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Posted by Michael Stevens | Nov 17, 2011 | Civil Procedure |
Failure to revive a cause of action when the defendant dies is fatal to the claim if not accomplished timely. Plaintiff's attempt to color this as a fiction and assert the claim against the insurance company as the...
Read MorePosted by Michael Stevens | Nov 17, 2011 | Civil Procedure, Standards of Review |
1045. ATTORNEY FEES. CONTRACT VS. QUANTUM MERUIT UPON VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWING.BRADLEY (SAM), ET AL.VS.ESTATE OF HERMAN LESTEROPINION VACATING AND REMANDINGACREE (PRESIDING JUDGE)DIXON (CONCURS) AND LAMBERT...
Read MorePosted by Michael Stevens | Nov 17, 2011 | Attorneys, Damages |
Termination of representation on a contingent fee contract places payment for your services from the recovery in jeopardy. In the following COA decision, withdrawing cost the attorney his contractual contingent fee but...
Read MorePosted by Michael Stevens | Nov 15, 2011 | Statute of Limitations, Torts |
SCOKY delineated the statute of limitations on unloading a truck as one year and not two years as is typical for the MVRA. I must state the dissents are better reasoned and follow a more common sense approach which is in line...
Read MorePosted by Michael Stevens | Nov 15, 2011 | Evidence, Insurance, Torts |
171. TORTS. PERSONAL INJURY. SPOLIATION OF EVIDENCE. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (UofL) V. MICHAEL G. BEGLIN, ETC. Questions Presented: Personal Injury. Jury Instructions. Missing evidence. Issues include propriety of giving...
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