http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/long-island-pharmacy-massacre/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/long-island-pharmacy-massacre/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:32 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27511 Four people were killed when pill addict David Laffer robbed a Medford, N.Y. pharmacy. Now the survivors of victim Jamie Taccetta are suing a variety of defendants including the drugstore whose pharmacist was killed, the Suffolk County police and a former commissioner, “and pharmaceutical companies that make the drug oxycodone.” [CBS New York, Newsday]

Tags: Long Island, pharmaceuticals, third party liability for crime

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Tags: Long Island, third party liability for crime

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Tags: Long Island, watch what you say about lawyers

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Tags: assumption of risk, golf, Long Island

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Suffolk County, New York’s new animal abuse registry [Scott Greenfield and more vs. Elie Mystal]

Examining Dems’ “flood of outside campaign money” claims [Baseball Crank, Sullum]

“Reverse bill stuffer” turns tables on firms’ efforts to amend fine print [David Horton, Prawfs]

Occupational licensure and economic sclerosis in Greece [NYT]

Phoenix cops’ unsettling evidence-plant “joke” [Coyote]

Legal Left trying to set up argument for Thomas recusal on Obamacare challenge? [Steele, LEF]

“How Fannie and Freddie Became a $363 Billion Liability” [John Hudson, Atlantic Wire]

“Lawsuit of the Day: Kid Injured by ‘Deleterious’ Hot Sauce” [Legal Blog Watch]

Tags: animal rights, campaign regulation, food safety, Long Island, mortgages, Phoenix, recusals

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Tags: insurance, Long Island

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1978 accident settlement: “Old check for $17,500 found in woman’s nightstand drawer” [Orlando Sentinel]

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Tags: allergies, attorneys' fees, chasing clients, forum shopping, libel slander and defamation, Long Island, salt, United Kingdom

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“California’s Largest Cities and Counties Spent More Than $500 Million in Litigation Costs in Two Years” [CACALA]

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Too bad judges are so reluctant to sanction lawyers for filing papers that contain false assertions [Coleman]

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Congratulations to superlative juryblogger Anne Reed, picked to run Wisconsin Humane Society [Deliberations; also Turkewitz]

Tags: California, guns, immigration law, legal blogs, Long Island, schools, taxpayers, trade dress

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Tags: attorneys' fees, Long Island, schools

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