Tags: trial
Default Judgments
A default judgment is much like a forfeit in a sporting event. A default judgment presumes all parties are aware of the event, but that one party does not show up. The court (like a referee) declares the party who showed up the winner. In many default judgments, the party who shows up can get almost anything they have asked for granted to them. more »
Pick a Jury...yeah, right....
Everyone wants to tell their story to the jury. Everyone is convinced they could swing a jury to see their point of view. In part, this is because everyone thinks the jury will be made up of people just like them. It isn't very likely given the system. more »
The most asked question.
An eighty year old retired man with a broken foot will have an entirely different value for his case than say a twenty-four year old rising football star. The person rear-ended by a cell phone wielding distracted driver will have an entirely different case than a person struck by a drunk driver. The family of a deceased father hit by an uninsured driver has an entirely different case than the family of a father killed by a negligent cement truck. more »
Litigation, What to expect
When a person files their original petition, the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure become the framework of rules and deadlines that govern what happens in the case from that point on. Because I have to be careful, the rest of this article is not meant as a course in civil procedure. What follows is a general overview of the typical process. more »
I get three times medical bills... right?
When I started practicing personal injury law in 1991, you could still get a three times settlement with regularity. But, several waves of tort reform, the adoption of the Colossus adjusting program, the requirement of HICFA forms, and some just plain anti-lawyer and anti-lawsuit propaganda, later those days are gone. more »
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