I'm happy to announce that William A. Anderson, a soon-to-be graduate from the University of South Dakota and Watertown native, will be a contributor to The Watch. Here's a little more about William from William himself: Anyhow, I'm originally from Watertown, SD. ... (This fall) I'd like to finish up my degree and attend law school. Great. Just what we need, another lawyer! ;) Please welcome William to The Fray! His first posting is on Initiated Measure 11. (Oh, and Angie, you're still welcome here ...
August 17, 2008 04:48 am

Loss Of Chance of Survival Recoveries

(Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog)
... negligence in not treating his stomach cancer. This ruling based upon the theory of "loss of chance" damages is being applauded by plaintiffs'lawyers. The court held that the family could recover even though the victim had less than a 50-percent chance of ... Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The District of Columbia has also approved "loss of ...
August 16, 2008 07:33 pm
... Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Wyoming Source: Death Penalty Information Center Of the 46 states with the felony ... Texas death-row inmate Jeffery Wood's application to the state to be spared from his scheduled execution Aug. 21. Wood's lawyers also are comparing his case to that of Kenneth Foster, another Texas murder accomplice who was scheduled to be executed ...
August 13, 2008 11:04 pm
... am still trying to decide if it's worth the time. I suspect many legal professionals, from large firm lawyers to CIOs are asking the same question. My Web 2.0 / Social networking go-to-guy, Doug ... trip descriptions and what your friends are having for dinner. You may not care about my trip updates, until you notice that one of them is Washington, D.C. or that I plan to be in South Dakota at the same time as you. There is serendipity in the noise. It is fairly easy to filter the noise in Facebook. ...
August 4, 2008 01:23 pm

Sturgis Traffic Observations

(Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog)
... the Fort Worth area. There were far more than the normal amount of motorcycle riders traveling on this road, as many were headed to the famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. Sturgis draws about 500,000 motorcycle enthusiasts each year. I have never been, but I hear it is an unbelievable experience. I paid attention to the riders and all but one seemed to be excellent drivers. One idiot felt the need to play ...
August 3, 2008 03:59 pm

The FBI Should Release Its File on Bruce Ivins

(TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime)
... . The FBI views the suicide as a confession. In the absence of a suicide note that actually admits the crime, that assertion is speculative. Ivins' lawyer points out that people who are dogged with life-ruining accusations, true or false, might lose the will to live. Tom ... us at some point, how we're going to bring this to closure," said former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, whose office received a letter containing the deadly white powder in 2001. "It's been seven years, ...
August 2, 2008 06:42 pm

Hippotherapy (Horse) and Cerebral Palsy

(Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy " Birth Injury Blog)
... , NC Leslie Waters, PTA Level I leslie.m.waters@gmail.com Durham, NC North Dakota Pamela Upgren, OT Level I rpupgren@extendwireless.net Bismark, ND Ohio Renee Casady PT ... .com Portsmouth, RI Jessica Moreau, OTR/L Level I jessmoreau@yahoo.com Cranston, RI South Carolina Beth Wood, OT, HPCS** timandbethwood@earthlink.net Hodges, SC Angela Landry, OTR/L Level II Angela.Landry@ncmail.net Morgantown, SC South Dakota Lori Dump, OTR Level I hearts1257@yahoo.com Valley Springs, SD Tennessee Jennifer Allen ...
July 26, 2008 04:58 pm
... job and represent her clients-and couldn't. Meanwhile, like the Minnehaha County Treasurer's Office/State of South Dakota disagreement over the new licensing system, another county agency comes grinding to a halt. The state doesn't want to be liable if an inmate goes Postal on a PDO. The County hasn ... path of bad blood and poor cooperation. I just hope they get things worked out. Technorati Tags: Minnehaha County, liability waivers, State of South Dakota, SD State Prison,
July 25, 2008 04:34 am

SD: "Letting"?

(Arbitrary and Capricious)
From South Dakota Watch and Epp Law Report: Letting Lawyers See Inmates: Another State v. Minnehaha Co. Issue? I'm sitting in the waiting area of the Jameson Annex at the SD State Prison, cooling my heels, waiting to see a client. Another attorney is also there, talking to people in white shirts - officers - at the prison. She's told that unless she signs a waiver of liability, she can't see her clients. She says she can't sign the waiver. The problem? She works for Minnehaha County ...
July 24, 2008 05:44 pm

FLDS Members May be Indicted

(Children " the Law Blog)
... Grand jurors filed into their meeting room shortly before 9 a.m. There, they will listen as lawyers from the Texas Attorney General's Office present evidence that could result in indictments against members of the ... the twin border cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., as home with satellite settlements in South Dakota and other states and in Canada. Jeffs was convicted last year on two counts of being an accomplice to rape for his role in forcing a 14-year-old sect member to marry ...
July 22, 2008 06:38 pm
... , aren't exactly lining up to be stuck with a vaccine, but in an effort to help control an extensive outbreak of plague in South Dakota, some of the ferrets are getting dosed with a vaccine given by biologists..." It was a catchy opening to today's press release ... Devils are being wiped out by an aggressive form of cancer. So, the inequities and unfairness of nature aside, lawyers and policy makers must wrestle with the difficult questions. For example, any such intervention, even for enhancement ...
July 17, 2008 12:38 am
... meant to and be likely to produce violence or lawlessness right away." Liptak also quotes Jason Gratl, a lawyer for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Association of Journalists: "Canadians do not have a cast-iron ... you are protected by the Constitution. But woe betide doctors who would prefer not to lie to their patients, when the South Dakota legislature has decreed that "abortion is murder" is an Absolute Unquestionable Truth… …even when everyone knows it's not. ...
July 15, 2008 06:39 pm

CRIMINAL LAW CODES BY STATE

(Sex Offender Issues)
... York Penal Law (alternate site) Penal Law (annotated) Non-Penal Law • North Carolina • North Dakota (ti. 12.1) • Ohio • Oklahoma (ti. 21) • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota (ti. 22) • Tennessee (ti. 39) • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington ... Court Law (art. 3, pt. 5) • North Carolina • Rhode Island • South Carolina Law Enforcement Corrections • South Dakota Law Enforcement (ti. 23) Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole (ti. ...
July 13, 2008 10:31 pm
... Equality South Dakota PAC: Contact: Todd Epp or Sharon Warner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: (Todd) 605.351.5021 (Sharon) 605.343.8032 Released ... financial contributions for the 2008 general election. EqSD PAC endorsed eleven candidates in the South Dakota June primary, with seven of those candidates winning. EqSD PAC provided ... candidate survey was overwhelming," said Todd Epp, EqSD PAC chair, a straight lawyer from Harrisburg. "That there are so many legislative candidates who support fairness shows our ...
July 12, 2008 09:38 am
... within the case" to recover them from a negligent lawyer. In doing so, it specifically rejected the notion that the defendant lawyer must prove the lack of collectibility as an affirmative defense. Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota have a similar rule. I think Tennessee does, too, but there is one case that suggests to the contrary. For my previous posts on this subject ...
July 11, 2008 10:16 am
... within the case" to recover them from a negligent lawyer. In doing so, it specifically rejected the notion that the defendant lawyer must prove the lack of collectibility as an affirmative defense. Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota have a similar rule. I think Tennessee does, too, but there is one case that suggests to the contrary. For my previous posts on this subject ...
July 11, 2008 10:16 am
... done little better. Throw in oil barons and others who made a killing here in the south central Kansas "oil patch" and you see little civic corporate responsibility and generosity. Which leads me, round aboutly, to that putative refinery in our own South Dakota backyard, Hyperion. Now mind you, I'm still undecided about the refinery. ... here would have put something back into their communities like the doctors, lawyers, farmers, publishers, and others of his boyhood county seat of Aurora. And like ...
July 8, 2008 09:47 am

Blawg Review #167

(E-Commerce Law)
... recent post gave away some secrets of the Social Security consultative examination. North Dakota (November 2, 1889): Say Anything Say Anything bills itself as "North ... This weekend, it showed us how some paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne celebrated Independence Day. South Dakota (November 2, 1889): S.D. Watch S.D. Watch ... , like this. Utah (January 4, 1896): Construction & Collection Lawyer Construction & Collection Lawyer is published by Utah attorney Randy Birch. A recent post discusses ...
July 7, 2008 10:00 am
... and Federalism Issue Group Co-Chair and Duke Law School Professor Christopher Schroeder last week on "Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules." • A discussion of whether a former Manhattan ADA who deliberately lost a hearing because he believed ... An examination of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit's decision to overturn a preliminary injunction against South Dakota statute requiring pre-abortion "informed consent." • A mention and link to an article for The New ...
July 6, 2008 10:43 pm
... hits: Howard Kieffer is a nationally-recognized BOP and post-conviction specialist based in Santa Ana, California, just south of Los Angeles. He frequently works as a consultant with defense attorneys nationwide and has lectured at numerous conferences, including ... ), claimed to be a member of the ABA and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (nope), and claimed to be admitted to practice law in North Dakota (nope). He did manage to gain membership to the Federal Bar Association. A ...
June 25, 2008 03:23 pm
 
 
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