Every once in a while I come across an uplifting story about a victim of severe traumatic brain injury making significant recovery.  I came across this story while perusing the Chicago Tribune, by Lisa Pevtzow Special to the Tribune November 20, 2009   Chicago Police Sgt. Mike Dine ...

Last week, a Frederick County jury found two doctors responsible for Ryan Dineen’s cerebral palsy and awarded the boy and his mother, Suzette Dineen, $4 million in damages. The award is thought to be the highest awarded for medical malpractice in the county.   According to the cerebral ...

Ryan Dineen has cerebral palsy, and it’s possible that he didn’t have to get it. On May 7, 2000, Ryan’s mother Suzette was brought into Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was suffering from abdominal pain and was vomiting. She was also pregnant. Frederick Memorial Hospital is not ...

In Maryland, a jury awarded the family of Ryan Dineen $3,991,000 for their cerebral palsy lawsuit. Ryan is now 9. His family’s Maryland cerebral palsy lawsuit accuses medical staff members at Frederick Memorial Hospital of medical malpractice related to Ryan’s birth in May 2000. Named as defendants ...

Amidst the economic downturn, many lawyers are finding themselves out of a job. Although many lucrative positions at large firms are gone, many are finding this as an opportunity to do work they are more passionate about. Dave Dineen is one of these lawyers. After graduating in 2004 from Boston Univ ...

"State dropping rape prosecution": Friday's edition of The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts contained an article that begins, "The state is no longer pursuing charges against a 59-year-old pharmacist who was accused of rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery. Assistant District A ...

Texas' death penalty is fast becoming the central focus of the national debate over capital punishment, both in the media and at the US Supreme Court - the poster child for a practice that's declining in most other states and nations. The American Constitution Society blog has a good preview of thre ...

Thanks to How Appealing, I see that the Fifth Circuit has issued a very lengthy opinion in US v. Fields, No. 04-50393 (5th Cir. Mar. 29, 2007) (available here), addressing whether the Confrontation Clause applies at the penalty phase of a capital case. I believe the circuit courts are split on this ...

At a ceremony in his courtroom this morning, Chief Judge Thad Heartfield's portrait was unveiled by his wife Cornelia and daughter Jennifer Heartfield Fleming. Presiding was Judge David Folsom, flanked by Fifth Circuit judges Carolyn Dineen King and Mr. King...

I was fortunate enough to attend the Marquette Law School Hallows Lecture earlier this week and hear Judge Carolyn Dineen King (5th Circuit, Carter appointee) lecture on federal judicial selection and its ramifications for judicial independence. In a nutshell (you...