trial

NY: Double Header: Case within a case, Within a Case...Plaintiff's verdict Upheld

March 19, 2012 13:42

Christ v Law Offs. of William F. Levine & Michael B. Grossman, 72 A.D.3d 721 (2d Dep't 2010) NY: Underlying legal malpractice suit Student contributor: Zahava Schwartz Facts: The underlying case was another legal malpractice action where the clients alleged that the lawyer did not timely bring...

Mandatory Arbitration

Ray Mullman
March 16, 2012 18:35

Public News Service published an article about the importance of understanding the signed agreements in the Nursing home admission paperwork because most agreements sign away your constitutional right to a jury trial.  Many of these clauses are hidden in the piles of paperwork or in tiny...

Questions in Another Federal Prosecution

March 16, 2012 15:29

Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "Capital case goes forward -- with new prosecution team." It's by Bill Rankin. Federal prosecutors this week began presenting to jurors their death penalty case against an inmate who killed his cellmate because he was a...Today's Atlanta...

More on the Phan Case & Georgia Indigent Defense

March 09, 2012 17:22

"Khahn Dinh Phan, Accused Killer, Could Go Free If Public Defender Problems Persist, Says Georgia Court," is the title of a report by John Rudolf at Huffington Post. The case of a Georgia man who has spent nearly seven years..."Khahn Dinh Phan, Accused Killer, Could Go Free If Public Defender...

Trial in NY: Why is the Defendant Doctor My First Witness? Attorney Gerr...

March 07, 2012 14:46

http://www.Oginski-Law.comIn a medical malpractice case in NY, you might expect that the first witness would be the injured victim. Not true. In fact, in most medical malpractice cases that go to trial, the injured victim is NOT the first witness.Why is that?You want the jury to understand the...