Insurance Defense Blog

This blawg focuses on civil litigation defense in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Author: Dave Stratton is a partner at Jordan Coyne & Savits in Washington, D.C.

Blawg Related Categories: Natural Disasters • Insurance Law • Tort Law • Medical Malpractice • States • District of Columbia • Partner

Recent Posts from Insurance Defense Blog

On personnel evaluations
A fitness report doesn't need to be flowery or verbose to be effective, as this one by George S. Patton shows: Download Omar Bradley fitrep
Reviewing your law firm network security - a framework
I was asked by our managing partner to outline possible steps to enhance our network security, and I thought I would share them more widely. I. At the individual work station level 1. Use stronger…
Failure to order complete trial transcript results in dismissal of Virginia appeal of $8.3 million verdict
A simple clerical error -- failing to order the complete trial transcript -- resulted in the dismissal of the Virginia appeal of a $8.3 million verdict and also spawned two other lawsuits. These events and…
Defamation per se in Virginia arising from summary of a judicial opinion
In Vaile v. Willick, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53619 (W.D. Va. July 14, 2008), a law student's defamation action against two lawyers survived the defendants' motion for summary judgment. The defendants practiced family law in…
Recent legal malpractice cases
I have blogged about a bunch of recent legal malpractice cases here.
Protective Order to allow ex parte communications by defense counsel with treating physicians
As the attached order shows, in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, it is possible to obtain such an order. This one was obtained by Farrell & Gunderson. .Download Retchin - Order Permitting…
Medical research on the internet
Thanks to Bespacific.com for the link to a fine up-to-date article about medical research on the internet. The article itself is here. My only criticism of it is that I don't think it covers the…
Selected law school websites
Regional Law School Sites Description Georgetown University Law Center Wide array of internet links, attractively organized, but takes some time to drill down. American University Catholic University Useful links for internet research. George Washington University…
Employment Law
Resource Description EEOC site New regulations, etc. U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Recent decisions and searchable database of decisions Findlaw Law Journal Extra See the employment page National Employment Lawyers Association ABA Law and Employment…
Insurance websites
The following are insurance-related links of interest to us. Site What's There Reinsurance Association of America You can order their directory of arbitrators National Association of Insurance Commissioners Keep abreast of regulatory developments. Captive Insurers…