Category: Tort Reform

New Radical Legislation

Next week, the House will vote on a series of bills that will make it difficult – if not impossible — for Americans harmed by large corporate misconduct to seek justice in our nation’s courts. These anti-civil justice bills are: H.R. 1215, the “Protecting Access to Care Act,” which undermines state law and eliminates the […]

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My Not-So-Hero, Zero

There has been a lot of justifiable backlash over “zero tolerance” policies for weapons at schools. The tale of the cub scout proud of his pocket knife with fork and spoon has prompted many people to cry out “where is the common sense of these school officials?” My practice really isn’t geared to this type […]

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I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. An earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN’T MY FAULT!

The North Carolina Legislature is set to debate a new bill to end contributory negligence and adopt the Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act   This is a pretty big deal in North Carolina and will impact a lot of people in years and decades to come and its flying under the radar of most […]

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Myth v. Reality in the McDonald’s Coffee Cup Case

  After my last post and the video that followed, I got a few follow-up responses about the infamous “McDonald’s coffee” case that the video touched on.  I thought I’d give you a little bit more of the facts: Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was in the passenger seat of her grandson's car when […]

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You are the Brakes on a Runaway Jury

I wrote earlier about medical malpractice cases in North Carolina and why they are so difficult to start and win.  Briefly, there are special procedures in North Carolina to make sure that medical malpractice cases that are brought in the courts have merit.  Aside from those special restrictions, in every civil case in North Carolina, there are […]

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