A man was fatally injured in a Long Beach pedestrian accident after he was struck by a big rig the morning of February 8, 2010. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the man was crossing Wardlow Road at Santa Fe Avenue in a marked crosswalk, when a large truck hit him as it made a turn. ...

I didn't even realize this was a milestone that had not yet been reached, but apparently it is:Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is recommending to President Obama that he nominate for the first time ever an openly gay male to serve on the federal bench, according to the senator’s office. The senator has ...

The city of Torrance is situated within the bustling region of Los Angeles County and has approximately 140,820 residents. Based on the 2009 California Population Estimate of 149,111, Torrance is expected to become the eighth largest city in LA County as well as the 35th largest in the state of Cali ...

The following article was published Monday, February 8th in the Palm Beach Post News, and was written by Susan Spencer-Wendel. It refers to one of my recent cases.   IQ tests key in Palm Beach County trial that is longest delayed death penalty case in state WEST PALM BEACH — His is on ...

I have a confession to make: Im incredibly lazy. If you follow me around the intertubes this may surprise you: I post daily on my website, contribute robustly on three forums, and twitter all the live long day. So how do I do it? My key to action: no-ones too lazy to do something fun. So how do you ...

Miami Beach's own Gerald Posner, who recently was the talk of the town with his salacious book Miami Babylon, has been suspended by The Daily Beast for lifting passages from prior articles, including the Herald:On Friday, it looked like writer Gerald Posner had his minor plagiarism scandal under con ...

After three years of a bitter divorce battle, a Connecticut man, Richard Shenkman, allegedly kidnapped his ex-wife, Nancy Tyler, holding her at gunpoint and burning down their former home. He also allegedly burned down Ms. Tyler’s beach house two years earlier. Mr. Shenkman had been ordered by the d ...

Amber Scott is suing the city of Huntington Beach for Orange County, California personal injury. The 37-year-old woman claims that she broke her elbow during a fall accident on an uneven sidewalk last December. Scott claims that the city is liable for her Huntington Beach trip and fall injuries be ...

The confluence of law and technology is a topic of constant interest among attorneys, discussed in one form or another at almost every large professional gathering. At the ABA's 2010 Midyear Meeting, held Friday in Orlando -- because what could be more fun than a bunch of lawyers running around the ...

Cell phone use while driving has been in the news a lot lately, thanks in part to a recently announced Department of Transportation ban on text messaging while driving for interstate truckers and bus drivers. Here in Florida, Palm Beach County commissioners are considering a ban on cell phone use wh ...