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'I Would Avoid Blacks on This Jury': Will a Secret Memo See a Murder Case Overturned?

Attorney Stephen Reba found the memo amid a sheaf of loose papers in one of 10 banker boxes left over from the 2007 murder trial of a coastal Georgia physician.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Crespo v. Hughes, PICS Case No. 17-1227 (Pa. Super. July 18, 2017) Ransom, J. (35 pages).

Trial court erred in precluding plaintiff's conviction for receipt of stolen property, where crimen falsi evidence was per se admissible, and where evidence of the conviction was relevant to plaintiff's wage loss claim. Judgment reversed in part and affirmed in part, case remanded for new trial on damages.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Five Legal Stories to Distract You From Thoughts of Armageddon

Here are five legal stories from around the web to get your mind off whether you should start building a bomb shelter. Hello boob photos, a plaintiffs lawyer having a temper tantrum, disastrous blind dates, celebrities with herpes and poop. See, aren't you feeling better already?
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Intensive-Need Kids Medical Case Goes to Federal Appeals Court

A legal battle will continue about whether Florida's Medicaid program has provided proper services to children with severe medical conditions.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Damages Trial Ordered in Nursing Home Liability Row

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ordered a new trial on compensatory damages against a nursing home management services provider, as well as on punitive damages against that company and its nursing home client in a long-running suit over a resident's death.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Statements to Board About Doctor's Drug Usage Protected

A doctor cannot proceed with claims that a physician's assistant who treated him was guided by personal animus in an alleged attempt to damage his reputation by informing an investigator of his request for prescription pills, the Superior Court has ruled.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Reed Smith's Sher Talks About Molina's $52 Million ACA Win and What's Next

A federal judge ruled on Aug. 4 that Molina Healthcare, based in California, is owed $52 million from the federal government under the ACA's Risk Corridor Program. Its lead outside counsel talks about the victory and what's next in this and related cases.
17 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ehrlich v. Sorokin

Evidence of Informed Consent Erroneously Admitted Where Plaintiff Did Not Raise Lack of Informed Consent Claim
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

GNC Dodges Potential Consumer Class Action Over Website

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a nascent class action against vitamin and nutritional supplement chain GNC alleging the company's website violated New Jersey state consumer law.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian v. Price

9th Cir.; 15-56547 The court of appeals reversed a district court judgment and remanded. The court held that the Secretary of Health and Human Services…
3 minute read

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