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Record Verdict Against Nursing Home Has Industry Worried

August 30, 2010 12:55

A record $677 million verdict against a California nursing home has shaken the "industry" to its core. The verdict was the result of a class action lawsuit representing 32,000 patients against Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., the corporate owner of 22 nursing homes throughout the...

The Case for Pattern Jury Instructions in Canada

gwise@wiselaw.net
July 31, 2010 19:31

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision yesterday, upholding the B.C. murder convictions of Robert Pikton, Peter McKnight, adjunct professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, addresses the "inevitability" of judicial error in criminal jury charges and...

Anonymous Juries?

July 20, 2010 18:41

Credit the news media in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for shining a spotlight on a growing trend: that of judges keeping the identities of jurors out of public hands for fear that a voracious press and...Credit the news media in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod...

Texas Supreme Court is at It Again

June 30, 2010 14:40

Well, the Texas Supreme Court is again dismantling victim's remedies.  But, this time, they are working against small ranchers.  In Bennett and Bonham Corp. v. Reynolds, the court took away another jury verdict.  This time it was a cattle theft case.  The jury awarded $5,327 in...

Jury Hits Royal Caribbean With $1.7 Million Verdict for Injured Crew Member

June 23, 2010 12:49

A jury reached a verdict yesterday in the amount of $1,700,000 against cruise giant, Royal Caribbean Cruises, here in Miami.  The crew member is a musician who slipped on stage and suffered an injured shoulder which required surgery and ended his music career. The Miami...