Around the Blawgosphere: Pinterest Business Card Fishbowl; Legal Foundation of ‘Downton Abbey’

Pin and Win Carolyn Elefant—Washington, D.C., solo and Pinterest member—has invited My Shingle readers to ” ‘drop’ your business card into the MyShingle Online Fishbowl at Pinterest.” Those who participate by Thursday, March 15, will be entered into a raffle for one of two Amazon gift cards. Several of those…

Mar 2, 2012 2:30 PM CST

Elderly Man Is ‘Surprised as Hell’ When Passengers in His Stolen Car Sue over Crash

A 91-year-old Oregon man says he was “surprised as hell” to learn he is the defendant in a lawsuit filed by two passengers injured in his stolen car. George Hinnenkamp of Lorane Valley reported his Thunderbird stolen in June 2009, the Register-Guard reported last month. Later he learned that the…

Nov 21, 2011 4:42 PM CST

Colo. Supreme Court OKs $10M Award Against Wal-Mart in Truck Driver’s Slip-and-Fall Case

Reversing a lower court’s determination that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was entitled to a new trial, the Colorado Supreme Court today approved a $10 million award to a truck driver who had to have multiple spinal surgeries after slipping on grease while making a delivery at a store in Greeley. A…

Nov 7, 2011 8:15 PM CST

Thrown for a Loss: Retired Players Sue, Claim NFL Hid Brain Damage Info

Nov 1, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

Top Mich. Court to Decide If Mom Who Saw Biker Son’s Fatal Crash Can Collect on Her Own Auto Policy

Insurance companies write the policies under which they contract to cover customers for automobile accidents and related injuries. So it is a general rule of interpretation that any ambiguity in the policy should be resolved in the customer’s favor. But a Michigan appellate court went too far when it decided…

Oct 21, 2011 6:30 PM CDT

Lawyer Uses His Head in My Bald Lawyer Ad Campaign

If you are injured and in need of a lawyer, Chandler Mason hopes you will remember his bald head. Mason, an Atlanta personal injury lawyer, is differentiating himself in a crowded field with billboards picturing himself and promoting his website, MyBaldLawyer.com. Legal Blog Watch and the legal marketing blog The…

Oct 6, 2011 1:00 PM CDT

Insult to Injury: Texas Workers’ Comp System Denies, Delays Medical Help

Oct 1, 2011 10:10 AM CDT

Suit Says Defect in Cruise Control May Have Sparked Blaze that Destroyed Trailer Home

A Chicago-area woman claims in a lawsuit that the cruise control system in a parked Ford F-150 may have started a blaze that burned down her family’s trailer home. The suit, filed on behalf of Guadalupe Mendez of Aurora, Ill., claims a flaw in the truck’s cruise control may have…

Sep 27, 2011 11:00 AM CDT

The Anti-Terror Attorney: Andrew Hall’s Life Is a Story of Survival Against Tyranny

Sep 1, 2011 9:20 AM CDT

Perry Nomination Could Motivate Trial Lawyers to Spend Big Bucks on Obama

Trial lawyers are already gearing up to oppose Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. The Texas governor presided over several rounds of tort reform, and that makes him unpopular with the trial bar, Politico reports. “Among litigators, there is no presidential candidate who inspires the same level of hatred—and fear—as Perry,”…

Aug 22, 2011 4:37 PM CDT

Suits Claim Skechers Shape-ups Cause Injuries, Are Fraudulently Marketed

A Illinois woman is the latest plaintiff to file a suit claiming her Skechers Shape-ups are a dangerous product. The suit (PDF) was filed on behalf of Theresa Croak of suburban Chicago by Kentucky-based law firm Schachter, Hendy & Johnson, according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times. Croak…

Aug 15, 2011 4:08 PM CDT

Girl Sues Dad, Claims He Triggered Traumatizing Road Rage Incident

Through her mother and attorney, a 10-year-old girl is suing her father, who was shot in the head following a road rage incident in Philadelphia. The suit maintains that the girl’s father, Thomas Timko, set off a chain of events in 2009 that led to the shooting, according to an…

Jul 5, 2011 2:24 PM CDT

Cabbie Awarded $22K in Suit Against Man Who Said Sex Act Preceded Car Crash

A Herndon, Va., cabdriver has been awarded $22,000 in a suit against a man who told police he couldn’t have been driving the speeding car that caused a crash because he was receiving oral sex in the back seat just before the accident. Jurors awarded damages to the 28-year-old cab…

Jun 22, 2011 2:06 PM CDT

Well-Known PI Lawyer Follows Management Book Advice, Causing Half His Firm’s Attorneys to Leave

Michigan plaintiffs lawyer Geoffrey Fieger is a big fan of the book You Can’t Teach Hungry: Creating the Multimillion Dollar Law Firm. Authored by another PI lawyer, John Morgan of Morgan & Morgan, the book argues that too many attorneys settle with insurance companies too quickly, the Detroit Free Press…

May 23, 2011 12:05 PM CDT

Skadden Partner to Head 9/11 Compensation Fund

Sheila Birnbaum, who heads the mass torts and insurance litigation group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has been selected to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the Justice Department announced today. Last December, Congress passed a bill that provides up to $4.2 billion in new aid to…

May 18, 2011 4:17 PM CDT