by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
Most Halloween pranks are harmless enough. The worst thing I have seen in my neighborhood is tissue paper draped over trees. Some children, however, carry the trick-or-treat tradition too far. Occasionally, a child will damage someone’s property. Parents...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
This is another story of a jury reaching an apparently irrational verdict in a death and injury case. Stories suggesting aberrant jury behavior are reported regularly in the national press. Although those who sit on juries are ordinary people, often our collective...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
With Halloween approaching, this may be a good time to advise parents about their legal responsibility for their children’s intentional acts that harm others. Most Halloween pranks are relatively harmless. Some children, however, carry the trick-or-treat...
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
Publicity about occasional large and seemingly irrational jury verdicts results in an unrealistic view of jurors. The prevailing view seems to be that jurors share the blame with lawyers for rapidly rising insurance rates and increases in product and service costs....
by azguy | Sep 11, 2025
“Tort reform” continues to be the most actively debated issue affecting our legal system. Arguably, some juries award too much to injured accident victims, and certainly others award too little. Placing a monetary value on physical or emotional injury is an...
