Profile: Gilbert L. Purcell
A prolific asbestos litigator for 25 years, this Oklahoma native also can be found driving race cars and rehabbing an old house.
Stephen Ellison

Trial technology: Is TrialDirector™ right for you?
When you’re trying to impeach a witness at trial, it’s no time to be fumbling to find a key photograph or a paragraph in a long document. TrialDirector™ helps you build a database of evidence and exhibits and access them quickly. It’s technology that complements PowerPoint™ presentations.
Ted Brooks

Don’t get bitten by your dog-bite case
Just because a dog bite often involves strict liability doesn’t mean there can’t be complications. Avoid the eight common mistakes in discovery that could send your case to the doghouse.
Ron Berman

When the garden hose is the insurance policy
The damages exceed insurance limits, and the value of defendant’s real property value has risen but his liability insurance has not been kept up. A collection attorney looks at when and how to go after hard assets, how to bargain for them, and when to settle for the insurance policy limits.
David J. Cook

“Bleed Air” products liability actions filed against Boeing and Airbus
A Public Justice lawsuit charges that Boeing has known for years about the adverse health effects that can result when toxic engine oil fumes are drawn into the cabin ventilation systems (known as “bleed air” systems), with debilitating effects on flight crews.
Mike Withey

Long-term care lawsuits: Sadly, a growth industry
Lawsuits against long-term care providers are on the rise and are increasingly based more on emotion and psychological trauma than true abuse or neglect. The author says elders’ families often need to be educated on long-term care issues.
David Hahklotubbe

The “rule of thumb” on domestic violence torts
The second in a series of articles on how domestic violence victims can be “plaintiffs.” The author demonstrates how civil causes of action can be brought against a host of players to obtain redress for the various forms of domestic violence.
Rick Friedling

Trial Practice & Procedure
Defeating a liability release
After signing a release of liability, your client is injured by weights in a gym, collides on a ski slope or falls off a horse. Is it assumption of the risk or contractual immunity, or is there a case for liability? The author discusses the nuances of liability releases.
William Veen and Anthony Label

 

Political Action for Animals
A San Francisco-based animal advocacy group, PawPAC, leads the fight in Sacramento to protect domestic, farm and wild animals. Plaintiff attorneys are needed.
Virginia Handley

Appellate Reports
Recent decisions of particular interest to plaintiffs’ attorneys, including: Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc., a decision on the collateral damage rule as it applies to plaintiffs covered by private health insurance.
Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich

A Winning Verdict
Are trial lawyers becoming extinct?
What happens if trial lawyers don’t try cases to a jury anymore?
J. Gary Gwilliam