by Tim Cullen | Jun 13, 2013 | Arkansas Supreme Court
From the Arkansas Judiciary website: In anticipation of coming e-filing, the Supreme Court will allow filers to submit electronic versions of filings in addition to traditional paper filings, starting August 1. Pilot program for electronic briefs will end July 31....
by Tim Cullen | Jun 12, 2013 | 8th Circuit
Congratulations to Matt Lindsay for prevailing in this appeal. The short per curiam decision has limited precedential value, but it is interesting that the panel granted our motion to strike parts of the appellant’s reply brief where they raised arguments that...
by Tim Cullen | Jun 5, 2013 | Arkansas Court of Appeals
This decision handed down today (June 5, 2013) by the Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s order granting summary judgment in a malpractice case. The plaintiff developed an infection at an epidural site. She alleged the infection would not have...
by Tim Cullen | Jun 5, 2013 | Arkansas Supreme Court
On May 16, 2013, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a decision in TEMCO v. Gann, 2013 Ark. 202. Like many decisions this term, the Court was sharply divided, with two dissents joined by three members of the Court. The crux of the decision was whether three of the...
by Tim Cullen | Jun 4, 2013 | 8th Circuit
The remarkable thing about this case is it was tried to a jury verdict twice. And both juries awarded $1,000,000. There is also an interesting discussion of whether anatomical drawings used by a witness were substantive or merely demonstrative. Click here for the...
