just baffling. I don’t even have a funny witty reply to the verdict. It just seems crazy to me IF the facts are as they were […]
Beware of Bandaid Surgery Clinics
Remember when you were growing up and your mother used to tell you “if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.” Well, you might want to follow your mother’s advice regarding the so-called bandaid surgery clinics. You know the type? You are seeing more and more of them on tv commercials. They […]
When is a Picture Worth 10,000 Words?
You heard the old line that a picture is worth 1000 words but in the law, when is a picture worth 10,000 words or even $10,000? It may be when it is a close up picture of a client’s specific injury. Let me explain. Suppose you are rear ended in an auto accident case. You […]