2025 October

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The power press exception to the WC exclusive-remedy rule

These can be easy claims to bring if you understand the intricacies of the statute, and defendant employer has the proper insurance. There are very significant injuries leading to high damages.

James (“Jim”) G. Butler

From Issue: 2025 October

When the hostile workplace is your home office

Experts theorize that remote colleagues lack a personal connection to each other that makes them more willing to engage in harmful behavior, often evidenced in electronic communications

William C. Jhaveri-Weeks
Jacqueline Crispino

From Issue: 2025 October

Redacted! Sorry, but I’d like the names, please

Using Paniagua to discover the names and contact information for witnesses listed in traffic-collision reports of similar prior incidents

Lucas A. Whitehill

From Issue: 2025 October

Dunbar’s number

Managing meaningful relationships in an ever-expanding world

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2025 October

Appellate Briefs

MICRA and claims based on generally applicable duties of care, as opposed to “professional negligence”

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2025 October

E-scooters and e-bikes: Liability in the e-mobility era

Thinking beyond the accident scene to find responsible parties and theories of liability

James G. Perry

From Issue: 2025 October

Tax treatment of settlements reached when the case is on appeal

A look at cases that settle after a verdict, either with punitive damages or on which interest is running, with special attention to taxes on the legal fees paid

Robert W. Wood

From Issue: 2025 October

Pretrial settlements and their impact on your verdict

Calculating and reducing setoffs in personal-injury and medical-malpractice cases

Benjamin T. Ikuta
Michael Jeandron

From Issue: 2025 October

Don’t bogart that joint (session), my friend

My theory on why joint opening sessions have become less common in mediation

Michael G. Balmages

From Issue: 2025 October