Governmental Torts Claim Limits Recovery

on Jan 24 in Uncategorized tagged Governmental Torts Claim, Tort Reform

A Broken Arrow man hit by a bus has few options because the Oklahoma Governmental Torts Claim Act limits what the school district pays out for the accident, even though the police report states the bus driver was at fault,  read the full story here: tate Law Leaves Broken Arrow Man Hit By Bus Few Options – NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com |.

Arkansas High Court Strikes Provision In Tort-Reform Law – The Times Record: State News

on Jan 23 in Uncategorized tagged Arkansas, Tort Reform

The Arkansas state Supreme Court struck down another provision of Arkansas’ tort reform law Thursday. This follows a move by many state supreme courts to find legislation passed to restrictive and unconstitutional in allowing people to have access to the civil justice system. Read the full story here: Arkansas High Court Strikes Provision In Tort-Reform Law – The Times Record: State News.

 

Ex-jailer indicted in assault case

on Jan 19 in Uncategorized tagged Civil Rights, Department of Justice

The United Stated Department of Justice has recently stepped up efforts in Oklahoma looking into violations of Civil Rights. A jailer was indicted yesterday by a grand jury in the Federal Eastern District of Muskogee: read the complete story here: Ex-jailer indicted in assault case.

 

Bankruptcy Woes Trickle Down To American Airlines’ Vendors

on Dec 19 in Uncategorized tagged American Airlines, AMR, Chapter 11

Local Tulsa companies are going to feel the sting of American Airlines recent Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing in the Southern District of New York’s Bankruptcy Court.  Good piece form News on 6 here:

Bankruptcy Woes Trickle Down To American Airlines’ Vendors – NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com |.

Booking video released in Cherokee County Jail lawsuit

on Dec 14 in Uncategorized tagged Civil Rights, Eastern District of Oklahoma, Police Brutiality

Sever new stories surrounding a Federal Civil Rights case involving one of our clients in the Eastern District of Oklahoma:

Booking video released in Cherokee County Jail lawsuit.

Judge rules against OK Department of Human Services

on Nov 16 in Uncategorized tagged Department of Human Services, DHS, Federal Court, Foster Children, Oflahoma Western District

As the battle continues to find the truth about how DHS handled, or mishandled, its case loads, the foster children were granted a victory allowing their case to proceed towards trial in February. Complete story here: Tulsa federal judge rules against Oklahoma Department of Human Services

 

Chamber of Commerce’s Hypocritical Board Members

on Nov 05 in Uncategorized tagged Chamber of Commerce, Tort Reform

As so many fight to have their voices heard in the court room, there is a swelling tide to keep their voices silent.  It often amazes me how the “do as I say, not as I do” that corporate America and the Chamber of Commerce continues to tell half truths.  This article tells the story of how the very members that are funding the newspaper articles and public relation machine, are using the very system they despise to promote their own corporate agendas and silence competitors.  The entire copy of the article can be found here: Fighting for Justice.

Oklahoma attorneys work to fund, distribute Thanksgiving meals

on Oct 25 in Uncategorized tagged Lawyers

If you know of a family in need please have they come by one of our food distribution points, so that we may all share in the bounty over the holidays. Complete story here:

 

Oklahoma attorneys work to fund, distribute Thanksgiving meals | NewsOK.com.

 

Severly Injured Persons May Be Bared From the Courtroom

on Oct 21 in Uncategorized tagged Georgia Supreme Court, medical malpractice

I was amazed when I read this article.  The fact that the judiciary is considering baring a plantiffs from being in the courtroom during their own case, means that there really is no ennd to how far some special interest groups will go to block access to the judicial system.  The fact that a severly injured person might “cause the jury to be biased toward the plaintiff based on sympathy” is the issue at hand.  Let us all hope that when the Georgia Supreme Court takes this issue up, they rule on the side of access to the court system. You can read the complete story here  : Case of disabled girl prompts tricky issue.

Bridgestone to plead guilty to bribery; pay $28 million fine

on Oct 06 in Uncategorized tagged bribery, Bridgestone, fine

 

It never ceases to amaze us the depths companies will go in perusing a profit. See the complete story here: Thomson Reuters News & Insight.