Types of Lawyer Jokes Part 2 – Lawyers are Greedy

As you will remember from Part 1 of this series, lawyer jokes fall into several types. Here are some examples of Type 2- “Lawyers are Greedy”:
 A lawyer, a used car salesman and a banker were gathered by a coffin containing the body of an old friend. In his grief, one of the three said, “In my [...]

Rock Island County Arbitration Statistics

I attended a meeting today regarding Rock Island County Arbitration cases. The goal of the meeting was to decide what statistics the county should keep on these cases to help attorneys and arbitrators value cases.
The statistics they kept for the last year were very interesting:

19 – number of cases tried to a jury between June [...]

Statute of Limitations for Minors in Iowa

Typically, an injured person can wait until after they turn 18 to file a lawsuit. There are exceptions, however.
 One exception was made clear today in the case of Rucker vs. Humboldt Community School District. The Iowa Supreme Court held that, when the defendant is a municipality, officer or agent of a municipality, a minor must [...]

Important new Illinois Workers Comp case

New case – Gallagher v. Lenart: The Illinois Supreme Court made it clear that an employer’s waiver of a workers compensation lien must be clearly stated in the workers comp settlement contracts (the pink ones). The law used to be that an employer had to explicitly reserve its right to a lien under Section 5(b) [...]

Ah, malpractice in Illinois… again

Remember yesterday’s post about new insurance companies coming to Illinois?
 Now there’s this article saying that doctors are leaving Southern Illinois because of the changes to the wrongful death act (which allow the jury to consider emotional distress).
Now let’s look at this, shall we? Here are some quotes from the article:
“We had reform to try to [...]

New Malpractice Insurer in Illinois

The Trib has this article about a new Medical Malpractice Insurance company coming to Illinois – it’s notable because the company cites “tort reform” for its willingness to come to the Land of Lincoln.
Specifically, the article cites a recent change in law that limits damages for pain and suffering to $500,000 against doctors and $1,000,000 [...]

Types of Lawyer Jokes Part 1: The formerly racist joke

Q: What do you call 25 skydiving lawyers?
        A: Skeet.
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Q: What do you have if three lawyers are buried up to their necks in cement?
        A: Not enough cement.
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A man went to a brain store to get some brain to complete a study. He sees a sign remarking on [...]

Speeding? Illinois will take your license.

Illinois is wierd sometimes. I haven’t been pulled over since I’ve lived here (knock on wood… do it!), but I’ve heard from people who have, that the police will confiscate your driver’s license when you get a ticket.
That never made sense to me.
Apparently Illinois is the only state in the nation that does this. The [...]

The law of the Simpsons

In honor of the Simpsons movie (which just came out on Friday), I wanted to link this piece called the Law of the Simpsons.
 It uses some of the funnier law-related quotes from the show’s history, such as:
Lionel Hutz: Uh-oh. We’ve drawn Judge Snyder.
Marge: Is that bad?
Hutz: Well, he’s had it in for me ever since [...]