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• Handling the Analytical Juror

  Robert Blanchard | February 14, 2007 4:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Different jurors have differing ways of analyzing the information that you present to them. I often urge lawyers to present evidence in ways that covers the concerns of the whole jury. To do this, some experts recommend that the personality type of the jurors be considered.Learning to identify and categorize jurors according to personality type is an incredibly valuable skill in jury...

• Police Officer Flipped Vehicle Due to Hydroplaning

  Shannon Weidemann | February 10, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An officer of the Pensacola Police Force flipped his police cruiser while driving on Interstate 10 on January 27th. It had rained most of the day resulting in standing water on the road. Officer Young was driving 45 miles an hour, which is the speed limit, when he hit a patch of water. His car hydroplaned, ran into the concrete barrier, and flipped over. He suffered minor injuries. There...

• Women Killed Car Traveling the Wrong Direction

  Shannon Weidemann | February 07, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A woman from Panama City was killed while driving in the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 98 in an accident on Friday.Baheejah T. Jackson, age 26, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lane when he hit the car being driven by Ruth J. Lakey, age 76, head on. Lakey's car was then hit another time by a car driven by Russell Mann, age 69. Lakey was pronounced dead at Sacred Heart. Mann was...

• Vaccine Makers Exempt from the Law

  Robert Blanchard | February 05, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  As the debate heats up over the HPV vaccination for young girls (pushed heavily by Merck), it should be mentioned that the normal tort laws for injuries from the product do not apply to vaccines. They can injure and kill and there is no liability. There is a federal compensation system, however, and the whole scheme is designed to promote vaccinations. That's ok as long as vaccinations are...