The LitiGatorMichigan lawyers specializing in civil litigationSigning off- March 21, 2004 This will be the last post on this weblog. We have been at it for about 20 months now, and it has been a rewarding experience. But the technical problems with Radio have proven to be intolerable. For the second time in a month, we have found that new postings andor edited postings have not been posted to the site for several days after they were created. There is no reason that a user should have to accept such a poor level of service. The...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/2004/03/20.html#a547 Disputed forensic evidence- March 20, 2004 Two reports in recent days involving forensic evidence disputes: Cardiologist: FenPhen Trust Conspired To Destroy Her A physician who was named as a defendant by the Settlement Trustee in the Fen-Phen cases, and accused of falsifying numerous echocardiograms, has filed a counterclaim alleging that: Specific cases that she had identified as showing a compensable injury are now being used by the trust to train its examiners to reject legitimate claims, despite the fact that the trust's...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/2004/03/20.html#a546 Putting the fun back in- March 10, 2004 A group in Britain has published The Dead Good Funerals Book, providing ideas for alternative services for those who believe that funerals are too damned somber. They are sponsoring a contest to see who can come up with a better coffin design. Numerous different disposal alternatives are described, but I see nothing about setting Viking longboats aflame.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/2004/03/09.html#a545 Too narrow a view- March 10, 2004 Last week, on her radio show, I heard Laura Ingraham repeat a fallacy commonly voiced by those who do not fully understand the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech. The free speech guarantee should not apply to pornography, she said (referring to all forms of sexual expression and not just to the much more narrow concept of obscenity) because the Founders intended the free speech clause to protect political speech and certainly did not intend it to protect speech,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/2004/03/09.html#a544 Vigilante justice- March 9, 2004 Cops Kill Man Breaking into Sex Offender's Home - "Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man attempting to break into the home of a registered sex offender who police warned neighbors might still be abusing children. Authorities on Monday defended their decision to circulate a flier in a Bakersfield neighborhood identifying Vincent Verdile as a registered sex offender even though the information was 'completely unsubstantiated...' On Saturday, police shot and killed Gabriel Angel Garcia, who..http://radio.weblogs.com/0110436/2004/03/08.html#a543 |