Overlawyered » Madison County http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 14:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Madison County: no more trial dates for unfiled cases http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/madison-county-no-more-trial-dates-for-unfiled-cases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=madison-county-no-more-trial-dates-for-unfiled-cases http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/madison-county-no-more-trial-dates-for-unfiled-cases/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:56:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=28684 “A state court judge in Madison County, Ill., [has] ordered an end to the court’s practice of allotting trial dates to local asbestos plaintiffs firms before they had filed any cases. The order was hailed by defense advocacy groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Tort Reform Association, which have long criticized [...]

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]]> “A state court judge in Madison County, Ill., [has] ordered an end to the court’s practice of allotting trial dates to local asbestos plaintiffs firms before they had filed any cases. The order was hailed by defense advocacy groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Tort Reform Association, which have long criticized Madison County’s system on the grounds that it allowed local firms to market their trial slots to out-of-state plaintiffs.” [AmLaw Litigation Daily, sub-only; Chamber-backed Madison County Record]

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  • Trial lawyer TV: mistranslation, plaintiff’s experts were instrumental in “Anderson Cooper 360″ CNN story trying to keep sudden-acceleration theory alive [Corp Counsel, Toyota, PDF, background]
  • “Can I get a form to file a police complaint?” No. No, you can’t [Balko]
  • Madison County lawyer runs for judgeship [MCRecord; earlier on her columnist-suing past]
  • RIP Dan Popeo, founder and head of Washington Legal Foundation [Mark Tapscott, Examiner]
  • Louisiana: “Church Ordered to Stop Giving Away Free Water” [Todd Starnes, Fox via Amy Alkon]
  • Developer of “Joustin’ Beaver” game files for declaratory judgment against singer Justin Bieber’s trademark, publicity claims [THR, Esq.]
  • “Why are Indian reservations so poor?” [John Koppisch, Forbes] “Payday loans head to the Indian reservations” [Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason] Tribal recognition: high-stakes D.C. game where lobbyists get the house rake-off [Chris Edwards, Cato]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/march-5-roundup-3/feed/ 0     Metro-East’s own Gothic horror? http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/metro-easts-own-gothic-horror/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metro-easts-own-gothic-horror http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/metro-easts-own-gothic-horror/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:31:05 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27614 To the editors of the Chamber-backed Madison County Record, some of the courthouses in the section of Illinois east of St. Louis recall Daphne Du Maurier’s “Jamaica Inn” and its gang of cutthroat shipwreckers. Tweet Tags: Madison County

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    ]]>     To the editors of the Chamber-backed Madison County Record, some of the courthouses in the section of Illinois east of St. Louis recall Daphne Du Maurier’s “Jamaica Inn” and its gang of cutthroat shipwreckers.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/metro-easts-own-gothic-horror/feed/ 1     February 14 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-14-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-14-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-14-roundup-2/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:08:05 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27567 “Brazil Sues Twitter in Bid to Ban Speed Trap and Roadblock Warnings” [ABA Journal] Obama nominates Michigan trial lawyer Marietta Robinson to vacancy on Consumer Product Safety Commission, ensuring aggressively pro-regulatory majority [Bluey, Heritage] “AMA reports show high cost of malpractice suits” [HCFN] “Average expense to defend against a medical liability claim in 2010 was [...]

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  • “Brazil Sues Twitter in Bid to Ban Speed Trap and Roadblock Warnings” [ABA Journal]
  • Obama nominates Michigan trial lawyer Marietta Robinson to vacancy on Consumer Product Safety Commission, ensuring aggressively pro-regulatory majority [Bluey, Heritage]
  • “AMA reports show high cost of malpractice suits” [HCFN] “Average expense to defend against a medical liability claim in 2010 was $47,158″ [American Medical News, more] Survey of 1,200 orthopedic surgeons finds defensive medicine rife, at cost of billions, accounting for 7 percent of all hospital admissions [MedPageToday]
  • “Sue us only in Delaware” bylaws would kill off forum-shopping and what fun is that? [Bainbridge, Reuters]
  • Trial by media: Lefty “SourceWatch” posts, then deletes, docs from Madison County pesticide suit [Madison County Record]
  • Think you’ve beaten FCPA rap? Meet the obscure “Travel Act” [Mike Emmick, Reuters] Federal court expands “honest services fraud” in lobbying case [Paul Enzinna, Point of Law]
  • “On the horrors of getting approval for an ice-cream parlour in San Francisco” [NYT via Doctorow/BoingBoing]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-14-roundup-2/feed/ 1     Illinois court: don’t blame railroad for asbestos delivery http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/illinois-court-dont-blame-railroad-for-asbestos-delivery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illinois-court-dont-blame-railroad-for-asbestos-delivery http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/illinois-court-dont-blame-railroad-for-asbestos-delivery/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:43:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27383 “This January, the justices stopped [attorney James] Wylder’s argument dead in its tracks once again, concluding that the McLean County Circuit Court should have dismissed his three negligence suits against Illinois Central Railroad. Wylder had argued that Illinois Central was responsible for the alleged asbestos-related injuries of workers at an asbestos plant because the asbestos [...]

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    ]]>     “This January, the justices stopped [attorney James] Wylder’s argument dead in its tracks once again, concluding that the McLean County Circuit Court should have dismissed his three negligence suits against Illinois Central Railroad. Wylder had argued that Illinois Central was responsible for the alleged asbestos-related injuries of workers at an asbestos plant because the asbestos had arrived there by rail.” [Chamber's Madison County Record, more; background on "asbestos conspiracy" line of Illinois cases, LNL]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/illinois-court-dont-blame-railroad-for-asbestos-delivery/feed/ 0     February 6 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-6-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-6-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-6-roundup-3/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:02:14 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27368 “A 4-Page Playdate Waiver? Is This the New Normal?” [Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids; our 2000 post on "Rise of the High-School Sleepover Disclaimer"] Spirit Airlines sets what it calls DOTUC fee, for “Dept. of Transportation Unintended Consequences” [Stoll] How fairly are fathers treated in family court? [Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly via Alkon] “‘Insider’ Trading by [...]

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  • “A 4-Page Playdate Waiver? Is This the New Normal?” [Lenore Skenazy, Free-Range Kids; our 2000 post on "Rise of the High-School Sleepover Disclaimer"]
  • Spirit Airlines sets what it calls DOTUC fee, for “Dept. of Transportation Unintended Consequences” [Stoll]
  • How fairly are fathers treated in family court? [Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly via Alkon]
  • “‘Insider’ Trading by the Representative Plaintiff in Shareholder Litigation” [Bainbridge]
  • “Donation controversy focuses attention on Madison County asbestos litigation” [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chamber-backed LNL]
  • Update: Appeals court reinstates Duluth doc’s defamation claims [DNT, earlier here, here, here; "bedside manner" criticism]
  • U.K.: “‘Psychic’ Sally Morgan Sues Critics for £150,000 After Refusing $1 Million to Prove Her Powers” [D.J. Grothe, HuffPo] “She’ll be calling witnesses such as ‘an uncle, or father, or a man… with a b in his first name’.” [@thegagthief]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-6-roundup-3/feed/ 1     “Madison County judge reassigned after receiving campaign contributions” http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:14:35 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26256 “Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder was dropped Tuesday from hearing all asbestos cases less than a week after her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from three metro-east asbestos law firms.” [Belleville News-Democrat, followup (says she'll return money); Chamber-backed Madison/St. Clair Record, followup] Tweet Tags: asbestos, Illinois, judicial elections, Madison County

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    ]]>     “Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder was dropped Tuesday from hearing all asbestos cases less than a week after her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from three metro-east asbestos law firms.” [Belleville News-Democrat, followup (says she'll return money); Chamber-backed Madison/St. Clair Record, followup]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/feed/ 3     That should take care of the annoyance problem http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/that-should-take-care-of-the-annoyance-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=that-should-take-care-of-the-annoyance-problem http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/that-should-take-care-of-the-annoyance-problem/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:06:41 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25177 A judge has ruled that the notice to class members of a class action over unsolicited faxes should be delivered by … fax [Christina Stueve, Madison County Record; related editorial] Tweet Tags: class actions, Madison County

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/that-should-take-care-of-the-annoyance-problem/feed/ 2     September 27 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-27-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-27-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-27-roundup/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:35:58 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24686 Unauthorized practice of law (UPL) regulation tends to serve interests of lawyers, not consumers [Thomas Morgan, Gillian Hadfield and more, Eric Rasmusen, George Leef, William Henderson, all at last week's Truth on the Market symposium; Bader/Examiner; related Greenfield on "lawyer practitioner" idea] In which I am described as a “voice of reason” on the notion [...]

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  • Unauthorized practice of law (UPL) regulation tends to serve interests of lawyers, not consumers [Thomas Morgan, Gillian Hadfield and more, Eric Rasmusen, George Leef, William Henderson, all at last week's Truth on the Market symposium; Bader/Examiner; related Greenfield on "lawyer practitioner" idea] In which I am described as a “voice of reason” on the notion of lawyer-deregulation [Greenfield, Bader/Open Market, earlier]
  • Trial lawyer stimulus: Obama jobs bill requires states to waive defenses to lawsuits [Joel Griffith, Big Government]
  • Because it’s done such a great job with drugs: government panel calls for heavier FDA hand in restricting availability of medical devices [Wajert, Beck, FairWarning] Better idea: “Moving to a Safety-Only [FDA] System” [Tabarrok on Boldrin/Swamidass]
  • “Do we really need a breastfeeding discrimination law?” [Hyman]
  • Welcome forum-shoppers: “St. Clair County [Ill.] Courthouse overflowing with out-of-towner law suits” [Madison County Record]
  • Lawyers in black-farmer action deploy Cornell’s Theodore Eisenberg in quest for $90.8 million payday [BLT]
  • “Ohio Man Sues Coworkers Who Won’t Share Mega Millions Lottery Win” [AOL; more on the evergreen lawsuit genre of co-worker lottery suits]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-27-roundup/feed/ 0     Chicago neurosurgeons pay $4500/wk in med-mal premiums http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/chicago-neurosurgeons-pay-4500wk-in-med-mal-premiums/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chicago-neurosurgeons-pay-4500wk-in-med-mal-premiums http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/chicago-neurosurgeons-pay-4500wk-in-med-mal-premiums/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:33:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23788 Neurosurgeons in Cook and four other counties pay nearly $230,000 a year, obstetricians nearly $140,000, and general surgeons nearly $100,000. The legislature in Springfield had voted liability limits, but last year the Illinois Supreme Court, in a decision hailed by organized plaintiff’s lawyers but condemned as lawless by many others, struck down those limits. [Heather [...]

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    ]]>     Neurosurgeons in Cook and four other counties pay nearly $230,000 a year, obstetricians nearly $140,000, and general surgeons nearly $100,000. The legislature in Springfield had voted liability limits, but last year the Illinois Supreme Court, in a decision hailed by organized plaintiff’s lawyers but condemned as lawless by many others, struck down those limits. [Heather Perlberg, Medill]

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