Blog round-up
Posted On: June 16, 2011
- Should the defense be allowed ex parte access to your injured client's treating physician? Drug and Device says you should be able to talk to a doctor once you file a lawsuit. But why on earth does the doctor-patient privilege evaporate when you file a lawsuit? You want to talk to the doctor. Feel free. Note the doctor's deposition. It is not 1993 anymore. Doctor-patient really means something. No one should have to feel like their doctor is talking behind their back, particularly about a serious, or worse, embarrassing medical condition.
- I was a defense lawyer - 35th chair if you don't mind me bragging - 16 years ago in a mass tort involving this lawyer. I love how the disciplinary proceedings are at the Hyatt. How fun. They should do murder trials there.
- Bed Bath & Beyond has pulled from its shelves a product that a relative of a man injured by it says "should say 'lethal weapon'" on the package. (Via TortsProf Blog.) That whole registering your hands as a lethal weapon with the FBI is a wives' tale, by the way.
- A Wisconsin court says it was OK for one personal injury law firm to arrange, via Google AdWords, for its name to come up as a sponsored link when a user searched for the name of another personal injury firm, the latter being the largest in the state. Some hail the decision as a victory for small firms. I don't know what I think. I know competing campaigns do this to each other before elections.
- One-third of truck drivers may have sleep apnea, which can make them drowsy and cause accidents. Look, we need big, dangerous trucks on our highways. But could we do just a little more to make sure the trucks are safe and that the truck drivers belong behind the wheel? Can someone run some numbers on just how much tighter restrictions would have on the economy? I mean, we would all pay 5 cents more for cereal to save a few hundred lives. If you don't believe me, commission a poll.
- This video game would probably not work if the hero were a personal injury lawyer rather than a criminal defense lawyer.
- John Bratt gets a verdict in Baltimore City. I like how he whines about how busy is while pretending not to whine about how busy he is. He's having a baby soon. I can't believe the restraint in not throwing that in there.
- Eric Turkewitz contines to blog on the New York Law Blog about the much (Internet) ballyhooed crazy lawsuit against him and other bloggers in lieu of substance posts I can use or at least laugh about. I'm very tempted to ask for my money back for my subscription.
- Overlawyered puts out these roundups by the bushel load.
