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J&J Gains Defense Verdict in 1st Trial Linking Talc Product to Mesothelioma
A California jury has sided with Johnson & Johnson in the first trial over whether its iconic baby powder caused a woman to get mesothelioma.
The Absolute Immunity of Police Officer Witnesses
In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz writes: For a §1983 claim based upon a law enforcement officer's perjurious testimony to succeed, the plaintiff will have to overcome the officer's absolute witness immunity, which applies regardless of how malevolent the officer's wrongdoing, or how injurious it was to the arrestee, and even if it caused a wrongful conviction.
Capacity of Infants to Testify
Andrea M. Alonso and Kevin G. Faley discuss cases illustrative of the determination a court makes in weighing whether to accept a child's testimony.
Commonwealth v. King, PICS Case No. 17-0713 (Pa. Super July 12, 2017) Fitzgerald, J. (17 pages).
The Post Conviction Relief Act court appropriately granted defendant a preclusion order since the private interview prosecutors sought with defendant's trial counsel could easily have become a freewheeling inquiry into privileged matters falling outside the scope of defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The court affirmed an order of preclusion.
Meet the DC Judge Who Likely Oversees Mueller's Grand Jury
According to the local rules of the D.C. court, Chief Judge Beryl Howell will oversee any disputes arising from Mueller's probe.
White-Collar Lawyers: What to Know About Mueller's Trump-Russia Grand Jury
Special counsel Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury to investigate Russian interference in last year's presidential elections.
Court Rules Jury Can Hear Cosby's Quaaludes Testimony at Trial
A Montgomery County judge has ruled in Bill Cosby's criminal case that prosecutors may reference evidence from a 2005 civil deposition in which Cosby admitted to using Quaaludes to have sex with a woman. But other references to the civil case will be prohibited.
Court Rules Jury Can Hear Cosby's Quaaludes Testimony at Trial
A Montgomery County judge has ruled in Bill Cosby's criminal case that prosecutors may reference evidence from a 2005 civil deposition in which Cosby admitted to using Quaaludes to have sex with a woman. But other references to the civil case will be prohibited.
The Spoliation Cause of Action: A Vampire in the Court System
Joseph S. Bavaro and Daniel Justus Solinsky write that despite the Court of Appeals seemingly driving a stake through the heart of the spoliation cause of action in 'Ortega v. City of New York,' like any good movie monster, somehow it appears to have mutated and survived, as a common law claim of tortious interference by an employer with an employee's cause of action against a third party.TRENDING STORIES
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