Comments from the Trenches Observations of recent cases, legal articles, legislation and rules which appear unusual, useful or otherwise of interest to me. Also, they may prove useful for other litigators who have to deal with current status of our court system, which, at the top levels, does not consistently reflect the highest ideals of justice for all. http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/BlogId/2/Default.aspx en-US eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com admin@admin.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:44:03 GMT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:44:03 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.0.35082 Insurance company wins. Moral of the story: just wait a few years and Hecht Court will help you out. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/149/Insurance-company-wins-Moral-of-the-story-just-wait-a-few-years-and-Hecht-Court-will-help-you-out.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/149/Insurance-company-wins-Moral-of-the-story-just-wait-a-few-years-and-Hecht-Court-will-help-you-out.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/149/Insurance-company-wins-Moral-of-the-story-just-wait-a-few-years-and-Hecht-Court-will-help-you-out.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/149/Insurance-company-wins-Moral-of-the-story-just-wait-a-few-years-and-Hecht-Court-will-help-you-out.aspx Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=149 No expert on underground fracking damages. However, Supremes not yet ruled. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/148/No-expert-on-underground-fracking-damages-However-Supremes-not-yet-ruled.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/148/No-expert-on-underground-fracking-damages-However-Supremes-not-yet-ruled.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/148/No-expert-on-underground-fracking-damages-However-Supremes-not-yet-ruled.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/148/No-expert-on-underground-fracking-damages-However-Supremes-not-yet-ruled.aspx Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:49:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=148 Juries disparaged, attorney loses fee. 5-4. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/147/Juries-disparaged-attorney-loses-fee-5-4.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/147/Juries-disparaged-attorney-loses-fee-5-4.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/147/Juries-disparaged-attorney-loses-fee-5-4.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/147/Juries-disparaged-attorney-loses-fee-5-4.aspx Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:14:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=147 No duty rule back in place. Supreme Court overrules itself and fails to find or ignores earlier opinion. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/146/No-duty-rule-back-in-place-Supreme-Court-overrules-itself-and-fails-to-find-or-ignores-earlier-opinion.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/146/No-duty-rule-back-in-place-Supreme-Court-overrules-itself-and-fails-to-find-or-ignores-earlier-opinion.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/146/No-duty-rule-back-in-place-Supreme-Court-overrules-itself-and-fails-to-find-or-ignores-earlier-opinion.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/146/No-duty-rule-back-in-place-Supreme-Court-overrules-itself-and-fails-to-find-or-ignores-earlier-opinion.aspx Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:20:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=146 Covenants not to compete expanded again. Statute and contract law ignored. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/145/Covenants-not-to-compete-expanded-again-Statute-and-contract-law-ignored.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/145/Covenants-not-to-compete-expanded-again-Statute-and-contract-law-ignored.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/145/Covenants-not-to-compete-expanded-again-Statute-and-contract-law-ignored.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/145/Covenants-not-to-compete-expanded-again-Statute-and-contract-law-ignored.aspx Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:36:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=145 Arbitration award set aside. The too much money rule. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/144/Arbitration-award-set-aside-The-too-much-money-rule.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/144/Arbitration-award-set-aside-The-too-much-money-rule.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/144/Arbitration-award-set-aside-The-too-much-money-rule.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/144/Arbitration-award-set-aside-The-too-much-money-rule.aspx Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:27:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=144 Fraud excused if plaintiffs could have discovered the underpayment. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/143/Fraud-excused-if-plaintiffs-could-have-discovered-the-underpayment.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/143/Fraud-excused-if-plaintiffs-could-have-discovered-the-underpayment.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/143/Fraud-excused-if-plaintiffs-could-have-discovered-the-underpayment.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/143/Fraud-excused-if-plaintiffs-could-have-discovered-the-underpayment.aspx Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:40:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=143 Document outside record judicially noticed to affirm death penalty. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/142/Document-outside-record-judicially-noticed-to-affirm-death-penalty.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/142/Document-outside-record-judicially-noticed-to-affirm-death-penalty.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/142/Document-outside-record-judicially-noticed-to-affirm-death-penalty.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/142/Document-outside-record-judicially-noticed-to-affirm-death-penalty.aspx Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:07:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=142 Havnar extended, Merck escapes liability for Vioxx deaths. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/141/Havnar-extended-Merck-escapes-liability-for-Vioxx-deaths.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/141/Havnar-extended-Merck-escapes-liability-for-Vioxx-deaths.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/141/Havnar-extended-Merck-escapes-liability-for-Vioxx-deaths.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/141/Havnar-extended-Merck-escapes-liability-for-Vioxx-deaths.aspx Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:28:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=141 Fraud on the Community alive and well. <p> </p><a href=http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/140/Fraud-on-the-Community-alive-and-well.aspx>More...</a> http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/140/Fraud-on-the-Community-alive-and-well.aspx eric-wlf@suddenlinkmail.com http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/140/Fraud-on-the-Community-alive-and-well.aspx#Comments http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/LawDogBlog/tabid/55/EntryId/140/Fraud-on-the-Community-alive-and-well.aspx Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:17:00 GMT 0 http://www.wolframlawfirm.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=140