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Saturday, October 23, 2010

“Blind Attorney Goes From Supreme Court Clerk to Appellate Advocate”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cell Phone Liability Lawsuits Pre-empted by FCC, 3rd Circuit Rules; Suit named 19 defendants, including all of the major cell phone manufacturers and providers, as well as two trade associations”: Shannon P. Duffy will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Iowa court allows lawsuit over softball injuries”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An Iowa law limiting lawsuits in contact sports doesn’t prevent a softball player from suing a batter for injuries suffered when a bat hit him in the head, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The issue, the court said, is whether the batter’s action were intentional or reckless, and a jury must decide that.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman