Comments on: October 12 roundup

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:07:03 +0000

Serves me right for relying too heavily on news clips in the item.

By: Max Kennerly

Max Kennerly — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:53:29 +0000

Walter,

I had to click through your “john morgan” tag to figure out why you called him a “med-mal titan.” Sure, Morgan & Morgan does their fair share of med-mal, but I wouldn’t call them a “med-mal” firm because that implies they’re specialized and focused on med-mal.

It’s undoubtedly less than 10% of their work; I bet they make 2x or more off car accidents as med-mal. The firm as a whole is a more general “personal injury” firm, with some growth into other sector like mass torts and even some non-injury work like social security disability.

Just FYI.

By: Bumper

Bumper — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:25:49 +0000

William,

Political correctness run amuck, and I can almost guarantee you that there was a faculty advisor or dean with their thumb on the scale of justice.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:20:42 +0000

The last item with the Gonzalo Lara link is very interesting. Taking the blog post as reliable, one wonders why very intelligent, in the SAT sense, believe fantastic claims without corroboration. Senator Franken did this in the Jones case, and many did so in the recent controversy involving the Davis execution. And, of course, there was the Duke Lacrosse case.