Brian Melley

November 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Matthew Gee, a linebacker on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured an estimated 6,000 hits as a college athlete, lawyers for his widow said. They alleged those impacts caused permanent brain damage, and led to cocaine and alcohol abuse that eventually killed him at age 49.

By Brian Melley | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 06, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Truth Aquatics, which owned the Conception, filed an action under a pre-Civil War provision of maritime law that allows it to limit its liability, a time-tested legal maneuver that has been successfully employed by owners of the Titanic and countless other crafts.

By Brian Melley

6 minute read

December 23, 2004 | Law.com

Officials Tuesday abruptly postponed a driver's license test for a medical marijuana user with a case before the U.S. Supreme Court after her lawyer claimed she was being unfairly targeted for review. Diane Monson, who uses marijuana to relieve back pain, is a plaintiff in a case that will determine whether federal law enforcement agents can seize pot grown by users in states where it can be legally prescribed as medicine.

By Brian Melley

2 minute read