there are some absolutely hilarious lawyer social media posts in atlanta. for example one person gives trial tips like “make an outline”
wes tegg and I know a lawyer that has a room in his firm that is wallpapered with copies of settlement check.
At that point you are committed to a persona and no one is ever going to take you seriously. I guess the guy is ok with that. He's basically Saul Goodman.
Tbh when I get a verdict of over $1m I’ll be framing a copy of the charge and idgaf what anyone thinks
there is a very well known firm advertising a shooting verdict with no defense lawyer and their referring lawyer advertises it too Shame
Saw a shooting verdict case where it was just a hearing on damages for some reason (maybe no defense lawyer? maybe admitted liability?)and the plaintiff lawyer asked for punitive damages and got them. Then the carrier voided coverage for intentional conduct and circuit court granted carrier the relief sought in dec action and agreed coverage was voided. Plaintiff argued for the first time on appeal that it wasn't intentional. Appellate court found they were barred by collateral estoppel and that they were awarded punitive damages for intentional/willful conduct. Wonder if they advertised that one
Update on this. A friendly Ford dealership checked out the car and informed sister that the warranty she purchased in May 2022 would only cover 1 part/component of the car. Apparently, when the car was repaired after being stolen/wrecked, the repairs were made using non-factory made parts, which the warranty does not cover. Trying to avoid getting lawyers involved, but I told her to make 100% sure she drops the word "fraud" next time she talks to the dealership that sold her the car.
I noticed this plaintiff attorney from Texas on a list serve has a shark in his signature line. Then noticed he had this sign outside his office. Honestly , mad respect to him and I'm jealous.
i thought you said the original dealership was going to buyback the car, what's left to do beyond that?
pretty fun that defense lawyer called and begged for a continuance and asked the court to order us to mediate when we were #2 on the docket two weeks ago, judge granted it, and since we've reached out 5+ times with dates and mediators and they've ignored us. this is after the defense lawyer asked us to mediate after we deposed his doctor, who did terribly, and when i followed up on that 5x over three months, he ignored that too. filed a motion to compel and motion for sanctions, and even if they try to schedule it before the hearing, i don't think i'll agree at this point. fun for them to just lie to get out of trial so blatantly
lol my legal assistant was doing some discovery responses with a slip and fall client who wanted $100k in her pocket(!!) during the discovery her story changed from some defect on the sidewalk to her being drunk and falling down. i just called and took the 50k they had on the table a lot of the time this job is so fucking stupid
had a client reveal during his depo yesterday that he not only doesn't live at the property he claims is his home, he converted his single family home into a 3 unit townhome. Problematic would be an absolute understatement.
or a motion for summary judgment because his policy is for a single family home that he lives in and not a 3 unit rental policy.
Ok my expert juju is headed back in the right direction. Med mal liability expert just told me my liability case was in fact awesome.
They've been pushing to limit their buyback amount to the vehicle's appraised value (as determined by them). Because of the damage from when it was stolen/wrecked, the car has recently been valued by another Ford dealership for less than the debt owed on the car (underwater on the note).
Have an MVA case where OC responded to RFAs that her client is admitting liability. Then during Defendant's deposition Defendant blamed my client for the wreck and didn't accept responsibility. Jury trial set for later this year. This is the 2nd time this has happened with this particular lawyer where she admitted liability in RFAs then her client disputed liability at depo. Thinking about filing a MIL that they can't legally admit liability when their client has testified otherwise. OC claims that she can just get her client to reverse their testimony by the time of trial. Admitted liability soft tissue cases are much more difficult on the plaintiff. Seems like you shouldn't be able to admit liability as a tactic when it is clearly contrary to defendant's previous testimony and how she actually feels. Anyone ever seen this kind of motion play out? Also seems like I should be able to use her past deposition testimony to impeach her credibility and show she is not truly accepting liability and just using it as a ploy to get the jury on her side.
I did that the last time in the other case where where this happened. This time I didn't . Last time the deponent didn't know RFAs had been answered on her behalf and had been contrary to her testimony. That deponent was pretty blind sided when I showed it to her. This time I just let her dig in deeper and deeper and never even brought it up.
Oh you admitted it was your fault two years ago but now that we’re in the courtroom you’re saying it’s not?
Q: You've testified today that you were at fault for this collision and you accept responsibility for it , true? Q: I'd like to show you some testimony you gave during your deposition. On page ___, line __ of your deposition, you testified that my client was at fault for this collision. Q: Someone that takes responsibility and admits to something doesn't testify under oath just a few months previously that it was the other person fault, true? I don't want to give them ground for appeal or mistrial but seems like in closing you could pretty much tell the jury that the only reason she has changed her testimony is because she thinks it will look better to the jury.
Consider getting the lender involved. They are on the hook for the dealer’s fraud because of holder liability. Her claims/defenses against the dealer follow the loan. The bank will have indemnity rights against the dealer and can put extra pressure on it to make this go away.
don’t tell them, just ask the rhetorical question. Or even better - draw a timeline up on a whiteboard, then ask the rhetorical question and look at the whiteboard. then erase it when you’re done closing and it’s magic - no appellate issue
and just found out we are set #1 in four weeks on a monday. the prior friday-sunday i'm playing in a member guest golf tournament in south texas. fuck me.
Had a zoom docket call this morning. Last night the coordinator send an email to everyone to remind them to appear with the zoom link State Farm and allstate have one efile address for their offices here so of course both of them replied all to 125 lawyers asking which case was set. Cool
Soft tissue MVA jury trial with like $16k in meds. My choices for testifying medical expert are chiro that she saw like 10 times, PT that she saw like 10 times, or ortho that referred her to PT that she saw once. Who you going with ? I don't even think PTs or chiros are competent to give causation testimony but there's a rebuttable presumption that the incurred medicals are necessary and related and you don't technically have to have any medical experts. I've done it without a medical expert and OC moved for directed verdict at trial and judge denied their motion. OC in this case didn't hire any experts.
Here, chiros can testify to causation. I’m generally really skeptical of them, but some can make pretty good witnesses as long as you voir dire hard on it. That said, I’d probably go with the ortho and get him to explain the need for PT and the benefits of chiro.
If budget is no issue I would call the ortho + at least one of the others; whoever makes the best witness. Have ortho do all the foundational stuff and causation. Have the other witness talk about the client's efforts to improve, a discussion of the exercises and treatment, how pain affects mobility et cetera.
Another reply all by a partner at a defense firm taking an unreal amount of discipline to not send him an email congratulating him on becoming a partner at a law firm without knowing the difference between reply and reply all
Had a hearing on an attorney fee lien on a WC claim a few weeks ago. Guy was asking for $15k on a fee because he had an offer of $60k. He provided no email or other evidence of the offer other than "trust me, bro...it happened." Hearing briefs were due a couple weeks ago on Friday. He was emailing and begging me to agree to a mutual extension to this past Friday, which I reluctantly agreed to do. Well, I guess he just decided to never file his hearing brief because I never got it, it's not filed in the court's system, and the judge's assistant says she never got anything.
I'm in favor of non suiting meds in cases where I think it will benefit my client. I don't view her meds as an anchor in this case. I think in cases where the property damage is really bad and everyone can tell it was a significant impact but where the meds are disproportionately low, it definitely makes sense. I'm not sure it really would help my client a ton in this case.
I had a WC lawyer make that same argument even though I did like a billion times more work. I got him to come down off that %/fee by a good bit.
I offered him $7,500 during mediation. It was an absolute gift of an offer, but I just wanted to bank the other $7,500 before year end. He refused and said he needed all $15k and wouldn't agree to less. So I took that personally and took it to trial, at which he showed up entirely unprepared via zoom wearing a polo shirt and stuttering while trying to figure out what work he had personally done on the case. He tendered his case management software notes that literally had zero entries by him or any other attorney at his firm. I objected as hearsay assuming he would make a business records exception argument, which would strengthen my position that he did not work on the case. He actually just let it go and let the notes not go into evidence, which surprised me.
I guess in theory the judge could still rule in his favor for something, so we'll see. The guy was an ass throughout the process though. Missed the pre-trial conference call. Wouldn't respond to judge's assistant regarding some docs needing to be signed. Had his associate handling everything up until the trial and then showed up utterly unprepared for the trial in a polo shirt. Didn't know what work had been done on the case. And then doesn't submit a hearing brief after begging for an extension. He should get nothing, but I'm not convinced he doesn't get a bone thrown in his direction.